Jessica Schwarz
Actress · 2025
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Biography
Daniel Zillmann (born January 18, 1981 in West Berlin) is a German actor, voice actor and singer.
Daniel Zillmann grew up in the Berlin district of Neukölln and trained as an actor at the Special Coaching Actors Studio in Berlin. He made his feature-film debut in 2005 in Leander Haussmann's film "NVA". 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 has played recurring roles in various television 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. In addition, he works as an audio-play performer and has appeared in many other film and television productions, including "Buddy", "Zettl", "Sommer in Orange" and the ZDF miniseries "Der gleiche Himmel".
Beyond his acting career, Zillmann is also active in music. He was the lead singer of the band Norma Jeane Baker and, together with Lucy van Org, founded the music project KiNG MAMI. He was also a member of the Berlin art collective "HüKST". For his role in the web series "World of Wolfram" he was nominated for "Outstanding Actor" at 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
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