David Moscow

In 1988, Moscow played young Josh Baskin in Big, in which his character was magically transformed into an adult played by Tom Hanks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/12/28/david-moscow-big-tom-hanks/4231545/|title='Big' at 25: David Moscow grows up|publisher=USA Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a34852/big-movie-kid-now-and-then-david-moscow/|title=What the Little Kid From "Big" Looks Like Now|publisher=Good Housekeeping|first=Sam|last=Escobar|date=October 6, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2022}} Moscow next played the role of David Jacobs in the 1992 musical film Newsies, co-starring opposite Christian Bale.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/how-does-newsies-hold-up.html|title=How Does Newsies Hold Up?|publisher=Vulture|first=Rebecca|last=Milzoff|date=February 29, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newsies-cast-where-are-they-now_n_3825953|title='Newsies' Cast: Where Are The Actors From The 1992 Disney Movie Today?|publisher=HuffPost|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=April 6, 2022}} Moscow also appeared in a leading role opposite Jessica Alba in the film Honey{{Cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2003/12/03/honey-3/|title=Honey|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 3, 2003}} and starred on several network television series including Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane. He also featured on the television series Seinfeld as the character Lomez Jr in the episode "The Van Buren Boys".

Moscow has appeared in leading roles on Broadway, including the role of Artie in the production What's Wrong with This Picture at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/production/whats-wrong-with-this-picture-brooks-atkinson-theatre-vault-0000008005|title=What's Wrong with This Picture? |publisher=Playbill}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/09/theater/theater-review-what-s-wrong-with-this-picture-family-laughing-until-it-s-crying.html|title=THEATER REVIEW: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?; A Family Laughing Until It's Crying|work=The New York Times|date=December 9, 1994 |last1=Richards |first1=David }} He co-developed and co-produced Lin-Manuel Miranda's first production of In the Heights with his ex-fiance, actress Kerry Washington.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaterppl.com/blog/lin-manuel-mirandas-first-ever-interview/|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda's First Ever Interview|publisher=theaterppl.com|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218232155/http://www.theaterppl.com/blog/lin-manuel-mirandas-first-ever-interview/|archive-date=February 18, 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-IN-THE-HEIGHTS-Reunion-Kerry-Washington-Visits-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-at-HAMILTON-20150926|title=IN THE HEIGHTS Reunion! Kerry Washington Visits Lin-Manuel Miranda at HAMILTON|publisher=BroadwayWorld}}{{Cite web|url=http://people.com/celebrity/kerry-washington-from-heartbreak-to-happiness/|title=Kerry Washington: From Heartbreak to Happiness|publisher=People}} As a producer, his 2012 project, Hellbenders, was acquired by Lionsgate for North American and foreign distribution;{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/lionsgate-takes-on-hellbenders-1118061532/|title=Lionsgate takes on 'Hellbenders'|date=November 2012 |publisher=Variety}} and his film, the psychological thriller Desolation, was his directorial debut{{Cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/10/06/big-child-actor-kickstarter/|title='Big' child actor revisits famous scene in Kickstarter promo|publisher=ew.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://7.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/6th-us-progress-winners-announced/|title=6th US in Progress winners announced|publisher=7.americanfilmfestival.pl|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144106/http://7.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/6th-us-progress-winners-announced/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://screenertv.com/misc/big-david-moscow-zoltar-kickstarter-video/|title='Big' star David Moscow recreates iconic Zoltar scene for Kickstarter project|publisher=ScreenerTV}} and was partially funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign. Desolation was screened and honored at film festivals around the world including the Wroclaw Festival in Poland.{{Cite web|url=http://7.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/participants-partners-us-progress-wroclaw-2016-announced/|title=Participants and partners of US in Progress Wrocław 2016 announced|publisher=7.americanfilmfestival.pl|access-date=February 21, 2017|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110643/http://7.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/participants-partners-us-progress-wroclaw-2016-announced/|url-status=dead}} Recent producing projects include Sylvio, The Jingoist, Blind, Easy Living and Thirst Street.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/damien-bonnard-lindsay-burdge-nathan-silver-thirst-street-1201778600/|title=Cannes: 'Staying Vertical' Star Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver's 'Thirst Street' (EXCLUSIVE)|date=May 19, 2016 |publisher=Variety}}{{Cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/events/FS21175|title=Easy Living|publisher=sxsw.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/berlin-alec-baldwin-starrer-blind-goes-to-vertical-entertainment-1201980269/|title=Berlinale: Alec Baldwin-Starrer 'Blind' Goes to Vertical Entertainment|date=February 9, 2017 |publisher=variety.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/events/FS21187|title=Sylvio|publisher=SXSW}} He launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund post-production with a video reenactment of the Zoltar "wish" scene from Big.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/big-star-david-moscow-recreates-iconic-scene-30/story?id=34286069|title='Big' Star David Moscow Recreates Iconic Scene Almost 30 Years Later|date=October 6, 2015|work=ABC News|last1=Rothman|first1=Michael|access-date=November 3, 2015}} The campaign raised more than $70,000.{{cite web|url=http://desolation.co/KSdonate|title=Desolation|publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=November 3, 2015}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

