Markus Majowski

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Markus Majowski (2015)

Markus Majowski (born April 29, 1964 in West Berlin ) is a German actor and comedian .

life and career

The son of a cellist with the Berliner Philharmoniker graduated from Else Bongers' drama school in Berlin from 1983 to 1987 , where he made his theater debut. At the same time he made a vocal training.

Theater and television

Following an engagement at the Franconian-Swabian City Theater (today the Landestheater Dinkelsbühl ), Majowski returned to Berlin in 1989, where he played constantly in the comedy, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and the Renaissance Theater . He was also a permanent member of the ensemble at magazin, Martin Wölffer's off-theater stage , for five years . After appearing in three episodes at the Black Forest Clinic , Majowski has been active in film and television since 1988.

This was followed by roles in the comic field, be it on television ( Hellish Neighbors ) or in films ( 7 Dwarfs ), but also tragic ( Die Rote Meile ) or serious roles (as assistant to Tatort Commissioner Brinkmann ). From 2002 to 2008 Majowski was in the Sat.1 - comedy series The comedy WG - The Dreisten Three to see. From May 14, 2007 to June 2, 2007 he took part in the RTL show Let's Dance as a competitor and came seventh among ten dance teams.

In May and June 2010 he played one of the leading roles in the comedy Ein Heimspiel by Charles Lewinsky in the comedy im Marquardt in Stuttgart . In the summer of 2011 Markus Majowski portrayed the "Cantor Hampel" at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg in the play The Oil Prince alongside Erol Sander .

In May, June and July 2012 Markus Majowski played the leading role in The Man Who Doesn't Dare by Curth Flatow in the Theater am Dom in Cologne . Directed by Jürgen Wölffer .

In summer 2013 and 2014 he played the role of “Volker” in Dieter Wedel's new production of the Nibelungen at the Nibelungen Festival (Born To Die) and (Born This Way) in Worms.

In 2015 he played at the Bad Hersfeld Festival in the comedy der Irrungen (production: also Dieter Wedel) and in Midsummer Night's Dreams . He directed the children's play The Owl . 2016 he returned for the resumption of Midsummer Night's dreams of Bad Hersfeld and assumed a major role in the credit of Jordi Galceran .

In January 2017 he participated in the 11th season of I'm a Star - Get Me Out of Here! part. After a treasure hunt, Majowski was, in his opinion, not released quickly enough and threatened with a criminal complaint . He spoke of assault and expected a public apology. Later he just wanted to have played the Ausraster. He came in tenth place.

In spring 2017 Majowski played the title role in the French comedy Die Nervensäge at the Comedy Frankfurt am Main. In the summer of 2017 Majowski returned to the Festival in Bad Hersfeld and took on a total of 20 roles (including Mr. Memory) in The 39 Steps by Alfred Hitchcock.

advertising

It only became a fixture for a wide audience through commercial television . From 1997 he played the friendly and humorous salesman T. Neumann in numerous spots for a total of ten years for Deutsche Telekom , who recommended "phones without a cord" either alone or with prominent partners such as Jan Ullrich , Rudi Carrell , Nina Hagen and Udo Lindenberg .

Majowski is also active in the field of party advertising; for the parliamentary elections in 1994, he joined a political advertisement of the PDS in 2009 he campaigned in a video for the team2009 the CDU , which he belongs. In this he emphasized that he was a "real fan" of Angela Merkel . Furthermore, he explained in the video that he had “noticed in recent years that Germany has simply become more beautiful during the reign of Angela Merkel” (see also: Testimonial ). The Junge Union removed the video clip after a few weeks at the request of Majowski from their website.

Majowski also advertised Wiesenhof and the "Deutsche Bailkasse" for years . He was back in front of the camera for Deutsche Telekom in 2015.

Others

  • On July 17, 2003, a penalty order of 90 daily rates (9,000 euros in total) was issued against Majowski for throwing pebbles at children who had played a bell prank on him and injuring them slightly ("reddened skin").
  • The actor lives in Berlin with his son and wife. His nephew Alexander Schäfer also worked as an actor.
  • In 2009 Majowski supported the Pro Reli initiative together with the Junge Union Berlin .
  • Majowski is an honorary ambassador for the Center for Mourning Children in Bremen.
  • He is the ambassador of the German Children's Fund .
  • In 2004 he played the dwarf "Cookie" in 7 Zwerge, but he was unable to participate in the sequel because he was already contractually bound to the Hamburg Theater at the time of shooting.
  • On April 25, 2013 his autobiography Markus, do you believe in God? on the market in which he u. a. wrote about his drug and alcohol addiction and his bisexuality.
  • Majowski publicly professes his Christian faith. He is evangelical.
  • Majowski is also active as a book author; the children's books “Modjo & Mütze” have grown into a theater project. Together with Joern Hinkel , Dieter Wedel's assistant director and today's artistic director of the Bad Hersfeld Festival, “Das Blaue Haus” was created in Worms in 2014 with the youth group “Nibelungenhorde” eV The play deals with the history of the supposedly peaceful resistance against a global player Food company that, although water is a human right, does business with it worldwide and not always in a legal way. Young people across Germany have registered to take part in this project. The performances were sold out. Together with his co-authors Janina AufderMauer and Joern Hinkel, Majowski is currently developing a television series from this in a writers room.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press conference of the Nibelungen Festival ( memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nibelungenfestspiele.de
  2. ^ Dpa: Successful festival novelty: First play in the park . In: fnp.de . June 12, 2015. Accessed June 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Intendant Wedel extends until 2022 - 23 percent more visitors. Retrieved January 13, 2017 .
  4. ↑ FOCUS Online: After bondage fiasco in the bush: Markus Majowski accuses RTL of bodily harm . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on January 23, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Ready for an Oscar: Markus Majowski only wants to have played Ausraster . In: stern.de . January 23, 2017 ( stern.de [accessed January 23, 2017]).
  6. ↑ fnp.de: Naive drives unscrupulous killers insane
  7. ↑ ad-hersfelder-festspiele.de: The 39 steps
  8. ↑ Katherina Reiche with actor Markus Majowski at the Potsdamer Tafel ( memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CDU Brandenburg @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdu-brandenburg.de
  9. ↑ Studio Talk SWR Contra, June 5, 2010
  10. ^ "On the way on behalf of the Lord" - The comedian Markus Majowski supports the Pro Reli initiative together with the Junge Union Berlin. pro-reli.de
  11. ↑ Prominent supporters - Markus Majowski . ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dkhw.de
  12. ↑ Interview with Majowski MP3 format; 25 MB
  13. ↑ Markus Majowski: His alcohol and drug confession. express.de, April 30, 2013
  14. ^ "The conversation" = Bible TV from July 7th, 2014 (10-10.30pm) with Wolfgang Severin
  15. ↑ Markus Majowksi: Jesus accepts my guilt In: Chrismon of October 31, 2014.
  16. ↑ appear in the children's and youth book series by Baumhaus Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Majowski, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany