Acting

Samuel Schneider

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*.