Biografía
Milton Welsh studied acting at the Fritz Kirchhoff School-the Circle in Berlin, and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York between 1992 and 1997. At the same time he was a member of the Hexenkessel Hoftheater Company in Berlin, an open-air theatre devoted to Shakespeare, where he portrayed „Richard the III‟ in “Richard the III,” „Bottom‟ in “A Midsummer Night`s Dream,” and „Petrucchio‟ in “The Taming of the Shrew,” directed by J.C. Zimmermann from 1994 to 2004. His early stage work included a role in Camus' “The Plague,” directed by Jeremy Weller at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Weller famously invited some homeless people to become cast members, and they enjoyed performing on stage so much that in 1992 Milton and the other actors helped them found Ratten 07 Company, which still performs today.
Several stage roles followed, including Rob Becker's “Defending the Caveman,” the two and a half hour one man comedy directed by Esther Schweins, which Milton began performing in 2005 and continues to this day. In 2008 he performed Sam Shephard's “True West” for director Frank Hoffmann at Theatre National du Luxembourg (TNL), during the prestigious theatre festival Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and at the Renaissance Theater in Berlin. He followed with the lead role of „Peter Evans,‟ a Gulf War veteran, in the Tracy Letts' critically acclaimed stage play “Bug,” directed by Anne Simon at TNL in 2009.
Milton has also acted in numerous film and television productions like Roman Polanski's “The Ghost Writer,” which won the Silver Bear at the 2010 Berlinale; Vanessa Jopp's “Ladylike;” the lead in “Shade Um Das Schone Geld” for director Lars Becker; “Must Love Death,” directed by Andy Schaap (screened at the Montreal Fantasy Film Festival in 2009); “Lauf Der Dinge” by Rolf Wolkenstein; “Nitro” for directing team Mike Majzen and David Schalko; and the award-winning short “Sunday in August,” from Marc Meyer.
Before becoming an actor, Milton was a cook (1986-19991 in the Navy) and served as a sailor (1990-1991) for two years in the Navy/armed forces during the first Gulf War on the Fregatte Bremen, which was stationed fifty nautical miles from Israel`s coastline while Haifa and Tel Aviv where under bombardment. Milton was born on the 3rd of February, 1969, in Kassell, Germany.
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Actor
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2008 |
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker (serie) |
Cortometraje | |
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2020 |
Held - Du bist anders |
How to Win Cannes in 5 Easy Steps |
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2019 |
Blue Moon of Kentucky |
The Case for Letting Our Town Burn |
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Tram Geflüster |
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2016 |
Nachtschattengewächse (película estudiantil) |
Reborn |
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2012 |
Absturz |
2010 |
Go Bash! |
Paparazzo |
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2007 |
Good Vibrations (película estudiantil) |
2005 |
Der Gast |
2004 |
Sonntag, im August |
2001 |
Zwei im Frack |
2000 |
Tangled |
1998 |
Clonely Hearts |
Klub 2000 |