Samuel Schneider

Samuel Schneider (lahir 7 April 1995 di Berlin) adalah aktor Jerman. Samuel Schneider dibesarkan di distrik Pernikahan Berlin. Ibunya yang berkewarganegaraan Jerman aktif dalam aksi penghuni liar Berlin pada tahun 1983, sedangkan ayahnya berasal dari Turki. Karir seninya dimulai pada usia muda. Dari tahun 2005 hingga 2007, ia tampil di Berliner Ensemble dalam *The Winter’s Tale* karya William Shakespeare, disutradarai oleh Robert Wilson. Dia mulai mengambil pelajaran akting di Special Coaching Actors Studio di Berlin pada usia sepuluh tahun dan mengambil peran film pertamanya mulai tahun 2008. Mulai tahun 2018, Schneider belajar akting selama satu setengah tahun di Universitas Seni Berlin (Universität der Künste Berlin). Pada tahun 2023, ia menyelesaikan gelar Masternya di bidang "Teater dan Pertunjukan" di Universitas Seni Zurich (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). Sebagai bagian dari studinya, ia mengarahkan drama panggung pertamanya, berjudul *Faust3000*. Keterlibatan tamu membawanya ke berbagai teater, termasuk Volksbühne Berlin pada tahun 2016, di mana ia tampil bersama Kathrin Angerer di *I love you, but I've Choose Entdramatisierung*, disutradarai oleh René Pollesch. Pada tahun 2018, ia tampil di panggung Berliner Ensemble dalam *Eine Griechische Trilogie* (A Greek Trilogy) karya Simon Stone, tampil bersama Martin Wuttke. Schneider mendapatkan peran utama pertamanya dalam film layar lebar pada tahun 2010 di *Boxhagener Platz*, berdasarkan novel karya Torsten Schulz dan disutradarai oleh Matti Geschonneck. Pada tahun 2013, ia mengambil peran utama bersama Ulrich Tukur di *Exit Marrakech*, disutradarai oleh Caroline Link; untuk penampilan ini, ia menerima Penghargaan Wajah Baru pada tahun 2014 untuk Aktor Pendatang Baru Jerman Terbaik. Peran utama selanjutnya diikuti dalam film seperti *Agonie* oleh David Clay Diaz, *Die Puppenspieler* (berdasarkan novel karya Tanja Kinkel), *Asphaltgorillas* oleh Detlev Buck, dan *Hello Again – Ein Tag für immer* oleh Maggie Peren. Pada tahun 2022, Schneider muncul di *Freibad* karya Doris Dörrie, serta dalam serial internasional Prancis *Toutes Ces Choses Qu'on Ne S'est Pas Dites* (atau *All That Things We Never Said*)—berdasarkan novel karya Marc Levy—bersama Jean Reno dan Alexandra Maria Lara. Pada tahun-tahun berikutnya, ia mengambil peran utama dalam *More Than Strangers* karya Sylvie Michel dan *Haltlos* karya Kida Khodr Ramadan. Baru-baru ini, dia terlihat di film box-office Karoline Herfurth *Wunderschön*. Samuel Schneider tinggal di Berlin.

Samuel Schneider (born April 7, 1995, in Berlin) is a German actor. Samuel Schneider grew up in the Berlin district of Wedding. His German mother was active in the Berlin squatters' scene in 1983, while his father hails from Turkey. His artistic career began at a young age. From 2005 to 2007, he performed at the Berliner Ensemble in William Shakespeare’s *The Winter’s Tale*, directed by Robert Wilson. At the age of ten, he began taking acting lessons at the Special Coaching Actors Studio in Berlin, and starting in 2008, he took on his first film roles. Beginning in 2018, Schneider studied acting for a year and a half at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin). In 2023, he completed his Master’s degree in "Theater and Performance" at the Zurich University of the Arts (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). As part of his studies, he directed his first stage play, titled *Faust3000*. Guest engagements led him to various theaters, including the Volksbühne Berlin in 2016, where he performed alongside Kathrin Angerer in *I love you, but I’ve chosen Entdramatisierung*, directed by René Pollesch. In 2018, he appeared on stage at the Berliner Ensemble in Simon Stone’s *Eine Griechische Trilogie* (A Greek Trilogy), performing alongside Martin Wuttke. Schneider landed his first leading role in a feature film in 2010 in *Boxhagener Platz*, based on the novel by Torsten Schulz and directed by Matti Geschonneck. In 2013, he took on a lead role alongside Ulrich Tukur in *Exit Marrakech*, directed by Caroline Link; for this performance, he received the New Faces Award in 2014 for Best German Newcomer Actor. Further leading roles followed in films such as *Agonie* by David Clay Diaz, *Die Puppenspieler* (based on the novel by Tanja Kinkel), *Asphaltgorillas* by Detlev Buck, and *Hello Again – Ein Tag für immer* by Maggie Peren. In 2022, Schneider appeared in Doris Dörrie’s *Freibad*, as well as in the international French series *Toutes Ces Choses Qu’on Ne S’est Pas Dites* (or *All Those Things We Never Said*)—based on the novel by Marc Levy—alongside Jean Reno and Alexandra Maria Lara. In the years that followed, he took on lead roles in Sylvie Michel’s *More Than Strangers* and Kida Khodr Ramadan’s *Haltlos*. Most recently, he was seen in Karoline Herfurth’s box-office hit *Wunderschön*. Samuel Schneider lives in Berlin.