Mickey Hardt (born March 27, 1969) is a Swiss-born Luxembourgish-residing German actor, model and martial artist. He is best known for his role in the German television series '. Hardt is skilled in

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

and

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Life and career

Hardt's interest in martial arts began at the age of 8. He started training in

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from 1984 and received his 1st dan three years later. His career however, started with modeling and then he took acting classes. He was discovered by

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-based martial artist

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, who was working on the choreography of a German action series called '. Hardt also trained with Yen's stunt team and appeared in the Hong Kong movie ''

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''. He starred as the titular hero in '' Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' (2004) alongside

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and in its sequel, '' Max Havoc: Ring of Fire'' (2006). Hardt received his 2nd dan in Taekwondo in 2011.

Selected filmography

*' (1999–2000, TV series) *''

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004–2005, TV series) *'' Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' (2004) *'' Max Havoc: Ring of Fire'' (2006) *' (2008) *''

Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ''Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen'' ("Alisa - Follow Your Heart") is a German telenovela. It was filmed in the Potsdam Studio Babelsberg for ZDF in co-production with ORF and SF. 370 episodes were produced in two series between 2009 and 2010. R ...

'' (2010, TV series) *''

Alles was zählt ''Alles was zählt'' ("All That Matters") is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL Television, RTL on 4 September 2006. Plot The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell i ...

'' (2011, TV series) *'' Allein gegen die Zeit'' (2012, TV series) *'' Blind Spot'' (2012) *'' Guardians'' (2012) *'' Air Force One Is Down'' (2012, TV film) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Gooische Vrouwen 2'' (2014) *''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mall ...

'' (2014–2015, TV series) *''

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'' (2016) *''

Rote Rosen ''Rote Rosen'' (Red Roses) is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since 6 November 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, which tells one love story every season about women in their ...

'' (2016–2017, TV series)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardt, Mickey Swiss male film actors Swiss male television actors 21st-century Swiss male actors 1969 births Swiss male taekwondo practitioners Swiss savateurs Swiss male models Living people 20th-century Swiss sportsmen