Mike Müller

Michael "Mike" Müller (born 25 October 1963 in Grenchen) is a Swiss actor. Mike Müller attended primary school first in Zuchwil, later in Trimbach, and in 1984 completed the Matura at the Kantonsschule Olten. In 1983 he founded with friends the "Theatergruppe Olten", from which the "Theaterstudio Olten" emerged. Müller studied philosophy for 27 semesters and graduated with the Lizenziat, and after his studies attended acting workshops in Berlin, Wien and Zürich. Through his productions in Kabarett, satire shows and on the theatre stage he became known in Switzerland and in Germany, and he is particularly engaged at the Casinotheater Winterthur. In the SRF crime series Der Bestatter he played the leading role Luc Conrad over seven seasons.

Mike Müller frequently appears in satirical roles. In German-speaking Switzerland he became known above all with his parodies in the satire magazine Viktors Spätprogramm for Schweizer Fernsehen. From 27 January 2008 to 11 December 2016 he was seen, together with Viktor Giacobbo, on SRF 1 in the satirical programme Giacobbo/Müller every Sunday evening. Among the figures he embodied in the programme are Hanspeter Burri, a Bernese-German speaking expert who gives technical lectures, Mergim Muzzafer, an immigrated Albanian who gives tips for life in Switzerland, Schorsch Rickenbacher, a security expert, and Jean-Luc Zimmermann, a management member of a credit institution.

His solo programmes include Elternabend (2011), Truppenbesuch (2013), Heute Gemeindeversammlung (2017), Erbsache - Heinzer gegen Heinzer und Heinzer (2021) and Klassentreffen (2023). His awards include the Prix Walo in the category "bester Schauspieler" (2005 and 2013), the Schweizer Kabarett-Preis Cornichon (2022) and the Schweizer Preis Darstellende Künste (2022).