Today he lives in Marburg. At first he did an internship at the Hessischer Rundfunk. That is where he first tried doing cabaret. 1990 he was given his first stage job. His first programme was “Gell, Sie sind spirituell?” (You’re spiritual, aren’t you?). Since 1992 he has appeared in Quatsch Comedy Club, which was still a theater in Hamburg at that time. Later he appeared in several TV shows such as RTL Samstag Nacht and had guest appearances in 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe (7 days, 7 heads) and Genial daneben (Ingeniously Off The Mark). He was cast member of Comedy Factory (1996/97) on ProSieben. Since 2004 Martin Schneider is best friends with Cordula Stratmann in Sat.1’s improvisational comedy show Schillerstraße. Additionally he played the dwarf “Speedy” in the October 2004 big screen movie 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (7 Dwarves – Men Alone In The Woods) by Otto Waalkes alongside Otto Waalkes, Markus Majowski, Boris Aljinovic, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Schmitz and Mirco Nontschew. The sequel “7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug (7 Dwarves – The Woods Are Not Enough)” was released in October 2006.

Martin Schneider (born 1964 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe), often just called “Maddin”, is a German comedian, cabarettist and actor.