Mickey Hardt (born March 27, 1969) is an actor, model and martial artist born in Switzerland. He is best known for his role in the German television series '. Hardt is skilled in

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

and

Savate Savate (), also known as boxe française, savate boxing, French boxing or French footfighting, is a French kickboxing combat sport that uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of English boxing with graceful kicking techniques. ...

Life and career

Hardt's interest in martial arts began at the age of 8. He started training in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

from 1984 and received his 1st dan three years later. His career however, started with modeling and then he took acting classes. He was discovered by

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

-based martial artist

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan (; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and action director. Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars. Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream Asian cinema by cho ...

, who was working on the choreography of a German action series called '. Hardt also trained with Yen's stunt team and appeared in the Hong Kong movie ''

The Twins Effect ''The Twins Effect'', also known as ''Vampire Effect'' in the United States, is a 2003 Hong Kong martial arts comedy-horror film directed by Dante Lam and Donnie Yen. The film was derived from Cantopop group Twins, starring both members Charlen ...

''. He starred as the titular hero in '' Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' (2004) alongside

David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series ''Kung Fu'', playi ...

and in its sequel, '' Max Havoc: Ring of Fire'' (2006). Hardt received his 2nd dan in Taekwondo in 2011.

Selected filmography

*' (1999–2000, TV series) *''

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004–2005, TV series) *'' Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' (2004) *'' Max Havoc: Ring of Fire'' (2006) *' (2008) *''

Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ''Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen'' ("Alisa - Follow Your Heart") was a German telenovela. It was filmed in the Potsdam Studio Babelsberg for ZDF in co-production with ORF and SF. 370 episodes were produced in two series between 2009 and 2010. S ...

'' (2010, TV series) *''

Alles was zählt ''Alles was zählt'' ("All That Matters") is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on 4 September 2006. Plot The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Jul ...

'' (2011, TV series) *'' Allein gegen die Zeit'' (2012, TV series) *'' Blind Spot'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Air Force One Is Down'' (2012, TV film) *''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...

'' (2014) *''

Gooische Vrouwen 2 ''Gooische Vrouwen 2'' is a 2014 Dutch film directed by Will Koopman. The film is the sequel of the 2011 film '' Gooische Vrouwen'' and both films are based on the '' Gooische Vrouwen'' television series. The film was released on 4 December 2014 ...

'' (2014) *''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

'' (2014–2015, TV series) *''

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'' (2016) *''

Rote Rosen ''Rote Rosen'' (Red Roses) is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since 6 November 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, which tells one love story every season about women in their ...

'' (2016–2017, TV series)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardt, Mickey Swiss male film actors Swiss male television actors 21st-century Swiss male actors 1969 births Swiss male taekwondo practitioners Swiss savateurs Swiss male models Living people