Milan Peschel was born in Berlin in 1968. From 1984 to 1986, he trained to become a carpenter for the theatre at Berlin"s Deutsche Staatsoper and worked as a stage hand at Volksbühne Berlin till 1991. Peschel then took actor"s training at Berlin"s Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch from 1991 to 1995 which was followed by engagements at the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam and at Neue Bühne Senftenberg. Since 1997, he is a cast member of Frank Castorf"s Volksbühne on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin but was also seen as a guest in several theatre productions in Germany and Austria, for example at Hamburg"s Thalia Theater or at Salzburger Festspiele.

Besides his work for the theatre, Milan Peschel also played in several TV and movie productions. He starred in successful TV productions such as Jo Baier"s "Stauffenberg" ("Operation Valkyrie", 2003) or Hendrik Handloegten"s "Pechmarie" (2005), a "Tatort" series film, but also played the leading part in movies such as "Lenz" (2004) and "Netto" (2005) by Robert Thalheim. In 2006, Peschel won the German film prize as "Best actor" for his performance as a workless father in "Netto".

Following movies are for instance "Hannah" ("Living with Hannah", 2006), "Das wilde Leben" ("8 Miles High", 2007) and Hans Weingartner"s media satire "Free Rainer" (2008). In Pepe Planitzer"s "AlleAlle" (2008), Peschel once again plays a droll and lovable loser, the scaffolder Domühl who lives in an abandoned military base.

In Sebastian Schipper"s melancholic relationship drama "Mitte Ende August" ("Sometime in August", 2009), Peschel proves that he is also able to play entirely different characters. In the film that is loosely based on Goethe"s novel "Wahlverwandschaften", he plays a young man in a happy relationship. But then, his relationship is thrown out of balance when his brother and a friend show up unexpectedly.

Peschel continued to appear in highly different, yet always ambitious cinema releases, including Sven Taddicken's history romp "12 Meter ohne Kopf", Matti Geschonneck's  "Boxhagener Platz" and Oskar Roehler's controversial "Jud Süss - Film ohne Gewissen", in which he embodied actor Werner Krauss. After supporting roles in the sports drama "Der ganz große Traum" and the hit comedy "What a Man", Peschel was praised by audiences and critics alike for his lead performance in Andreas Dresen's 2011 drama "Halt auf freier Strecke". In the film, Peschel plays a family man who is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.

Milan Peschel is living in Berlin.