Kacey Mottet Klein (born 20 October 1998) is a Swiss actor.

Life and career

Kacey Mottet Klein was born in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

to an American father and a Swiss mother. He made his screen debut in 2008, in

Ursula Meier Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a France, French-Switzerland, Swiss film director and screenwriter. Career A native of Besançon, the capital of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, near the Swiss border, Ursula Meier graduated from ...

's '' Home'', for which he won the Swiss Film Award for Best Emerging Actor. In 2012, he appeared in the film ''

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'', which was his second collaboration with director Ursula Meier. His performance won him another Swiss Film Award and also a nomination for the

César Award for Most Promising Actor The César Award for Most Promising Actor (french: César du meilleur espoir masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a yo ...

. In 2016, he was given the

Shooting Stars Award The Shooting Stars Awards are presented annually by the pan-European network organization European Film Promotion (EFP) to emerging actors from Europe. "Shooting Stars" is an initiative of the EFP for the international promotion and networking of p ...

at the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mottet Klein, Kacey 1998 births Living people Swiss male film actors Swiss male child actors 21st-century Swiss male actors People from Lausanne Swiss people of American descent