Hardy Schwetter

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Hardy Schwetter in an appearance as Christian Steiffen

Hardy Schwetter (born April 24, 1971 in Georgsmarienhütte ) is a German musician and actor . He works as an entertainer under the stage name Christian Steiffen . He lives in Osnabrück .

Career

From 1993 to 1995 Schwetter completed his acting training at the Lee Strasberg Theater School in New York .

From 2001 to 2010 Schwetter was the frontman of a seven-piece Elvis tribute band. From this he developed his first fictional character Reverend Hardy Hardon with his "Church Of Elvis" in 2007 on the occasion of the 97th German Catholic Convention.

Since 2009 Schwetter is active nationwide as pop singer Christian Steiffen. On October 11, 2013, Warner Music Group released his album Arbeiter der Liebe . The song Sexualverkehr from this album is used in the homeland thriller Winter Potato Dumplings , from the crime film series Ein Eberhoferkrimi, to accompany a funny and frivolous film compilation that begins with a pub scene. In the movie I feel disco , which was shown at the 2014 Berlinale , he plays himself as an adored pop singer.

Schwetter hit the headlines in 2013 when he ran for the office of Lord Mayor of Osnabrück under his stage name and received 3.3 percent of the vote.

In October 2015 the second Christian Steiffen album Ferien vom Rock 'n' Roll was released . The song You and I from this album is recorded in the credits in the local crime thriller Grießnockerlaffäre , from the crime film series Ein Eberhoferkrimi . In the fifth part of the series, Sauerkrautkoma , he had an appearance with the song I bought you the moon . Schwetter also starred in the film Alki Alki by director Axel Ranisch , which was shown as the opening film at the Independent Film Festival Osnabrück . In the so far last homeland thriller Leberkäsjunkie of the Eberhofer series, he plays alongside Sebastian Bezzel the leader of a self-help group for sex addicts.

music

  • 1999–2001: Aula XL (German-speaking rock band)
  • 2001–2010: Hardy and the Hardon (7-piece Elvis tribute band)
  • 2007: Reverend Hardy Hardon
  • since 2009: Christian Steiffen

Discography

Hardy Schwetter
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Vacation from rock 'n' roll
  DE 63 23/10/2015 (1 week)
God of Schlager
  DE 17th 02/15/2019 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2013: Workers of Love
  • 2015: Vacation from Rock'n'Roll
  • 2019: God of Schlager

EPs

  • 2014: Sing with ... Christian - Vol. 1

Singles

  • 2012: I dreamed of myself all night
  • 2016: Sexual Intercourse (Bang Version)
  • 2018: It's a party
  • 2018: like the wind

Filmography

Music videos

  • 2012: I dreamed of myself all night
  • 2013: Sexual intercourse (Director: Axel Ranisch )
  • 2015: I bought you the moon (Director: Birgit Möller )
  • 2015: Workers of Love
  • 2015: self-pity
  • 2015: Angelino Wagener (Director: Angelino Wagener )
  • 2016: You and Me (with Eva Schneidereit ) (Director: Birgit Möller)
  • 2016: You just like to hate people (Director: Angelino Wagener)
  • 2017: The thickest eggs in the world

theatre

  • 1999: Even the cleverest do something stupid, role: Glumow
  • 1999: Pericles - Prince of Tire, role: Pericles
  • 2004: What you want - Theater Osnabrück , role: Captain
  • 2004: To be or not to be - Theater Osnabrück, role: Director Dobosh

Web links

Commons : Christian Steiffen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kong of Rock 'n' Roll seeks dialogue
  2. ↑ ZDF at the Berlinale: I feel disco
  3. ↑ Deutschlandfunk: Schlager as self-healing
  4. ↑ Christian Steiffen takes "Vacation from Rock 'n' Roll"
  5. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Sister, Hardy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steiffen, Christian (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Georgsmarienhütte