Mike Müller Biography: Movies, Brother, Religion, Age, Books, Height, Net Worth, Ethnicity

Mike Müller is a Swiss actor, cabaret performer, and writer who became widely known in German-speaking Switzerland through television satire and later through a long-running crime series.

His biggest mainstream breakthrough came with his leading role as Luc Conrad in the SRF crime series Der Bestatter, which ran for multiple seasons and later continued as a feature film.

Alongside acting, he also built a strong public profile as a co-host of the weekly late-night satire show Giacobbo/Müller with Viktor Giacobbo, a pairing that made him a familiar face on Swiss TV and a steady draw on stage tours.

Profile

• Full name: Michael “Mike” Müller
• Date of birth: October 25, 1963
• Age: 62 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Grenchen, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
• Nationality: Swiss
• Profession: Actor, cabaret performer, writer
• Height: 179 cm
• Eye color: Brown
• Hair color: Salt & pepper
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: Tobi Müller (brother)
• Spouse: N/A
• Children: N/A
• Relationship status: In a relationship
• Religion: Christian
• Ethnicity: Swiss
• Net worth: $3 million

Early Life and Education

Michael “Mike” Müller is now 62 years old, born on October 25, 1963, in Grenchen in the canton of Solothurn. His childhood years were spent in parts of the Solothurn region, with schooling that took him through Zuchwil and Trimbach.

In 1984, he completed his Matura at Kantonsschule Olten, a key stepping-stone for university studies in Switzerland.

After that, he studied philosophy at the University of Zurich. Accounts of his academic route note a long period of study, ending with a licentiate degree (the traditional Swiss “Lizenziat”), and he later added acting workshops in cities including Berlin, Vienna, and Zurich as he moved closer to professional performance work. He also has a brother, Tobi Müller, who worked as a journalist.

Personal Life

Mike Müller is known for being very private about his personal life, and most of what is publicly known comes from occasional interviews or general entertainment reporting. One confirmed relationship was with theater director Barbara Weber, which ended in 2009 after several years together.

After that, he was mentioned in gossip columns, including unconfirmed rumors linking him to a younger Swiss television employee, though these were never verified.

In early 2015, Müller said in an interview that he had a girlfriend, but he didn’t expect to marry again and answered cautiously when asked about having children.

Later reporting in 2025 showed him talking about day-to-day “family rhythms,” referring to both his own family and his partner’s family, though he continued to keep his partner’s identity private.

Career

Mike Müller’s career is strongly tied to the Swiss German-language theater and television ecosystem, where stage work and TV appearances often overlap. While still relatively young, he co-founded a youth theater group in 1983 (later known as Theatergruppe Olten), an experience that helped anchor his early performance life in ensemble-driven productions.

Through the 1990s, he built experience in Zurich’s independent theater scene and worked with venues and groups connected to the city’s alternative performance circuit.

This phase mattered because it put him in front of audiences that valued character work, dialect play, and sharp observation—skills that later translated well into satire and television formats.

His public recognition accelerated through satirical performance and parodies, including work connected to Swiss television satire, and later through the weekly late-night show Giacobbo/Müller on SRF 1, co-hosted with Viktor Giacobbo (2008–2016).

The program strengthened his position as both an actor and a comedy performer, and it established a recurring on-screen partnership that also carried into stage projects.

His most widely recognized acting role is Luc Conrad in the SRF crime series Der Bestatter (2013–2019). The show gave him a character with enough depth to play drama and humor in the same space, and it became a defining credit that followed him beyond Switzerland. The story world later continued in the feature film Der Bestatter – Der Film (2023).

Awards and Nominations

• Prix Walo – Best Actor (2005)
• Prix Walo – Best Actor (2013)
• Swiss TV Film Award / Schweizer Fernsehfilmpreis – Special Prize for the lead role in Der Bestatter (2017)
• Cornichon Swiss Cabaret Award / Schweizer Kabarett-Preis Cornichon (2022)
• Swiss Performing Arts Prize / Schweizer Preis Darstellende Künste (2022)

Net Worth

Mike Müller net worth is estimated around $3 million. The estimate is based on the earning profile typical of a long-running TV lead in a nationally successful crime series, combined with sustained theater touring, writing/co-authoring credits for stage programs, and high-visibility television hosting work over many years.

Social Media

• Instagram: @mikemuellerlateandearly
• Twitter/X: @MikeMuellerLate
• YouTube: @mikemullerlateandearly2968

Filmography

• Studers erster Fall (2000)
• Ernstfall in Havanna (2001)
• Dario M. (2002)
• Au large de Bad Ragaz (2003)
• Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003)
• Strähl (2003)
• Undercover (2005)
• Mein Name ist Eugen (2005)
• Alles bleibt anders (2006)
• Tell (2007)
• Flug in die Nacht – Das Unglück von Überlingen (2009)
• Das Missen Massaker (2012)
• Dead Fucking Last (2012)
• Der Bestatter (2013–2019)
• Die Welt der Wunderlichs (2016)
• Moskau Einfach! (2020)
• Der Bestatter – Der Film (2023)