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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.
Acted in 91
2020s
- 2026
Where To?
Movie
Steckerlfischfiasko
Marek Bufka
The Exposure
Dorsday
- 2025
Memory Hotel
Beckmann
In It for the Payback
Jens
#BlackSheep
Peter Harminski
Danowski - Neunauge
Adam Danowski
- 2024
- 2023
Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl
TV
- 2022
House of Promises
Ernst von Trudewind · 6 episodes
All for Ella
Herr Böblinger-Moll
- 2021
Beckenrand Sheriff
Karl
Catweazle
Major-domo
- 2020
Old Land
Karl · 2 episodes
Nemesis
Voice
2010s
- 2019
Danowski - Blutapfel
Adam Danowski
Auerhaus
F2M2
- 2018
Wuff
Fan
Gundermann
Volker
My Brother, My Love
Stefan
Partisan
Movie
- 2017
Der Schweinehirt
Ladeninhaber von Schief
Unter deutschen Betten
Ingo
Rock My Heart
Steckel
Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel Grüner
Gereon
The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
Grabredner
Old Agent Men
Marcel Werner
- 2016
Winnetou - The Last Fight
Sam Hawkens
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
Sam Hawkens
Wir sind die Rosinskis
Torben
Der Andere - eine Familiengeschichte
Stefan
Heart of Stone
Glasmännchen
Männertag
Stevie
- 2015
Me and Kaminski
Eugen Manz
Disaster
Johann
The Manny
Rolf
- 2014
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
Wirt
Open the Wall
Ulrich Rotermund
Male Mistakes
Thomas
Joy of Fatherhood
Ei
Not My Day
Vollbärtiger
- 2013
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lord
- 2012
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Turner
- 2011
Stopped on Track
Frank Lange
Woman in Love
Kostümbildner
- 2010
The Red Room
Mann am Rasenmäher
Boxhagener Platz
Bodo
2000s
- 2009
12 Paces without a Head
Nikolaus Schocke
Sometime in August
Thomas
- 2007
Reclaim Your Brain
Philipp
Hannah
Martin
Alle Alle
Domühl
Eight Miles High
Freiberg
- 2006
Lenz
Lenz
Black Sheep
Peter Harminsky, Charlotte's Friend
- 2005
Netto
Marcel Werner
- 2004
- 2003
Hamlet_X
Chauffeur
- 2000
Demons
Pjotr Stepanowitsch Werchowenski
1990s
- 1999
Dirty Hands
Slick
- 1995
Directed 1
2020s
- 2022
Appearances9
2020s
- 2024
Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2010s
- 2015
