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

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, to an

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father and a

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mother. In the early 1990s, he was active on the

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as a tracker musician under the moniker ''Merlin M''.

Career

Moschitto made his movie debut in 1999 in

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's ''

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''. In the following years, Moschitto was mainly seen in youth films and "coming of age" movies such as ' (2000) or ' (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 ''

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'' as a

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-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

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, 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".

Personal life

Moschitto is friends with actors

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and

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. They shared an apartment in

for a while. He is also a

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since 2003.

Filmography

* 1999: ''

'' * 2000: ' * 2001: ' * 2003: ' * 2003: ' * 2003: ' * 2005: ''

'' * 2005: '' Kebab Connection'' * 2007: ''Meine böse Freundin'' * 2008: '' Chiko'' * 2008: '' 1½ Knights: In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde'' * 2009: ''

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: Familienaufstellung'' * 2009: '' Germany 09'' * 2011: ' * 2011: ''

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'' * 2013: ''

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'' * 2014: ''

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'' * 2017: '' Wild Mouse'' * 2017: '' In the Fade'' * 2019: ''

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'' * 2020: '' Dem Horizont so nah'' * 2022: '' Over & Out'' * 2022: '' Rheingold''

Awards

In 2003, Moschitto won the ''Günter-Strack-Fernsehpreis'' award as the Best Young Actor. In 2009, he was nominated for the

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as Best Actor for his performance in '' Chiko''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moschitto, Denis 1977 births German people of Turkish descent German people of Italian descent German male film actors Living people Male actors from Cologne German male television actors