The latest News about Damir Cosic
Damir Cosic recently did a commercial for RTL II for the ONE RACE HUMAN Festival.
Damir Cosic recently finished working on the project Vorwärts immer (2016) playing Sasha Kurlensky. A comedy that will hit theaters in 2016.
On March, 4th 2016 Damir Cosic will perform live at Germanys most famous Comedy house in Berlin: the Quatsch Comedy Club.
Damir Cosic has been teaching Film Fighting and Improvisation at the Stage & Musical School in Frankfurt from 2014 till 2016 under the direction of Ellen Gurinov.
Damir Cosic recently did a musicvideo for the band Serum 114 entitled "Die Nacht mein Freund".
Damir Cosic will perform his new comedy skit at the Quatsch Comedy Club in Berlin and at NightWash in Cologne beginning of November.
Born | 1986 in Zenica (Bosnia) |
Age Range | 26-32 |
Height | 5' 11'' / 180cm |
Size | 51 |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Green |
Nationality | German |
Ethnic type | East European |
Tax residence | Hesse |
Location | Frankfurt am Main |
Possible accommodation | Hamburg, Dresden, Los Angeles |
Languages | Bosnian(M), German(1), English(1), Croatian(1), French(3) |
Accents | American English, Russian, French, Italian, Indian, Bosnian, Croatian |
Dance | Hip Hop(2), Latin-American(2), Ballroom(3), Jazz(3), Ballet(3) |
Sports | Taekwondo (1st Dan Black Belt), Kick Boxing, Boxing, Stunts, Fight Choreographies Eastern and Western Style |
lull license | B |
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The stony way to live the dream
Damir Cosic was born on June 22nd 1986 in Zenica, a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.He moved to Germany with his mother when he was 2 years old. Already as a kid Damir Cosic was full of energy which he used in his hobbies- Taekwondo and dancing. In 2005 Damir Cosic became a master of Taekwondo by receiving the black belt in this Korean Martial Art. He had a blooming fantasy and loved watching various movies. Films and series followed him already in his young age.
One of his first acting experiences was on stage of his high school in Frankfurt. He successfully portrayed the character Puck in William Shakespeares "Midsummernightsdream". From then on he decided to devote his entire life to acting. After he finished high school he decided to move to Los Angeles to study acting at the world famous "The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute which he successfully graduated in 2008.
In 2005 he met his mentor and teacher Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, an icon in the Martial Arts and movie business. He thought Damir Cosic everything he needed to know about acting, fighting on camera and on stage, martial arts and stunt work such as safety on the set. He was trained in kickboxing and the Ukidokan system and soon he became a lifetime student, friend and assistant of Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. Damir Cosic became a stunt actor, an actor in first place but an actor who can do his own stunts. During his time in Los Angeles he was a part of the Stunt Acting Team under Benny “The Jet” Urquidezs’ lead.
In 2009 Damir Cosic moved back to Germany. In order to combine the American- and the German way of the Arts he studied acting at the Stage & Musical School in Frankfurt in 2013 where he also graduated in 2015. He then started teaching Film Fighting and Improvisation to becoming actors at the same school. Soon theater performances such as another William Shakespeare adaptation of "Hamlet" at the world famous acting house in Frankfurt "schauspielhaus frankfurt" followed. He even stepped into the feet of his late idol Robin Williams and took on the leading “female” role as the fake aunt in Brandon Thomas's funny play "Charley's aunt". In a Halloween show at the castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt he even fulfilled his childish dream. He portrayed the known and beloved villain in DC Comics universe, the Clown Prince of Crime himself- THE JOKER. Plays, Movies and TV performances followed like Germany's most famous crime series "Tatort" where he had many supporting roles. His most iconic one was the Russian inmate Sergey.
In 2015 he signed with his agency and got cast in an upcoming movie. Soon he discovered another passion besides acting where he was able to follow the steps of Robin Williams- stand-up comedy. Damir Cosic not only performs but also writes his own acts and entertains a daily growing audience.
Movie | Role | Production / Director |
Vorwärts immer | supporting role | Crazy Film GmbH / Franziska Meletzky |
Hamburger Cops | second Lead | CURLYPictures / Volkmar Sering |
Der Fotograf | Lead | Daniel Klantke |
The Genesis Files | supporting actor | Genesis Files Inc. / Steve Pink |
The Marshall Files | supporting actor | Lee Strasberg / Sasha Krane |
3 PM | supporting actor | Lee Strasberg / Juan C. Malpeli |
Fierce Target | supporting actor | Fierce Target / Emilio Lavizzi |
TV | Role | Production / Director |
Tatort (Wer das Schweigen bricht) | supporting Role | hr TV / Edward Berger |
Tatort(Der Tote im Nachtzug) | supporting Role | hr TV / Lars Kraume |
Tatort (Eine bessere Welt) | supporting Role | hr TV / Lars Kraume |
Serum 114- Die Nacht mein Freund (Musicvideo) | Lead | Napalm Records/ Dennis Schmelz |
Commercial | Role | Production/ Director |
ONE RACE HUMAN Festival | Lead | RTL II/ Jens Pflüger |
Theatre | Role | Production/ Director |
HALLOWEEN 2014 | The Joker | Halloween GmbH |
BOEING BOEING | Robert Castin | Stage & Musical Prod. |
Charley’s Aunt | Lord Fancourt Babberley | KsfO Oberursel e.V. |
HALLOWEEN 2013 | Dr. Victor Frankenstein | Hallowenn GmbH |
HALLOWEEN 2012 | Dimitri Galgenov | Halloween GmbH |
As You Like It | Oliver/ Corinnus | KsfO Oberursel e.V. |
Otello | Otello Double | Oper Frankfurt |
Midsummer Nights Dream | Puck | Goethe Gymnasium Prod. |
Damir Cosic is a german actor, comedian, stuntman and Martial Artist. His movie work includes roles such as the police officer in Fierce Target (2007), Christian in The Marshall Files (2008), Victorias boyfriend in 3PM (2008), the car hijacker in The Genesis Files (2010), Markus in Der Fotograf (2013), Anton Simunovic in Hamburger Cops (2013) and Sascha Kurlensky in Vorwärts immer (2016).
His debut on television he celebrated in Germanys most famous crime series Tatort in various roles such as the police officer in “Eine bessere Welt” (2011), followed by “Der Tote im Nachtzug” (2011) as the polish translator and best known for his supporting role as the Russian prisoner Sergey in “Wer das Schweigen bricht” (2013) alongside Joachim Krol and Nina Kunzendorf. His latest project is a live stand-up comedy performance at the Quatsch Comedy Club in Berlin (2016).
He started his early career in theater by playing various Shakespeare roles. Hamlet (2003) as Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream (2004) as Puck, Othello (2013) as an Othello Cameo in his first opera and As You Like It (2013) in a double role as the evil twin Oliver and as the charming farmer Corinnus. One of his first starring roles was when he put on women’s clothing and walked on high heels as the fake aunt in Brandon Thomas’ comedy Charleys aunt (2014) as Lord Fancourt Babberley and in that same year as the leading man Robert Castin in the comedy Boeing Boeing (2014). He played a hopeless romantic who turns into a gigolo; one of the roles that also made Jerry Lewis a screen legend. Here Damir Cosic had the chance to escape the typecast of the eastern European bad guy by taking on more diverse roles. Various roles on castle Frankenstein in different Halloween shows (2012-2014) which most of them he wrote himself: like Dimitri Galgenov, Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his all-time favorite role as the clown prince of crime- the Joker.
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