Mickey Hardt

Mickey Hardt (born March 27, 1969) is a Swiss-born Luxembourgish-residing German actor, model and martial artist.^[2] He is best known for his role in the German television series Codename: Puma [it]. Hardt is skilled in Taekwondo and Savate.^[3]

Mickey Hardt
Born	(1969-03-27) March 27, 1969 (age 56) Switzerland
Nationality	Luxembourg[1]
Occupation(s)	model actor, martial artist
Known for	Josh Engel (The Puma)

Life and career

Hardt's interest in martial arts began at the age of 8.^[2] He started training in Taekwondo in Luxembourg from 1984 and received his 1st dan three years later.^[3]

His career however, started with modeling and then he took acting classes.^[2] He was discovered by Hong Kong-based martial artist Donnie Yen, who was working on the choreography of a German action series called Codename: Puma [it].^[2] Hardt also trained with Yen's stunt team^[1] and appeared in the Hong Kong movie The Twins Effect.^[2]

He starred as the titular hero in Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) alongside David Carradine and in its sequel, Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006).

Hardt received his 2nd dan in Taekwondo in 2011.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Codename: Puma [it] (1999–2000, TV series)
• The Twins Effect (2003)
• Sabine (2004–2005, TV series)
• Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
• Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006)
• Evet, I Do! [de] (2008)
• Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen (2010, TV series)
• Alles was zählt (2011, TV series)
• Allein gegen die Zeit (2012, TV series)
• Blind Spot (2012)
• Guardians (2012)
• Air Force One Is Down (2012, TV film)
• Beauty and the Beast (2014)
• Gooische Vrouwen 2 (2014)
• Verbotene Liebe (2014–2015, TV series)
• Souvenir (2016)
• Rote Rosen (2016–2017, TV series)