Acting
Daniel Zillmann
DE, EN cinema · 72 credits
Born
18 January 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Oskarreif
as Ronny
Mountain of Miracle
as Olli Hermes
Manitou's Canoe
as Little Rock
Janine Moves to the Country
as Daniel Krause
Olivia
as Marius Körbel
#BlackSheep
as Arnold
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
as Aron (voice)
School of Magical Animals 4
as Fitzgeraldo (voice)
That's a Wrap
as Ingo Hildebrandt
Kugelrund
2023
Kugelrund
as Henning
Die 2050er - Everything will change
as Cinema Guy Tom
The Kangaroo Conspiracy
as Walter Feldmann
Zwerg Nase
as Graf Kunz der Schlemmer
My Son
as Tramper
Immer der Nase nach
as Gurke
The Kangaroo Chronicles
as Der Dicke
Away You Go
as Gerry
Schattengrund
as Maik
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
as Big Head (voice)
Ein Dorf rockt ab
as Pulle
King of Berlin
as Helmuth Machalik
Blind & Ugly
as Dominik
Allmen and the Pink Diamond
as Inspector Krille
Two People Meeting
as Boris
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
as Big M (Dicker Michi)
The Last Pig
as Gernot
Punk Berlin 1982
as Lederschwuler in Band
Heil
as Kalle Schulze
Me and Kaminski
as Alonzo Quilling
Und ich so: Äh
as Schweino
Wildwechsel
as Benni
The Girl with Nine Wigs
as Pfleger Bastian
Buddy
as Hütte
Robin Hood und ich
as Bruder Tuck
Willkommen im Krieg
as Horstie
Zettl
as Holm
Fly Away
Actor
Lindburgs Fall
as Oliver Zietkow
13 Semester
as Käthe
Gonger
as Martin Schwarz
Die kluge Bauerntochter
as Vetter
Finnischer Tango
as Steini
Berlin am Meer
as Turbo
Black Sheep
as Arnold, Fred's Servant
Schüleraustausch
as Matthias
Where Is Fred?
as Björn
NVA
as Mischke
