Moritz Jahn (actor)

Moritz Jahn
Born	Moritz Glaser (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Actor musician
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Die Pfefferkörner Dark
Musical career
Genres	Pop rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Frische Luft Music

Moritz Jahn (born Moritz Glaser, 17 April 1995) is a German actor and musician. He is best known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix show Dark.

Career

Acting

Moritz Jahn became known as "Karol" in the children's show Die Pfefferkörner, in which he was the main actor from 2007 to 2009. His first lead role came in 2010 in the two-part ZDF television movie Prinz and Bottel. Jahn played the double role of Calvin and Kevin. In 2011, Jahn starred in Der Himmel hat vier Ecken, in which he played his first theatrical role. He was nominated for the Max-Ophüls Prize for his performance in 2016's Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?. In 2017, he was seen in Bettys Diagnose in a supporting role, playing a 17-year-old with health problems. The same year, he appeared in the mystery series Dark as Magnus Nielsen, the rebellious son of Ulrich Nielsen (played by Oliver Masucci).

In 2019, Jahn sat on the jury of the Bundesfestival Junger Film youth festival in Sankt Ingbert alongside director Andreas Dresen and actress Lucie Hollmann.

Music

Jahn has been performing as a musician since 2018. His band, known as Moritz Jahn & Frische Luft, consists of Moritz on vocals and guitar, Robert Koehler (bass, accordion, and vocals), Sebastian Scheipers (guitar, vocals), Jannis Heron (drums), and Henning von Hertel (guitar, mandolin). They released their debut EP, Love, Hate & the Mistakes of a Lifetime, in 2019. This was followed by another EP, Rascals, in 2020. Their recent singles include "Emerald Beauty", which was released in December 2020. More recent releases include "More Than You Can Chew" (26 November 2021), "Kanoa" (5 December 2021), and "Hamborger Veermaster" (22 December 2021). Moritz Jahn and Frische Luft released their debut album, Soliloquy, on 1 April 2022.

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007–2008	Die Pfefferkörner	Karol Adamek
2016	Morgen hör ich auf	Vincent Lehmann
2017	Bettys Diagnose	Florian	1 episode
	Tatort	Jonas Holdt	1 episode
2017–2020	Dark	Magnus Nielsen
2020	Tatort	Lennart Billstein	1 episode

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Prinz und Bottel		TV movie
2011	Der Himmel hat vier Ecken
	Inga Lindström – Die Hochzeit meines Mannes		TV movie
2013	Stiller Abschied		TV movie
2014	Die Schneekönigin	Prince
2016	Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?	Jan
2017	Boarding-School Intrigue	Paul
2018	Kommissarin Heller: Vorsehung	Bastian Krämer
2019	Get Lucky – Sex verändert alles	Mats

Discography

Albums

• Soliloquy (2022)

EPs

• Love, Hate & the Mistakes of a Lifetime (2019)
• Rascals (2020)

Singles

• "Ghost" (2020)
• "Back to the Roots" (2019)
• "Love, Hate & the Mistakes of a Lifetime" (2019)
• "Part of the World" (2019)
• "Time" (2019)
• "Goliath – Live Session" (2019)
• "Emerald Beauty" (2020)

External links

• Moritz Jahn at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website