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Zero Pilnik

Zero Pilnik

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About me

Zero Pilnik (they/them) is a non-binary Brazilian actor. They are based in Berlin, where they moved after graduating from the acting school at California Institute of the Arts acting in the United States. Zero's curriculum spans a wide range of projects, from working in theaters such as Ballhaus Ost, Volksbühne, and Maxim Gorki, to roles in television and film productions such as The Trouble Out There (Philadelphia Women's Film Festival, 2024), Bad Influencer (SWR, 2024), Colônia (Canal Brasil, 2025), and Eldorado - Everything the Nazis Hate (Netflix, 2023). Zero authored several stage and screenplays, most of which they also performed in, including Matter (short film, 2022), Gasoline Queen (musical, 2022), and Brutes (TV Pilot, in development). They are the recipient of the 2017 Tim Disney Prize for Excellence in Storytelling Arts as well as multiple fellowships in recognition of their performance work.

Information

Place of birth
São Paulo, Brazil
Height (cm)
154
Eye color
brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Medium
Stature
normal, slim
Place of residence
Berlin (DE), São Paulo (BR)
Housing options
Prague (CZ), Paris (FR), São Paulo (BR), Athens (GR), London (GB), New York (US), Berlin (DE), Los Angeles (US), Hamburg (DE), Lisbon (PT)
Nationality
German, Brazilian, Polish
Languages
English(native-language)Portuguese(native-language)GermanSpanishYiddish
Dialects
American-StandardBrazilian Portuguese(native dialect)London
Instruments
AccordionPiano
Sport
SoccerTennisArcheryBasketballHandballHorse ridingRoller skatingVolleyballBeach volleyballFishingYoga
Dance
BalletButohCharlestonContemporary danceDiscoFlamencoHip hopJazz danceLatin American dancesPerformanceRock & rollSambaVoguing
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Cabaret artist
Singing
A cappellaBalladBluesJazzMusicalOldiesPopPunk rockRockRock & RollSprechgesangfolk songChanson
Pitch
Alto

Credits

Professional background

California Institute of the Arts - Class of '17 (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Acting; Minor, Creative Writing)

Other professional training

2023
The Naked Face - Camera Acting with David Penn
2021
Artist Training: artist collectives in exile am Universität der Künste Berlin
2012 – 2013
Teatro Escola Célia Helena
2012
National Theater Institute

Awards

2024
UFA Tribute to the Next Generation
2017
Tim Disney Prize for Excellence in Storytelling Arts
2011
One Minute Film Festival Grand Prix (Short film)

Film

2025
Intermediacy (Documentary fiction) In development
Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (MR) Alex Yakacki
2024
The Trouble Out There (Short film)
Geraldine (SR) Danielle Arden
2024
Last Call Blue (Short film)
Milo (MR) Tillmann Betz
2023
Eldorado: Everything The Nazis Hate (Documentary fiction)
Lisa’s Crew (Ot) Matt Lambert, Benjamin Cantu Distribution: Netflix
2023
Resistance and Exile (Documentary fiction)
Lisa Fittko (MR) Allegra Stodolsky
2022
Matter (Short film)
Main role Wero Rodowicz
2022
Dinner Time (Short film)
Marta (MR) Lorenzo Mendonça
2021
A Great Tree in Leaf (Short film)
Renata (MR) Hrafn H. Helgason

Television

2025
Colônia In development
Sal (SR) André Ristum Producer: Gullane Entretenimento Distribution: Canal Brasil
2024
Bad Influencer In development
Zero (GR) Lilli Tautfest Producer: Tellux Station: SWR Distribution: ARD Mediathek

Theater

2022
Gasoline Queen (Operetta)
Alex (SR) Marina Prados, Paula Knüpling Theater: Ballhaus Ost Written by: Zero Pilnik
2022
All The Heroes Are Cancelled
Felipe (MR) Zoe Lohmann
2021
27 Club
Main role Zero Pilnik
2019 – 2021
Political Voice Institute
Ensemble Marta Górnicka Theater: Maxim Gorki Theater
2020
This is Not Wonderland
Queen of Hearts (MR) Theater: Salon zur Wilden Renate, Berlin
2020
Melpomene
The Elevator Bitches Theater: Theaterlabor Bielefeld
2019
Banana Pride™
Cabaret Singer (MR) Kysy Fischer Theater: English Theatre Berlin
2018
8
Pavel Štourač Theater: Divadlo Continuo, Czechia
2017
Ithaca
Solo performance (MR) Zero Pilnik Theater: Electric Lodge, USA
2016
The Glass Menagerie
Laura Wingfield (MR) James Franco Producer: Deborah Lavine Theater: CalArts, USA
2016
Cada Luna Azul
Stacy Klein Theater: Double Edge Theatre, USA
2014
Oedipus Rex
Jocasta (MR) Marcus Doyle Theater: CalArts, USA
2013
Spring's Awakening
Ilse (MR) Ademir Emboava Theater: Teatro Célia Helena, Brazil

Audio

2024
Lotti's Point of View (Audiobook)
Charlotte Doe
2015
An Object at Rest (Dubbing)
Voice over Seth Boyden
2014
Hoof It (Dubbing)
Voice over Seth Boyden

Other

2019 – 2021
Drag King
Mojo, the Sword Swallower of Switzerland

Internet

2021 – 2022
WYD? (Series)

Commercial

2022
Dell (Commercial)
2022
Yorck Kinos (Poison GmbH) (Commercial)