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.
81 movies · 25 shows
Fatherland
2026·6.3
Where To?
2026·7.0
The Holy Grill
2026·6.6
The Exposure
2026·8.0
Memory Hotel
2025·5.0
In It for the Payback
2025·5.8
#BlackSheep
2025·5.5
Danowski - Neunauge
2025·0.0
School of Magical Animals 3
2024·6.2
Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
2024·6.5
The Palace
2023·5.4
School of Magical Animals 2
2022·6.4
All for Ella
2022·5.8
The School of the Magical Animals
2021·6.3
Je suis Karl
2021·5.3
Beckenrand Sheriff
2021·6.7
Catweazle
2021·5.8
Asphalt Burning
2020·5.6
Jim Button and the Wild 13
2020·5.9
Nemesis
2020·7.5
The Wedding
2020·6.3
Danowski - Blutapfel
2019·4.0
Auerhaus
2019·6.1
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
2019·6.4
TKKG
2019·5.2
Wuff
2018·5.4
Class Reunion 1.0
2018·5.8
Gundermann
2018·7.2
My Brother, My Love
2018·5.7
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2018·6.4
The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs
2018·5.9
Partisan
2018·0.0
The Captain
2018·7.2
Der Schweinehirt
2017·6.0
Unter deutschen Betten
2017·4.8
Rock My Heart
2017·7.2
Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel Grüner
2017·4.8
The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017·7.1
Old Agent Men
2017·5.9
Winnetou - The Last Fight
2016·6.3
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake
2016·6.3
Winnetou - A New World
2016·6.2
Wir sind die Rosinskis
2016·3.1
Der Andere - eine Familiengeschichte
2016·5.5
Heart of Stone
2016·6.3
Männertag
2016·4.8
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016·5.7
Me and Kaminski
2015·6.0
Disaster
2015·4.7
The Pasta Detectives 2
2015·5.4
The Manny
2015·6.3
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
2014·6.0
Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
2014·6.2
Open the Wall
2014·7.3
The Pasta Detectives
2014·6.4
Male Mistakes
2014·6.0
Joy of Fatherhood
2014·6.1
Not My Day
2014·6.4
Mary, Queen of Scots
2013·5.1
Break Up Man
2013·5.9
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012·6.0
Stopped on Track
2011·6.9
Woman in Love
2011·5.9
What a Man
2011·5.3
Lessons of a Dream
2011·7.0
The Red Room
2010·5.6
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
2010·5.0
Boxhagener Platz
2010·5.7
12 Paces without a Head
2009·5.9
Sometime in August
2009·6.6
Reclaim Your Brain
2007·6.7
Hannah
2007·8.0
Alle Alle
2007·4.8
Eight Miles High
2007·6.3
Lenz
2006·0.0
Black Sheep
2006·5.9
Netto
2005·6.8
Operation Valkyrie
2004·6.0
Hamlet_X
2003·4.8
Demons
2000·5.8
Dirty Hands
1999·9.0