With his father Jon, Moscow created From Scratch, a food show in which he travels to source all the ingredients to cook a recipe. The first two seasons screened on the History and FYI channels, the third and fourth on Tastemade, with the fifth season set to air on Tastemade in April 2025.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Jaden |title=David Moscow’s Food Show ‘From Scratch’ to Premiere Seasons 3 and 4 on Tastemade (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tastemade-david-moscow-from-scratch-season-3-4-1235722682/ |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=Variety |date=13 September 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=2024-11-25 |title=David Moscow’s Travel and Culinary Show ‘From Scratch’ Lands Fifth Season at Tastemade (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-moscow-from-scratch-fifth-season-tastemade-1236070415/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2022, they published a book based on the series, called From Scratch: Adventures in Harvesting, Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging on a Fragile Planet, which became a gold winner in the 2023 [https://www.nautilusbookawards.com/ Nautilus Book Awards].{{Cite web |title=2023 Winners 1-10 |url=https://www.nautilusbookawards.com/nautiluswinners2023-1-10 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Nautilus Book Awards |language=en}} Kirkus Reviews praised it as "Unadulterated, smart, beautifully rendered, and often thrilling... This is delicious, adventuresome entertainment for the mind, soul, heart, and stomach."{{cite web |title=From Scratch |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-moscow/from-scratch-adventures-in-harvesting-hunting-fishing-and-foraging-on-a-fragile-planet/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=en}}

Moscow has a long history as an activist, which began in 1992 after he dropped out of college to track wolves for the Round River Conservations Studies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roundriver.org/student-programs/programs/#1447718499655-5bdce5d7-a5a7|title=Programs|publisher=roundriver.org}} He built a mixed-income green housing facility in Harlem in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/person/david-moscow/|title=David Moscow|publisher=TMZ}} In 2007, the magazine Time Out New York reported Moscow's involvement in developing sustainable and economic housing in Harlem.[http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/features/23289/plot-development Plot Development – Time Out New York]

Moscow was born in the Bronx, the son of Patricia (née Sterner) and Jon Moscow.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/22/David-Moscow.html David Moscow Biography (1974–)], Film Reference His mother's family is from Montana.{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10113A0C97125CE5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title= Unknown|date=April 10, 1992|publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=July 31, 2012}} His father is Jewish, and his mother is Mormon, but he was not raised in either religion.{{cite news|url=http://www.jeffpearlman.com/david-moscow/|title=David Moscow|date=September 15, 2015|publisher=JeffPearlman.com|last1=Pearlman|first1=Jeff|authorlink=Jeff Pearlman|access-date=November 3, 2015}} He attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://collegeprowler.com/hampshire-college/alumni--and--post--grads/|title=Hampshire College – Alumni & Post-Grads|date=|publisher=College Prowler|access-date=July 31, 2012}}

Moscow is married to Karen Moscow. Moscow was engaged to actress Kerry Washington from October 2004 to March 2007.{{cite magazine |title=Kerry Washington: Dating Scared Me |url=https://people.com/celebrity/kerry-washington-dating-scared-me/ |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |access-date=July 3, 2013 |magazine=People |date=July 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028112942/http://people.com/celebrity/kerry-washington-dating-scared-me/|archive-date=October 28, 2016|url-status=live}}

• I'll be Home for Christmas (1988) — David Bundy
• The Wizard of Loneliness (1988) — Jimmy Wiggen
• Big (1988) — Young Josh Baskin
• Live-In (1989) (television series) — Peter Matthews
• Living Dolls (1989) (television series) — Rick Carlin
• Newsies (1992) — David Jacobs
• White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993) — Adam
• Hurricane Streets (1998) — Shane
• Girl (1998) — Greg
• Side Streets (1999) — Bellboy
• Restaurant (1998) — Reggae
• Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999) (television series) — Duncan Milch
• Loving Jezebel (2000) — Gabe Parks
• Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) — Lizard Hasek
• Just Married (2003) — Kyle
• