Colin Moss
Colin Richard Moss (born February 9, 1976 in Johannesburg ) is a South African actor , film and television producer and television presenter .
Life
Moss studied drama, music and art history at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from 1994 to 1996 ; there he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . He has been working as a freelance actor since 1994. During his studies he already appeared as a stand-up comedian for the improvisational theater group Comedy Games, which is known in South Africa . In the late 1990s he performed regularly as a comedian in South Africa and at various comedy festivals with his own stage programs until 2003. a. also in Great Britain and Ireland . In the further course of his career, Moss was repeatedly active as a comedian. Since 2003 head of the comedy troupe Comedy All Stars Cape Town in Cape Town . In 2010 he performed his own comedy program at the Stand Up Comedy Club in New York City .
After a few years as a stage actor, he took on his first television role in 1998, the role of Stuart Buller in the popular daily soap Isidingo . In this role he was seen in the series from 1999 to 2001. Moss then went to Cape Town, where he worked as a television presenter for various television shows, including a. 2001 at the TV show City Life (for the South African TV channel e.tv ). In 2002 he was the presenter of the stunt show Fear Factor , in which candidates have to face sporting challenges that go to their limits on water, on land and in the air. In 2003, 2005 and 2007 he took over the moderation of the music and talent show Idols South Africa . He finally gave up his contract for Idols in order to devote himself more to his career as an actor and producer.
In 2005 he played the male lead in the South African drama Number 10 (2006); he embodied the young rugdy player from the provinces, James Kramer, whose main goal is to be accepted into the national team. In the South African horror film Cryptid (2006) Mioss took on the role of Dan Huevelman; he played the captain of the local Area Defense Force who wants to solve the gruesome murders of South African farmers. In the South African comedy film Big Fellas (2007) he played one of the two leading roles; He played the young Jake Holmes, who wants to make a documentary with his partner about the real life of international top models. In the British-South African film drama The Hidden World (2007) he played the role of Officer De Witt, a white psychopathic police officer from the apartheid era . He had a supporting role (as John) in the Italian-French comedy film Ex (2008). In addition to Billy Zane , Moss played the documentary filmmaker and expedition member Dexter "Dex" Simms in the horror film Surviving Evil (2009).
In March 2014 Moss was seen in the ZDF television film Elly Beinhorn - Solo Flight alongside Vicky Krieps ; he embodied the American aviation pioneer Moye Stephens .
Occasionally Moss was also active as a classical theater actor, u. a. as Rodrigo in Othello (2002, for The Little Theater Production). In January / February 2005 he appeared in the Theater on the Bay in Cape Town in the play My Zinc Bed by Sir David Hare in a production of the Peter Toerien Production Company; he played one of the main roles, the young poet Paul Peplow.
In 2009 he founded his own production company, Gathered Moss Productions , together with his then partner Tamarin Kaplan , with which he is particularly active with reality TV formats, documentaries and advertising . Together they produced the reality format Way of the Warrior , a show about sixteen overweight couch potatoes who are learning the martial art of Muay Thai and are given the chance to become fighters in their lives. The series ran on MNet's Action Channel from February to May 2010, was broadcast on prime time in South Africa and was one of the finalists of the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) 2011.
In March 2014, Moss married his longtime partner Tamarin Kaplan on the Rustenburg Wine Estate in Stellenbosch . Moss lives in Cape Town.
Filmography (selection)
- 1999–2001: Isidingo (soap)
- 2005: Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni (feature film)
- 2006: Number 10 (movie)
- 2006: Cryptid (movie)
- 2007: Big Fellas (feature film)
- 2007: The Hidden World ( The World Unseen ) (movie)
- 2009: Ex ( Ex ) (movie)
- 2009: Surviving Evil (feature film)
- 2011: Casting Me (feature film; cameo)
- 2011: Women in Love (TV series)
- 2012: Wild Heart Africa (TV series)
- 2014: Elly Beinhorn - solo flight (TV film; ZDF)
Web links
- Colin Moss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Colin Moss - Artist Connection Profile
- Colin Moss - TVSA.com listing
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colin Moss ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vita. Official website Who's Who SA. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ a b Colin Moss ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. LinkedIn profile . Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ↑ a b c d e Colin Moss Vita and profile at Quirky House Management. Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ↑ Number 10 (2006) ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Plot and film review in: South African Movie Magazine . Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ↑ Cryptid ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Plot and film review. Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ↑ My Zinc Bed ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Iafrica.com January 21, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ^ A b Way of the Warrior TVSA.com. Retrieved April 3, 2014
- ↑ Colin moss ties the knot ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Iafrica.com on March 14, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moss, Colin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moss, Colin Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African actor, film and television producer and television presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg , South Africa |