Martin Meister

Born as Martin Meister in Vienna, Austria. With a very distinctive look, attitude and charisma Martin Meister became a well sought-after character for the media, advertising and music circuit in the late 1980s. Growing up in Vienna, he moved and lived in London between 1992-2002. Martin first became a lyricist and writer as well as a performer in London. He took acting lessons in Vienna and London as he was continuously invited to perform in little parts in major movies and on TV. He later claimed in an interview for ITV (UK) that he never was really interested in being an actor but rather slipped into it. In 1998 Martin Meister appeared as a cameo with Anita Pallenberg in Madonna's 'Drowned World/Substitute for Love' (pop video directed by Walter Stern). Directors such as John Maybury ('Love Is The Devil' with Daniel Craig) Jonas Akerlund plus companies including Sony (UK & USA), MTV (UK & Europe) had Martin on feature. In Austria Martin Meister is known for such TV advertisement features such as 'Der Standard', 'Brieflos' and 'Rote Nasen'. He regularly appears in pop videos, including Timo Maas "Shifter" (Warner Music 2002) or Martin 101 feature pop videos Martin101 'Dangerous Cat' (2007), Martin 101 'Follow Me' (2010), Martin 101 'Play My Drum' (2010) and so on. Kate Moss discoverer Corinne Day pictured Martin Meister for Vogue Italia (2004). Celebrity photographer Rankin perpetuated Martin Meister in 2000 in his book 'Rankin Works'.