Moloch (actor)

Moloch as a Wacken monster when shooting the film for the "Wacken Horror Feature 2021"

Moloch (born March 8, 1982 as Matthias Schmidt in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German actor in the field of independent film who specializes exclusively in the representation of slasher characters and therefore often appears in the role of the villain.

Career

Matthias Schmidt at the location of Wölfe , June 2018

Schmidt has been interested in the horror film genre since his youth. For his portrayals, he was inspired by horror film characters such as Jason Voorhees , Michael Myers and Leatherface , using his height of 2.00 meters as well as costumes and masks, like his cinematic role models, to later identify himself as a menacing figure on horror and Halloween - To stage events. Among other things, he appeared as a cosplayer at the Weekend of Horrors and thus established contacts with the German independent film scene.

After viewing Friday the 13th Part VIII - Manhattan death trap and doing his own research on his fictional character, he gave the pseudonym "Moloch" and advertised his work on the online portal Horrorfilmdarsteller.de .

He had his first appearance in 2013 in the music video Brutal Desire by Mean Ugly Godz . This was followed by an appearance in the film The Rise of Valhalla , where he played an undead Wehrmacht soldier . In 2015 he appeared in Stefan Sierecki's graduation film Hi8 - Resurrectio . In November 2016 David Brückner cast him for his horror film Paranormal Demons .

In 2017 he was responsible for the casting of "Michael- (K) a hard vampire film", which was directed by Jose Hidalgo.

In 2018 he worked as an actor for the interactive film "Moral King". The film is a mixture of a feature film and a computer game. The viewer can determine the course of action himself.

Matthias Schmidt has been studying film acting at the Ruhrakademie since autumn 2017 and appears increasingly under his real name in order to expand his range of roles.

Private

Matthias Schmidt originally comes from the Hessian town of Niddatal-Assenheim. He currently lives near Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Filmography

Short films

2015: Interimere, directed by Rene Zhang
2016: Dogma Dogma, directed by Marco Romagnoli
2017: Room of Excess: The Next Generation, director: Stefan Sierecki
2017: The Best Time, Director: Patrick Suite
2017: Z-Office, director: Douglas Stahl
2017: Rotthausen 1945, director: Urs Kessler
2018: The Darkest Nothing - Ideophrenia, directed by Filip Halo
2018: J. - A Joker fan film, director: Urs Kessler
2018: Nihil, director: Moritz Terwesten
2019: Wölfe, director: Maximilian Martin
2019: Finder's reward, director: Sven Molke
2019: The double Nelson, directed by Kasimir Marks
2019: Moksha, director: Milad Hülshorst
2020: The Wrong Floor, directed by Nicolas Heinzel
2020: Final Bureaucracy, directed by Leonard Sanftenschneider
2020: Worry Eater, Director: Maximilian Leinfelder
2020: Barefoot through glass, director: Timur Küschü
2020: PIT, directed by Mike Linde
2020: Lobo, directed by Kennedy Victor & Miranda Da Costa
2020: Waldulin, director: Ellen Borgmann
2020: Bandage, directed by Omar Aref & Badr Bouachir

Feature films (as Moloch)

2014: The Rise of Valhalla, directed by Daniel Konze
2017: Hi8 - Resurrectio , director: Stefan Sierecki
2018: Paranormal Demons, director: David Brückner
2018: The Darkest Nothing - Paraphrenia, directed by Filip Halo
2019: Stories of the Dead, directed by Thomas Pill
2020: Sky Sharks, directed by Marc Fehse
2020: Feed the Reapers, directed by Gero Samrey
2020: Pathology, segment: Life is Life, director: Max Ponichowski

Series

2019: Alarm for Cobra 11 (season 25, episode 4), directed by Ralph Polinski
2019: True Demon (web series); Director: Jan Zenkner
2019: Phönixsee, director: Bettina Woernle
2019: Sankt Maik

Music videos

2013: Mean Ugly Godz - Brutal Desire, role: Moloch
2014: Go for it! - Inflation, role: Dieter, director: Kai E. Bogatzki & Frank Honrath
2017: Misteyes - Creeping Time, role: Masked Killer, director: Filip Halo
2019: Gleißer - Elfenbein, role: Caster, director: Gunnar Abel & Moritz Terwesten
2020: Wacken Open Air Horror Feature, director: Arne Lipke

Web links

Moloch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Moloch Moloch on YouTube
Moloch on horror film actor.de
Moloch on Facebook
Moloch interview on sofahelden.com
Moloch on Instagram

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Paranormal Demons - Interview with Moloch . In: found-footage.de . August 21, 2014 ( found-footage.de [accessed December 16, 2017]).
↑ Wolfgang Brunner: MOLOCH - The Documentation - Part 1. In: Filmbesferenzungen.wordpress.com. October 22, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .
↑ Moloch. In: Horrorfilmdarsteller.de. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Moloch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmidt, Matthias (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main

[:0-1] Paranormal Demons - Interview with Moloch . In: found-footage.de . August 21, 2014 ( found-footage.de [accessed December 16, 2017]).

[2] Wolfgang Brunner: MOLOCH - The Documentation - Part 1. In: Filmbesferenzungen.wordpress.com. October 22, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .

[3] Moloch. In: Horrorfilmdarsteller.de. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .