Anthem Moss was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. His real name is Anthimos
Ananiadis. He started studying theatre at the age of 12. He joined the
New York Film Academy in New York City and the National Drama School of
Athens. At the same time, he landed an award winning role for the play
"This is our Youth" (2004) as "a breakthrough artist of the year".
After spending a year in the army, Anthem returned to the silver screen
in, "Loathing and Camouflage" and the T.V. show "Distance/Breath".
These were both commercial and critical success. In 2006, his leading
role in the movie "Straight Story" which is one of the most successful
movies in the Greek film history , earned him a nomination for "Best
Leading Actor" in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Anthem
then landed the starring role as "Alexis" in the hit TV series, "Ugly
Maria" which is the Greek version of "Ugly Betty". He received the
award for "Best Leading Man" at the T.V. Faces Awards in 2007. He then
portrayed Benjamin Braddock in a critically acclaimed performance in
the stage production of "The Graduate" in Athens, Greece. Anthem also
went on to star in the Greek version of the movies "Surf's Up" and "Up"
(2007, 2009) and numerous other film, t.v. and stage productions.
In his first year in Los Angeles, Anthem landed the leading role in the
movie "1001 Ways To Enjoy The Missionary Position" opposite Amanda
Plummer and the leading role in the film " Sol". He has also starred in
another five independent feature films such as "Brief Star" directed by
Juan Ramos , "The Hollywood Percentage" directed by Eddie Romero,
"Dreams" directed by Peter Ferguson, "Player A" directed by Joshua
Perev and Sayulita directed by Jacob Swanson. Most recently he has
performed on stage playing Stanley Kowalsky in the theater production,
"The Street Car Named Desire", by Tennessee Williams (2011).
