Acting
Milan Peschel
Biography
Milan Peschel (born January 17, 1968, in East Berlin) is a German actor and director. Peschel was born in East Berlin to a teacher and a fashion journalist, and he grew up in the city districts of Lichtenberg and Friedrichshain. From 1984 to 1986, he completed an apprenticeship as a theater carpenter at the German State Opera Berlin (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin), subsequently working as a stage technician at the Volksbühne Berlin until 1991. Afterward, he studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1991 to 1995. From 1997 to 2008, Peschel was a member of the ensemble at the Volksbühne Berlin, where he appeared in numerous productions directed by Frank Castorf and Dimiter Gotscheff. Between 2001 and 2003, he also performed as a guest artist at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. Since 2007, he has also worked as a director at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and the Theater an der Parkaue. Furthermore, Peschel has participated as a voice actor in numerous radio drama productions, particularly under the direction of Paul Plamper. For his lead role as a father suffering from a brain tumor in the drama *Halt auf freier Strecke* (Stopped on Track)—directed by Andreas Dresen—Peschel received the 2011 Bavarian Film Prize and the 2012 German Film Prize. In 2021, he received another nomination for his supporting role in *Je suis Karl*. Peschel lives in Berlin. He is married and has a daughter and a son.
Movies with Milan Peschel
Fatherland
2026
Asphalt Burning
2020
Demons
2000
The Captain
2018
My Brother, My Love
2018
Hannah
2007
The Manny
2015
The Exposure
2026
Eight Miles High
2007
The School of the Magical Animals
2021
School of Magical Animals 3
2024
The Holy Grill
2026
Rock My Heart
2017
Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
2014
Me and Kaminski
2015
Open the Wall
2014
Nemesis
2020
Wuff
2018
Lessons of a Dream
2011
Mary, Queen of Scots
2013
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2018
The Palace
2023
Steckerlfischfiasko
2026
Where To?
2026
Not My Day
2014
Beckenrand Sheriff
2021
School of Magical Animals 2
2022
Jim Button and the Wild 13
2020
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
TKKG
2019
Männertag
2016
Operation Valkyrie
2004
Heart of Stone
2016
Disaster
2015
Je suis Karl
2021
What a Man
2011
Netto
2005
Lenz
2006
The Wedding
2020
The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016
Winnetou - A New World
2016
Gundermann
2018
Break Up Man
2013
Catweazle
2021
Danowski - Blutapfel
2019
Unter deutschen Betten
2017
Woman in Love
2011
The Red Room
2010
Partisan
2018
The Pasta Detectives
2014
Male Mistakes
2014
12 Paces without a Head
2009
Reclaim Your Brain
2007
Old Agent Men
2017
Class Reunion 1.0
2018
Sometime in August
2009
Hamlet_X
2003
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
2014
Joy of Fatherhood
2014
Black Sheep
2006
Der Andere - eine Familiengeschichte
2016
Boxhagener Platz
2010
#BlackSheep
2025
The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs
2018
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
2019
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
2016
Memory Hotel
2025
Winnetou - The Last Fight
2016
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
2010
Danowski - Neunauge
2025
The Pasta Detectives 2
2015
Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
2024
Stopped on Track
2011
All for Ella
2022
Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel Grüner
2017
Auerhaus
2019
Alle Alle
2007
In It for the Payback
2025
Der Schweinehirt
2017
Dirty Hands
1999
Wir sind die Rosinskis
2016
TV Shows with Milan Peschel
Scene of the Crime
1970
Polizeiruf 110
1971
ZIBB
2003
NDR Talk Show
1979
Volle Kanne
1999
DAS!
1991
Kölner Treff
1976
Abendschau
2000
Riverboat
1992
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
German Film Award
1951
Die Chefin
2012
Kulturplatz
2004
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
Crime Scene Cleaner
2011
Shades of Guilt
2015
Abendshow
2017
Doppelhaushälfte
2022
House of Promises
2022
Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl
2023
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
The Wall
2020
Old Land
2020