Bjarne Mädel
Bjarne Mädel is a German actor based in Berlin, best known for his roles as Heiko "Schotty" Schotte in the 2011–2018 television series Crime Scene Cleaner and as Jakob "Buba" Otto in the 2019 first season of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) as well as its 2022 spin-off prequel film Buba.
Biography
Born in Hamburg, Mädel graduated from the Burggymnasium in Friedberg in der Wetterau. He studied theater studies and literature at the University of Erlangen and attended the University of Redlands in California. Mädel completed a diploma course in acting at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in Potsdam between 1992 and 1996.He worked at Rostock People's Theatre from 1996 to 1999 and at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg from 2000 to 2005. He gained television exposure starting in 2004 with the series Stromberg.
In 2019, he portrayed the drug dealer Jakob "Buba" Ottoas in the first season of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), before reprising his role in the spin-off prequel film Buba in 2022.
In 2020, Mädel directed the NDR film Sörensen hat Angst and also took on the leading role as Chief Detective Sörensen.