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Cayetano Neven du Mont (; born 20 May 1947), known professionally as Sky du Mont (, ), is a German-Argentine
actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
.


Early life

Sky du Mont's family, who are related to the famous publishers DuMont Schauberg, fled the Nazis in the 1930s to South America. He was born in Argentina as the son of a German and the British Chiquita Neven du Mont (1921–2018). He grew up in England, but came to Germany in 1969, where he studied acting between 1969 and 1972 in Munich.


Career

In Germany, he is well known for playing suave and urbane, sometimes villainous or shady upper class characters since the 1970s. He appeared in three of the commercially most successful German film comedies of all time: In ''
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'' (1985) as an aristrocratic-looking swindler, as the villain "Santa Maria" in the Western comedy ''
Der Schuh des Manitu () is a 2001 German Western parody film. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of the Winnetou sketches from his ProSieben television show '' Bullyparade''. With earnings of about ($70 million) and 11.7 million visitors in cine ...
'' (2001) and in ''
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 ''(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' ("Dream/Spaceship Surprise — Period 1") is a 2004 German comedy film by Michael "Bully" Herbig. It is a spoof of the 1960s American television series ''Star Trek'' and parodies several science fictio ...
'' (2003), where he reprised his role as "Santa Maria" and played a second role as "William der Letzte" (William the Last), an English duke in the Middle Ages. In international cinema, Sky du Mont portrayed the Hungarian businessman Sandor Szavost in
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's ''
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'' (1999) and played one of the Nazi killers in '' The Boys from Brazil'' (1978). Other international roles include Count
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in the US-miniseries ''
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'' (1983),
Claus von Stauffenberg Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Op ...
in the sequel ''
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'' (1989), and a recurring role in the soap opera ''
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'' in the 1980s. Du Mont also made an uncredited appearance in ''
Das Boot (; ) is a 1981 West Germany, West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. An Film adaptation, adaptation of Lothar-Günthe ...
'' as the officer aboard the resupply ship ''Weser'' to whom the U-96 Second Watch Officer demonstrates Depth-Charging. While he only appears in the background in the theatrical and director's cut, his full appearance is featured in the uncut mini-series. Du Mont also serves as the German narrator of the children series ''
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''. He is also known for his voiceover work for commercials.


Personal life

Sky du Mont lives in Hamburg and has been married four times. In 2016, he separated from his wife Mirja Du Mont, who is also the mother of two of his three children, Tara Neven du Mont and Fayn Neven du Mont. His third and oldest son is named Clemens Neven du Mont. He was a member of the
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and supported them in campaigns, but left them in early 2018.


Selected filmography

Films and Miniseries * 1976: '' Silence in the Forest'' * 1978: '' The Boys From Brazil'' (credited as "Guy Dumont") * 1979: ''
Avalanche Express ''Avalanche Express'' is a 1979 adventure thriller film starring Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Maximilian Schell and Linda Evans, and produced and directed by Mark Robson. The plot is about the struggle over a defecting Soviet general. The screen ...
'' * 1979: '' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' * 1981: ''
Lion of the Desert ''Lion of the Desert'' (alternative titles: ''Omar Mukhtar'' and ''Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert'') is a 1981 epic film, epic historical film, historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leade ...
'' * 1982: ''
Night Crossing ''Night Crossing'' is a 1982 thriller drama film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families who, on September 16, 1979, escaped from East Germany to West Germany ...
'' * 1982: ''
Inside the Third Reich ''Inside the Third Reich'' (, "Memories") is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as Adolf Hitler's main architect before this period. It is considered to be one of the most detailed descrip ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1983: ''
The Winds of War ''The Winds of War'' is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being '' The Caine Mutiny''). Published in 1971, ''The Winds of War'' was followed up seven years later by '' War and Remembrance''; originally conceived as one vol ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1983: ' (TV film) * 1985: ''
Otto – Der Film Otto – Der Film (German: ''Otto, the movie'') is a West German comedy film from 1985, starring Otto Waalkes. With 14.5 million sold tickets it is among the most successful German movies.'' It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin, wi ...
'' * 1986: ''Love with the Perfect Stranger'' * 1986: '' Franza'' * 1988-1989: ''
War and Remembrance ''War and Remembrance'' is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk's '' The Winds of War'' (1971). ''The Winds of War'' covers the period 1939 to 1941, and ''War and Remembrance'' continues the story of the exten ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1992: ''Judith Krantz's Secrets'' (TV miniseries) * 1999: ''
Eyes Wide Shut ''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Dream Story'' () by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from earl ...
'', as Sandor Szavost * 2000: ' * 2001: ''
Der Schuh des Manitu () is a 2001 German Western parody film. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of the Winnetou sketches from his ProSieben television show '' Bullyparade''. With earnings of about ($70 million) and 11.7 million visitors in cine ...
'' * 2004: ''
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 ''(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' ("Dream/Spaceship Surprise — Period 1") is a 2004 German comedy film by Michael "Bully" Herbig. It is a spoof of the 1960s American television series ''Star Trek'' and parodies several science fictio ...
'' * 2011: ' (TV film) * 2012: ' (TV film) * 2014: ' (TV film) * 2017: ''
Bullyparade – Der Film ''Bullyparade: The Movie'' () is a 2017 German parody movie. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of his ProSieben television show ''Bullyparade'' and features parodies of popular films and television series such as ''Star Trek'', ...
'' Television Series * 1976:
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- Season 3, Episode 2: "Tod des Trompeters" * 1978:
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- Season 5, Episode 6: "Klavierkonzert" * 1980:
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- Season 7, Episode 6: "Die Entscheidung" * 1982:
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- Season 9, Episode 7: "Hausmusik" * 1984:
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- Season 11, Episode 4: "Drei atemlose Tage" * 1984:
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- Season 2, Episode 2: "The Times They Are a Changin" * 1985:
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- Season 12, Episode 1: "Der Mann aus Antibes" * 1986:
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- "Der Augenzeuge" * 1988:
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- "Die Stimme" * 1988:
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- "Die Mordsache Druse" * 1989:
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as Claudio Maldonado * 1992:
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- "Mord im Treppenhaus" * 1993:
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- "Ein Objekt der Begierde" * 1994:
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- "Der Schlüssel" * 1995:
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- "Ein Mord und lauter nette Leute" * 1996:
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- "Zeuge Karuhn" * 2005: ''
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''


External links

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ZBF Agency Munich


References

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