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Mo Issa

Mo Issa

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About me

Mo Issa, born in 1998 in Berlin, was nominated in 2014 for Best Actor at the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino for his role in the feature film “Wir waren Könige”.


He appeared in the main cast of the Netflix series “We Are the Wave” and “Dogs of Berlin”, as well as in the Tatort episodes “Am Ende geht man nackt” and “Leonessa” in leading roles. Other film and TV credits include “Contra” (dir. Sönke Wortmann), “Der Überfall” (ensemble), “Fremde Tochter”, “Schwimmen”, and the series “Beat”.


In 2026, he played the lead role of Luan in the feature film “Gropiusstadt Supernova”, which competed at the 47th Max-Ophüls-Preis and won the Best Feature Film award.


Information

Place of birth
Berlin
Height (cm)
177
Eye color
brown
Hair color
brown
Place of residence
Berlin (DE)
Nationality
German
Languages
Arabic(native)German(native)English
Sport
BoxingSoccerSwimmingClimbingBowlingFinswimming
Dance
Break dancing
Main profession
Actor
Singing
Hip HopRap
Driver's licenses
B - Car
Max Ophüls Festival- BESTER SPIELFILM: "Gropiusstadt Supernova" mit Mo Issa in der Hauptrolle (gewonnen) (Cinema film. 2026)

Credits

Awards

2026
Max Ophüls Festival- BESTER SPIELFILM: "Gropiusstadt Supernova" mit Mo Issa in der Hauptrolle (gewonnen) (Cinema film)
2014
Filmfest München-Neues Deutsches Kino Bester Hauptdarsteller (nominated) (Cinema film)

Film

2025 – 2026
Mojo Royal (Cinema film)
Mo (LR) Ben von Grafenstein Producer: Nextfilm Filmproduktion GmbH & Co KG [de], Yellow House Films Written by: Ben von Grafenstein
2023 – 2024
Gropiusstadt Supernova (AT) (Cinema film)
Luan (LR) Ben Voit Producer: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Casting Director: Liza Stutzky Written by: Ben Voit
2019
Contra (Cinema film)
Junis (SUP) Sönke Wortmann Producer: Constantin Film [de], Seven Pictures Film GmbH [de] Distribution: Constantin Film [de], Seven Pictures Film GmbH [de] Casting Director: N.b
2018
KOKON (Cinema film)
Yasin (SUP) Leonie Krippendorff Producer: Jost Hering Film Produktion Casting Director: Paula Alamillo Rodriguez
2017
Rubberneck (Short film)
Abdel (LR) Frederic kau Producer: RubLFS The London Film School [uk] Felix Sommer Casting Director: N.b
2017
Schwimmen (Cinema film)
Tito (SUP) Luzie loose Producer: Kurhaus Produktion Distribution: Ucm Casting Director: Patrick dreikauss,Nina Haun
2016
Fremde Tochter (Cinema film)
Jamal (SUP) Stephan laçant Producer: Kurhaus Produktion Distribution: Swr Casting Director: Daniela Koch u.a
2016
Tariq (Short film)
Tariq (LR) Ersin cileszic Producer: Torsten Gauger Distribution: 3sat Casting Director: N.b
2014
Tatort (Series)
Basem Hemidi (LR) Markus imboden Casting Director: Anja dhirberg
2014
Das Ende der Geduld (Feature film)
Rafiq (LR) Cristian Wagner Casting Director: Anna slater
2013
Wir waren Könige (Cinema film)
Nasim (LR) Philipp leinemann Casting Director: Suse marquardt

Television

2024
Tatort - Schwarzer Schnee (AT) (Multi-part)
Balou (SUP) Hans Steinbichler Station: NDR
2024
Tatort - Ein guter Tag (AT) (Multi-part)
Balou (SUP) Hans Steinbichler Station: NDR
2023
Der gute Bulle - Heaven can wait (Multi-part)
Fady Berri (EFR) Lars Becker Producer: Network Movie Station: ZDF
2023
Polizeiruf 110 - Unsterblich (TV series)
Mahdi (SUP) Florian Knittel
2022
Tod den Lebenden (Series)
New Kid Stefan (SUP) Tom Lass Producer: ANDERTHALB Medienproduktion Station: ARD
2019
Wir sind die Welle (Mini series)
Rahim (LR) Anca Miruna, Mark Monheim Producer: Rat-Pack Film Station: Netflix Casting Director: Karimah El-Giamal
2018
Dogs of Berlin (Series)
Murad (LR) Cristian Alvart Producer: Syrreal Entertainment GmbH, Syrreal Dogs GmbH Station: Netflix Casting Director: Suse Marquardt
2018
Tatort - Leonessa (Series)
Samir Tahan (LR) Conni walther Station: Swr Casting Director: Sabine Schwedhelm
2018
Mein Freund das Ekel (TV movie)
Amar (SUP) Marco petry Producer: Rat pack Film Produktion Casting Director: Uwe bünker
2017
Tatort - Am Ende geht man nackt (Series)
Basem Hemidi (LR) Markus Imboden Producer: Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH [de] Casting Director: Anja Dihrberg Casting Written by: Holger Karsten Schmidt
2017
Beat (Mini series)
Yunis (SUP) Marco Kreuzpainter Producer: Hellinger Doll Filmproduktion Station: Amazon Prime Casting Director: Anna-Lena Slater
2017
Wir lieben das Leben
Bongo (SUP) Sherry Hormann Producer: W&B television Casting Director: Anja Dihrberg
2014
Das Ende der Geduld (Feature film)
Rafiq (LR) Christian Wagner Producer: Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH (formerly Claussen+Wöbke+Putz), Wagner Film [de] Station: BR [de], NDR [de] Written by: Stefan Dähnert