Biography

Born into a worker family in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany (GDR), Marcel Miska grew up with an ever-present passion for acting, music and writing.

As a young boy, he loved to sing and play guitar and drums. Always living by the motto, “Enough moments and you have a life,” and inspired by his idols Marlene Dietrich and The Bangles, at the age of fourteen Marcel began writing his own songs and formed a rock band.

In late 2003, at the age 19, he studied acting at Schauspielschule Charlottenburg, a drama school in Berlin. During drama school, Miska was asked to audition for Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, the most famous German UFA daily soap opera at that time. He took the role and worked with national and international actors.

Marcel graduated at age 25 from the Starter – Berliner Schauspielschule für Film und Fernsehen, an acting school focused on camera, film and television.

Throughout the years Miska did a number of short films, such as Thelema, Lilienschauer and I am, you were, and he was asked for the lead role in the Klaus Nomi-Debut Wasting my time.

Musically, he was coached by Leonore Gendries, former vocal coach of rock-star Nina Hagen.

On stage Marcel has acted in a number of theatre plays. In music, he has participated in a number of videos and productions.

In 2014, Miska changed course and moved to London, England, working as an actor, voice over artist and author.

In 2016 he wrote and published his next short stories As long as we live, The Game Boys Club and The Lost Boys, as well as a book with poems in his mother tongue, Kleiner Gedichtband.

In late 2017, in Vancouver, Canada, Marcel tested for Season 2 of Salvation, a CBS TV production.

In 2018, he was personally requested by producer Anne Lohs to audition for the German cinema movie Das geheimnisvolle Album. He was offered and performed a co-starring role to Jeanette Biedermann and Sven Martinek. The movie was released at Astor Film Lounge Berlin – Kurfürstendamm.

In 2019 Marcel released his first music single All I Ever Wanted. The song was written and composed by himself and produced by Tricone in Berlin and Los Angeles, California.

From 2017 – 2020 he was dubbing for the European Commission in London, England.

In 2021 Miska won a German writers contest. As a result his poem Längst überwunden got published within the Frankfurter Bibliothek – modern poems.

In 2022 he was offered the leading voice in the German commercial version for the chocolate brand Reese’s and his debut novel Ich bin da, wo du bist was published in Germany through Kul-ja! Publishing.