Milan Peschel
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.
107 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 107
Scene of the Crime
1970
ZIBB
2003
Polizeiruf 110
1971
DAS!
1991
Volle Kanne
1999
Abendschau
2000
NDR Talk Show
1979
Kölner Treff
1976
Riverboat
1992
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
German Film Award
1951
Kulturplatz
2004
Die Chefin
2012
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
The Holy Grill
2026
Abendshow
2017
Shades of Guilt
2015
Fatherland
2026
Crime Scene Cleaner
2011
Doppelhaushälfte
2022
Asphalt Burning
2020
The Palace
2023
The Captain
2018
The School of the Magical Animals
2021
Steckerlfischfiasko
2026
House of Promises
2022
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2018
School of Magical Animals 3
2024
Jim Button and the Wild 13
2020
Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
2014
The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017
Operation Valkyrie
2004
School of Magical Animals 2
2022
Old Land
2020
Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl
2023
Je suis Karl
2021
Not My Day
2014
Mary, Queen of Scots
2013
Lessons of a Dream
2011
The Wall
2020
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
2010
Danowski - Neunauge
2025
My Brother, My Love
2018
TKKG
2019
Rock My Heart
2017
Nemesis
2020
Open the Wall
2014
Wuff
2018
Catweazle
2021
Woman in Love
2011
The Wedding
2020
What a Man
2011
Eight Miles High
2007
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016
Der Schweinehirt
2017
Reclaim Your Brain
2007
Break Up Man
2013
Class Reunion 1.0
2018
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
2016
Heart of Stone
2016
The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs
2018
Black Sheep
2006
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
2019
The Manny
2015
Winnetou - A New World
2016
Male Mistakes
2014
Winnetou - The Last Fight
2016
Auerhaus
2019
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
Joy of Fatherhood
2014
All for Ella
2022
Old Agent Men
2017
The Pasta Detectives
2014
The Pasta Detectives 2
2015
Hamlet_X
2003
Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel Grüner
2017
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
2014
Partisan
2018
12 Paces without a Head
2009
Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
2024
Me and Kaminski
2015
Memory Hotel
2025
Boxhagener Platz
2010
Hannah
2007
The Red Room
2010
Beckenrand Sheriff
2021
Gundermann
2018
Disaster
2015
Netto
2005
#BlackSheep
2025
Alle Alle
2007
Unter deutschen Betten
2017
Demons
2000
Männertag
2016
The Exposure
2026
Der Andere - eine Familiengeschichte
2016
In It for the Payback
2025
Danowski - Blutapfel
2019
Sometime in August
2009
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
Stopped on Track
2011
Wir sind die Rosinskis
2016
Where To?
2026
Dirty Hands
1999
Lenz
2006