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Sky du Mont (born Cayetano Neven du Mont; 20 May 1947) is a German-Argentine
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
.


Early life

Sky du Mont's family, who are related to the famous publishers DuMont Schauberg, fled the Nazis in the 1930s to South America. He was born in Argentina as the son of a German and the British Chiquita Neven du Mont (1921–2018). He grew up in England, but came to Germany in 1969, where he studied acting between 1969 and 1972 in Munich.


Career

In Germany, he is well known for playing suave and urbane, sometimes villainous or shady upper class characters since the 1970s. He appeared in three of the commercially most successful German film comedies of all time: In ''
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'' (1985) as an aristrocratic-looking swindler, as the villain "Santa Maria" in the Western comedy ''
Der Schuh des Manitu ''Der Schuh des Manitu'' (eng.: ''The Shoe of Manitou'') is a 2001 German Western parody film. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of the Winnetou sketches from his ProSieben television show ''Bullyparade''. With earnings of abou ...
'' (2001) and in ''
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'' (2003), where he reprised his role as "Santa Maria" and played a second role as "William der Letzte" (William the Last), an English duke in the Middle Ages. In international cinema, Sky du Mont portrayed the Hungarian businessman Sandor Szavost in
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's ''
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'' (1999) and played one of the Nazi killers in '' The Boys from Brazil'' (1978). Other international roles include Count
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in the US-miniseries ''
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'' (1983),
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in the sequel ''
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'' (1989), and a recurring role in the soap opera ''
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'' in the 1980s. Du Mont also made an uncredited appearance in ''
Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...
'' as the officer aboard the resupply ship ''Weser'' to whom the U-96 Second Watch Officer demonstrates Depth-Charging. While he only appears in the background in the theatrical and director's cut, his full appearance is featured in the uncut mini-series. Du Mont also serves as the German narrator of the children series ''
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''. He is also known for his voiceover work for commercials.


Personal life

Sky du Mont lives in Hamburg and has been married four times. In 2016, he separated from his wife Mirja Du Mont, who is also the mother of two of his three children, Tara Neven du Mont and Fayn Neven du Mont. His third and oldest son is named Clemens Neven du Mont. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party and supported them in campaigns, but left them in early 2018.


Selected filmography

Films and Miniseries * 1976: '' Silence in the Forest'' * 1978: '' The Boys From Brazil'' (credited as "Guy Dumont") * 1979: ''
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'' * 1979: '' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' * 1981: ''
Lion of the Desert ''Lion of the Desert'' is a 1980 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the ''Regio Esercito'' ( Royal Italian Army) and Oliver Reed as ...
'' * 1982: ''
Night Crossing ''Night Crossing'' is a 1982 British-American drama film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, who on September 16, 1979, attempted to escape from East Germa ...
'' * 1982: ''
Inside the Third Reich ''Inside the Third Reich'' (german: Erinnerungen, "Memories") is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as Adolf Hitler's main architect before this period. It is considered to be one of the ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1983: ''
The Winds of War ''The Winds of War'' is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being ''The Caine Mutiny''). Published in 1971, ''The Winds of War'' was followed up seven years later by ''War and Remembrance''; originally conceived as one volume, ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1983: ' * 1985: ''
Otto – Der Film Otto – Der Film (German: ''Otto, the movie'') is a West German comedy film from 1985, starring Otto Waalkes. With 14.5 million sold tickets it's among the most successful German movies.'' It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin, wit ...
'' * 1986: ''Love with the Perfect Stranger'' * 1987: '' Franza'' * 1988-1989: ''
War and Remembrance ''War and Remembrance'' is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk's ''The Winds of War'' (1971). ''The Winds of War'' covers the period 1939 to 1941, and ''War and Remembrance'' continues the story of the extended ...
'' (TV miniseries) * 1992: ''Judith Krantz's Secrets'' (TV miniseries) * 1999: ''
Eyes Wide Shut ''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story'') by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's sett ...
'', as Sandor Szavost * 2000: ' * 2001: ''
Der Schuh des Manitu ''Der Schuh des Manitu'' (eng.: ''The Shoe of Manitou'') is a 2001 German Western parody film. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of the Winnetou sketches from his ProSieben television show ''Bullyparade''. With earnings of abou ...
'' * 2004: ''
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 ''(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' is a 2004 German comedy film by Michael "Bully" Herbig. It is a spoof of the 1960s American television series '' Star Trek'' and parodies several science fiction films. As a spiritual successor to ''D ...
'' * 2017: ''
Bullyparade – Der Film ''Bullyparade: The Movie'' (german: Bullyparade – Der Film) is a 2017 German parody movie. Directed by Michael Herbig, it is a film adaptation of his ProSieben television show '' Bullyparade'' and features parodies of popular films and televisi ...
'' Television Series * 1976:
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- Season 3, Episode 2: "Tod des Trompeters" * 1978:
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- Season 5, Episode 6: "Klavierkonzert" * 1980:
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- Season 7, Episode 6: "Die Entscheidung" * 1982:
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- Season 9, Episode 7: "Hausmusik" * 1984:
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- Season 11, Episode 4: "Drei atemlose Tage" * 1984:
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- Season 2, Episode 2: "The Times They Are a Changin" * 1985:
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- Season 12, Episode 1: "Der Mann aus Antibes" * 1986:
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- "Der Augenzeuge" * 1988:
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- "Die Stimme" * 1988:
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- "Die Mordsache Druse" * 1989:
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as Claudio Maldonado * 1992:
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- "Mord im Treppenhaus" * 1993:
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- "Ein Objekt der Begierde" * 1994:
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- "Der Schlüssel" * 1995:
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- "Ein Mord und lauter nette Leute" * 1996:
Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...
- "Zeuge Karuhn" * 2005: ''
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External links

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ZBF Agency Munich


References

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