Kacey Mottet-Klein

Kacey Mottet Klein (born 20 October 1998) is a Swiss actor.

Life and career Kacey Mottet Klein was born in Lausanne to an American father and a Swiss mother. He made his screen debut in 2008, in Ursula Meier's Home, for which he won the Swiss Film Award for Best Emerging Actor. In 2012, he appeared in the film Sister, which was his second collaboration with director Ursula Meier. His performance won him another Swiss Film Award and also a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. In 2016, he was given the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 2008 Home JulienSwiss Film Award for Best Emerging Actor 2010 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Young Serge Gainsbourg 2012 Sister SimonHawaii International Film Festival - EuroCinema Hawai`i Award for Best ActorSwiss Film Award for Best ActorNominated—César Award for Most Promising Actor 2012 The Suicide Shop Alan Tuvache Voice 2013 Cadrage débordement Rico Short 2014 Le Mauvais fils Antoine Short 2014 Gemma Bovery Julien Joubert 2015 Une mère Guillaume 2015 Keeper Maxime 2015 Les Guerriers Thomas Short 2016 Being 17 Damien Nominated—César Award for Most Promising ActorNominated—Lumière Award for Best Male RevelationCabourg Film Festival - Male Revelation 2017 The Royal Exchange Don Luis 2018 Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind Benjamin 2018 Keep Going Samuel 2021 Happening Jean 2023 The Vourdalak Marquis d’Urfe 2025The SentinelsDe Clermont