David Moscow
Biography
David Moscow is an American actor and producer who was born in New York City and first became known as a child actor, playing Josh Baskin in Big (1988), the boy who wakes up as an adult played by Tom Hanks. He went on to play David Jacobs in the musical Newsies (1992) opposite Christian Bale, took a leading role alongside Jessica Alba in Honey (2003), and appeared on television in Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane and in an episode of Seinfeld. On Broadway he played Artie in What's Wrong with This Picture at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and he co-developed and co-produced the first production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. As a producer he worked on Hellbenders, Sylvio and Thirst Street, while Desolation, partly funded through Kickstarter, was his directing debut and was shown at festivals including the Wroclaw Festival in Poland. He also created the food show From Scratch.
51years old
Turns 52 on November 14in 3 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as David Raphael Moscow
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 23 years1988 to 2011
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Behind the camera
Moscow made his directorial debut with the psychological thriller Desolation, which was partly funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign and was screened and honored at festivals including the Wroclaw Festival in Poland.
Behind the camera
Moscow started a Kickstarter campaign to help pay for post-production. In a video, he reenacted the Zoltar "wish" scene from Big, and the campaign brought in over $70,000.
David Moscow movies on Netflix
Borderline Murderas Deputy Tim Corbin
Dead Airas Gil
Vacancy 2: The First Cutas Gordon
Honeyas Michael Ellis
Just Marriedas Kyle
Girlas Greg
Newsiesas David Jacobs
Bigas Young Josh
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
David Moscow made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.









Films together
Robert Duvall1 film together, 1992
Robert Duvall's page Newsies1992IMDb rating 6.9Moscow as David JacobsDuvall as Joseph Pulitzer
Tom Hanks1 film together, 1988
Tom Hanks's page Big1988IMDb rating 7.3Moscow as Young JoshHanks as Josh
Bill Pullman1 film together, 1992
Bill Pullman's page Newsies1992IMDb rating 6.9Moscow as David JacobsPullman as Bryan Denton
John Heard1 film together, 1988
John Heard's page Big1988IMDb rating 7.3Moscow as Young JoshHeard as Paul
Robert Loggia1 film together, 1988
Robert Loggia's page Big1988IMDb rating 7.3Moscow as Young JoshLoggia as MacMillan
Corbin Bernsen1 film together, 2009
Corbin Bernsen's page Dead Air2009IMDb rating 5.1Moscow as GilBernsen as Dr. F
Penny MarshallDirector, 1 film, 1988
All films by Penny Marshall Big1988IMDb rating 7.3Moscow as Young Josh
Shawn LevyDirector, 1 film, 2003
All films by Shawn Levy Just Married2003IMDb rating 5.5Moscow as Kyle
Bille WoodruffDirector, 1 film, 2003
All films by Bille Woodruff Honey2003IMDb rating 5.4Moscow as Michael Ellis
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.


