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).
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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.
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 (2000) or No Regrets (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 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".
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
1999: Gloomy Sunday
2000: No More School
2001: No Regrets
2003: Northern Star
2003: Die Klasse von '99
2003: Play It Loud!
2005: Süperseks
2005: Kebab Connection
2007: Meine böse Freundin
2008: Chiko
2008: 1½ Knights: In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde
2009: Tatort: Familienaufstellung
2009: Germany 09
2011: Woman in Love
2011: Almanya – Welcome to Germany
2013: Closed Circuit
2014: Coming In
2017: Wild Mouse
2017: In the Fade
2019: Bella Germania
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 German Film Award as Best Actor for his performance in Chiko
