Mathieu Ziegler

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Mathieu Ziegler

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Born in Geneva in 1976, Mathieu Ziegler initially trained as an engineer and worked on the design of digital sound recorders before moving on to the Serge Martin Theatre School.

In theatre, he has worked with Jérôme Junod, Claudia Bosse, Marielle Pinsard, Oskar Gómez Mata, Gabriel Alvarez, José Ponce, Perrine Valli, Serge Martin, Julie Annen, Eric Devanthéry, Myriam Boucris, Jérôme Richer, Stefan Kaegi, Fanny Brunet and Olivia Csiky-Trnka, among others.

On television, he has appeared in the series Port d'attache (Anne Deluz), Frieden (Michael Schaerer) and Cellule de crise (Jacob Berger). In cinema, he played the lead role in Milky Way by Cyril Bron and Joseph Incardona, and was recently seen as a German legionnaire in Legio Patria Nostra, a short film about the Indochina War by Kévin Favillier.

He is currently preparing for the creation of Mehdi Duman's Une fondue dans la neige and is conducting extensive documentary research for a solo theatre piece on the Anthropocene and planetary boundaries.
Mathieu Ziegler
Vita as Open in Filmmakers
49 years•Genf (CH)
Gendermale
Year of birth1976 (49 years)
Place of birthGenève
NationalitySwiss
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27), Switzerland
Housing optionsZürich (CH), Bern (CH), Lyon (FR), Paris (FR), Toulouse (FR)
Driver's licensesB - Car, BE - Car with trailer
Eye colorblue
Hair colorbrown
Height (cm)180
LanguagesFrench(native)EnglishGerman
Training
Primary professional training
2005 – 2008
Ecole de Théâtre Serge Martin
Film
2020
Legio patria nostra (Medium length film)
Weise (SUP)
Kévin Favillier Kévin Favillier et Jordi Perino
2012
Milky way (Feature film)
Paul (LR)
Cyril Bron et Joseph Incardona Xavier Derigo et Anthony Rey Cyril Bron et Joseph Incardona
Theater
2023 – 2024
Les cauchemars de Lune (Drama)
Le Père
Evelyne Fagnen Yannick Cochand
2020 – 2023
Société en chantier (Drama)
Alfredo di Mauro
Stefan Kaegi / Rimini Protokoll Théâtre de Vidy (Lausanne) Stefan Kaegi / Rimini Protokoll
2023
Paysages partagés (Drama)
Un traducteur
Émilie Rousset Théâtre de Vidy (Lausanne) Émilie Rousset, Caroline Barneaud et Stegan Kaegi
2022
Montrer les dents (Drama)
Cédric
Olivia Csiky Trnka Théâtre du Grütli (Genève) Fanny Brunet et Olivia Csiky Trnka
2021
Marie Stuart (Drama)
Paulet / Leicester / Davison
Jérôme Junod Grange de Dorigny (Lausanne) Friedrich Schiller