Daniel Zillmann
Acting
Born January 18, 1981, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Zillmann (born January 18, 1981, in West Berlin) is a German actor, voice actor, and singer. Daniel Zillmann grew up in Berlin-Neukölln and completed his acting training at the Special Coaching Actors Studio in Berlin. He made his feature film debut in 2005 in *NVA*, directed by Leander Haußmann. Numerous roles in film and television productions followed, including *Schwere Jungs*, *Schwarze Schafe*, *Gonger – Das Böse vergisst nie*, and the fairy-tale film *Die kluge Bauerntochter*. He played recurring roles in various TV series, including *Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt*, *KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst*, and—since 2017—*Löwenzahn*, in which he plays the character David Paschulke. Zillmann is also successful as a voice actor. He has voiced roles in animated films such as *Baymax – Riesiges Robowabohu* (the German dub of *Big Hero 6*), *Zoomania* (*Zootopia*), and the *Hotel Transylvania* film series. Furthermore, he works as an audio drama performer and has appeared in numerous other film and television productions, including *Buddy*, *Zettl*, *Sommer in Orange*, and the ZDF miniseries *Der gleiche Himmel*. Alongside his acting career, Zillmann is also active in the music scene. He was the lead singer of the band Norma Jeane Baker and, together with Luci van Org, founded the musical project KiNG MAMI. He was also a member of the Berlin-based artist collective "HüKST." For his role in the web series *World of Wolfram*, he was nominated for "Outstanding Actor" at the LA Web Fest. Since 2019, he has also written a column for *Curvy Magazin*. In 2021, Zillmann was among the actors who publicly came out as queer as part of the #actout initiative.
Filmography
- 2027The Unicorn That Said No
- Stardust Hotel — Herr Schmitt
- 2026The Perfect Holiday
- 2025#BlackSheep — Arnold
- 2025Akiko, the Flying Monkey — Aron (voice)
- 2025Andere Eltern - Die 1. Klasse — Malte
- 2025Janine Moves to the Country — Daniel Krause
- 2025Manitou's Canoe — Little Rock
- 2025Mountain of Miracle — Olli Hermes
- 2025Olivia — Marius Körbel
- 2025School of Magical Animals 4 — Fitzgeraldo (voice)
- Die Notärztin — Jörg Strache
- 2024That's a Wrap — Ingo Hildebrandt
- Viktor bringt's — Carlos
- 2023Geschlechterkampf – Das Ende des Patriarchats — Buffalo Bill
- 2023Kugelrund — Henning
- Luden — Tanja
- 2023The Fourth Generation — Chad
- 2022Die 2050er - Everything will change — Cinema Guy Tom
- Hübsches Gesicht — Benny
- Ich dich auch! — Tüffi
- 2022The Kangaroo Conspiracy — Walter Feldmann
- 2021Immer der Nase nach — Gurke
- 2021My Son — Tramper
- 2021Zwerg Nase — Graf Kunz der Schlemmer
- 2020Freaks - You're One of Us — Alex
- Liebe. Jetzt ! — Julius
- 2020The Kangaroo Chronicles — Der Dicke
- Monodrama — Arturo Ui
- 2019My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot
- Other Parents — Malte
- Rampensau — Louis
- 2018Away You Go — Gerry
- 2018Böhmermanns perfekte Weihnachten — Stefan
- Falk — Dr. Müller-Gernhard
- 2018Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver — Big Head (voice)
- 2018Partisan
- 2018Schattengrund — Maik
- Tanken - mehr als Super — Olaf
- 2017Allmen and the Pink Diamond — Inspector Krille
- 2017Blind & Ugly — Dominik
- 2017Ein Dorf rockt ab — Pulle
- 2017King of Berlin — Helmuth Machalik
- The Same Sky — Tobias Preuss
- 2016Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge — Ralf
- 2016The Last Pig — Gernot
- 2016The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 — Big M (Dicker Michi)
- 2016Two People Meeting — Boris
- 2016Vampire Sisters 3: Journey to Transylvania — Bodo
- World of Wolfram — Ogrosch
- 2015Die Klasse - Berlin '61
- 2015Heil — Kalle Schulze
- 2015Me and Kaminski — Alonzo Quilling
- 2015Punk Berlin 1982 — Lederschwuler in Band
- 2015Und ich so: Äh — Schweino
- 2014Wildwechsel — Benni
- 2013Buddy — Hütte
- Bully's Sitcom — Daniel Zillmann
- 2013Robin Hood und ich — Bruder Tuck
- 2013The Girl with Nine Wigs — Pfleger Bastian
- 2012Fly Away
- 2012The Secret Society Of Fine Arts — Hans
- The Tower — Jan Burre
- 2012Willkommen im Krieg — Horstie
- 2012Zettl — Holm
- Finn Zehender — Nerd
- 2011Homesick Scientists — D
- 2011Lindburgs Fall — Oliver Zietkow
- 2011My Life in Orange — Jogi
- 2011St. Christophorus: Roadkill — Boris
- Der letzte Bulle — Volker Lammerich
- 2010Life Is Too Long
- 200913 Semester — Käthe
- 2009Die kluge Bauerntochter — Vetter
- 2009Gonger — Martin Schwarz
- 2009Kill Your Darling — Momo
- 2008Armer schwarzer Kater — Benjamin
- Doctor's Diary — Herr Sperling
- 2008Finnischer Tango — Steini
- 2008Machen wir's auf Finnisch — Janne
- 2007Berlin am Meer — Turbo
- Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt — Schmidt
- Hamburg Dockland — Tetje Knoll
- KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst — Stefan Mahler
- 2007Rabenmutter — Kugel
- 2006Black Sheep — Arnold, Fred's Servant
- 2006Liebe der Lieblosen — Ulrich
- 2006Schüleraustausch — Matthias
- 2006Where Is Fred? — Björn
- 2005NVA — Mischke
- 2003Girl's Life, Boy's World — Holde
- 1998Die Friseuse und der Millionär — Eddie
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police — Malte Ludwig
- Wilsberg — Detlef
- Im Namen des Gesetzes — Beifahrer
- Rosa Roth — Alex
- Bella Block — Nils Winterberg
- Roller Coaster — Locke
- Wolffs Revier
- Löwenzahn — David Paschulke
- SOKO München — Micha Leibold
- Polizeiruf 110
- Scene of the Crime — Polizist Pelle, Murots Nachbar, Dino Callas
- Oskarreif — Ronny
Appearances as themselves (7)
- 2024Gossip - Wie eine Band die Nuller Jahre umkrempelte — Self
- Benches of Berlin - Schönheit der Krise — Self
- LOL: Last One Laughing Germany — Self
- Wer weiß denn sowas? — Self
- MDR um 4 — Self
- ZIBB — Self
- Volle Kanne — Self