Mo Issa, born in 1998 in Berlin, was nominated in 2014 for Best Actor at the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino for his role in the feature film “Wir waren Könige”.

He appeared in the main cast of the Netflix series “We Are the Wave” and “Dogs of Berlin”, as well as in the Tatort episodes “Am Ende geht man nackt” and “Leonessa” in leading roles. Other film and TV credits include “Contra” (dir. Sönke Wortmann), “Der Überfall” (ensemble), “Fremde Tochter”, “Schwimmen”, and the series “Beat”.

In 2026, he played the lead role of Luan in the feature film “Gropiusstadt Supernova”, which competed at the 47th Max-Ophüls-Preis and won the Best Feature Film award.