Sky du Mont
Sky du Mont (born Cayetano Neven du Mont; 20 May 1947) is a German-Argentine actor. 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 "Otto – Der Film" (1985) as an aristrocratic-looking swindler, as the villain "Santa Maria" in the Western comedy "Der Schuh des Manitu" (2001) and in "Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1" (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 Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) and  played one of the Nazi killers in "The Boys from Brazil" (1978). Other international roles include the US-miniseries "War and Remembrance" as Claus von Stauffenberg and a recurring role in the soap opera "General Hospital" in the 1980s. Du Mont also made an uncredited appearance in "Das Boot" 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 "Thomas & Friends". 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. Film Television