Mathias Gnädinger (born 25 March 1941 in Ramsen, Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland; died 3 April 2015) was a Swiss actor and voice actor. Mathias was born on 25 March 1941 in Ramsen / Switzerland, a small village near Stein am Rhein. His uncle, farmer and painter Josef Gnädinger sent Mathias at drama school. Gnädinger originally worked as a typographer, before he began his studio in Zurich on stage acting. He later started to work at various stages. The last firm commitment he had was at the Berlin Schaubühne. He was a freelance actor since 1988.