Colin Moss (actor)

Colin Moss
Born	Colin Moss (1976-02-09) February 9, 1976 (age 49) Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Other names	Cole
Alma mater	University of Kwazulu-Natal
Occupations	Actor presenter stand-up comedian TV presenter
Years active	1998–present
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse	Tamarin Kaplan (m. 2014)
Parents	Richard Moss (father) Veronica Salt (mother)
Website	https://www.colinmoss.com

Colin 'Cole' Moss (born 9 February 1976), is a South African actor primarily active in British, American and South African cinema and television. ^[1]

Personal life

He was born on 9 February 1976 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His father Richard Moss is British-South African where paternal grandfather was a Cockney. His mother Veronica Salt was with an Irish background. Therefore, Colin has born with a mixed cultural descent of British, Irish, German and South African. He has excelled ukulele and saxophone playing.

He is married to South African director, Tamarin Kaplan. The wedding was celebrated in 2014 in Stellenbosch.

Career

He started his acting career as a stand-up comedian on the South African stand-up comedy circuit. He continued to perform comedy between acting gigs for many years. Later he graduated with a degree in drama at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in 1996. He started acting through some theater productions such as Fat Pig and My Zinc Bed. At the end of the 1990s, he performed regularly with his own stage programs as a comedian in South Africa and at various comedy festivals. a. also in Great Britain and Ireland. In the further course of his career, Moss continued to work 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.

In 1998, he made television debut with the television serial Isidingo where he played the role 'Stewart Buller'. He appeared in the series from 1999 to 2001 with huge popularity. Then he went to Cape Town, and worked as a television presenter for various television shows, including 2001 TV show City Life. In 2002, he became the presenter of the stunt show Fear Factor. In 2003, 2005 and 2007 he took over the moderation of the music and talent show 'Idols South Africa' in season 3. ^[2]

In 2005, Moss played the leading male role in the South African drama Number 10. Then he starred in the South African Horror Cryptid in 2006 took over the role of Mioss Dan Huevelman. In 2007, he joined with the South African comedy film Big Fellas and played one of the two main roles; 'young Jake Holmes'. In the same year, he acted in the British-South African film The Hidden World where he played the role of 'Officer De Witt'. In 2008, he had a supporting role as 'John' in the Italian-French comedy Ex. Then he played the documentary filmmaker and expedition member 'Dexter "Dex" Simms' in the horror film Surviving Evil in 2009. ^[2]

Due to his western look, he has selected for many international film roles such as: 'Officer DeWitt' in the period drama The World Unseen. The film received critical acclaim and won several international awards. Then he made a lead role in the film Surviving Evil where he acted alongside Billy Zane. He also played the role of 'Max' in a BBC adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love . Moss played the role 'Kevin Fuller' in the film Momentum alongside James Purefoy and Morgan Freeman.

In March 2014, he appeared in the German television film Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight  [ de ]. In 2015, he relocated to New York City and quickly signed by The Talent House. After that, he played a recurring role 'Justin Boden' on Marvel's hit Netflix series, Jessica Jones . Then he played the role of 'Anthony' in the Netflix's Black Mirror as well as in David Simon's series The Deuce . Meanwhile, he made a supporting role in the film Then Came You and the supportive role of 'Drew Conrad' in the film Christmas in the Wild . ^[2]

In 2019, he played the role 'Hath' in SyFy Channel's television serial Vagrant Queen, which marked his first series regular role for an American channel.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
1998	Isidingo	Stewart Buller	TV series
2002	Cavegirl	Mud	TV series
2004	Charlie	Phillip at Barracks	Film
2004	Berserker: Hell's Warrior	Norseman	Film
2004	Blast	Rig Worker 1	Film
2005	Straight Outta Benoni	Manziman's brother	Film
2006	Number 10	James Kramer	Film
2006	Cryptids	Dan Huevelman	Film
2007	The World Unseen	De Witt	Film
2007	Big Fellas	Jake Holmes	Film
2008	Special Forces Heroes	Alan Marshall	TV series documentary
2009	Ex	John	Film
2009	Surviving Evil	Dexter 'Dex' Simms	Film
2010	Way of the Warrior	Writer, executive producer	TV series
2011	Women in Love	Maxim	TV mini-series
2012	Casting Me...	Phillip	Film
2012	Wild at Heart	Martin	TV series
2014	Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight  [ de ]	Moye W. Stephens	TV movie
2014	SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines	Dan	Home movie
2015	Momentum	Kevin Fuller	Film
2015	Jessica Jones	Justin Boden	TV series
2016	Cape Town	Brian Louis	TV mini-series
2016	Black Mirror	Anthony	TV series
2017	The Deuce	Well-Heeled John	TV series
2018	Then Came You	Greg	Film
2019	Holiday in the Wild	Drew	Film
2020	Fried Barry	Jack	Film
2020	Vagrant Queen	Hath	TV series
2021	Angeliena	Lawrence Mitchell	Film
2022	Abraham Lincoln	William H. Seward	3 episodes Television miniseries
2023	1923	Charles Hardin	1 episode, TV series

References

1. "Colin Moss Biography". elcinema. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
2. "Where is Colin Moss now?". news24. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

External links

• Colin Moss at IMDb