Denis Moschitto

Denis Moschitto
Moschitto in 2023
Born (1977-06-22) 22 June 1977 (age 47)[1][2]
Cologne, West Germany
Years active1999–present

Denis Moschitto (born 22 June 1977) is a German actor best known for his roles in Kebab Connection (2005), Chiko (2008) and In the Fade (2017).

Early life

Moschitto was born in Cologne, West Germany, to an Italian father and a Turkish mother. In the early 1990s, he was active on the demoscene as a tracker musician under the moniker Merlin M.[3]

Career

Moschitto made his movie debut in 1999 in Rolf Schübel's Gloomy Sunday. In the following years, Moschitto was mainly seen in youth films and "coming of age" movies such as No More School [de] (2000) or No Regrets [de] (2001), where the son of an Italian father and a Turkish mother most often appeared as the cunning Italian or Turkish sidekick to the main protagonists.

Moschitto played his first leading role in the comedy Süperseks [de] as a Hamburg-based Turk who sets up a phone sex hotline for fellow countrymen. Moschitto then played another leading role in a comedy as a wannabe star movie director in Anno Saul's film Kebab Connection. The drama Chiko, produced by Fatih Akin, features Moschitto as a small-time gangster from Hamburg who wants to get "to the top" by all means.

Besides his work as an actor, Moschitto is the co-author of the computer books Hackerland and Hackertales and a musician with the bands "Scoopex" and "Shining-8".[4]

Personal life

Moschitto is friends with actors Jessica Schwarz and Daniel Brühl. They shared an apartment in Cologne for a while. He is also a vegetarian since 2003.

Filmography

Awards

In 2003, Moschitto won the Günter-Strack-Fernsehpreis award as the Best Young Actor. In 2009, he was nominated for the German Film Award as Best Actor for his performance in Chiko[5]

References

  1. ^ "Im Publikum ist jeder ein Filmexperte". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German). 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Geschichte: Kalenderblatt 2017: 22. Juni". Die Zeit (in German). DPA. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Amiga Music Preservation - Merlin M! - Modules". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Denis Moschitto Biography". filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Die Nominierungen im Überblick". Die Welt. welt.de. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
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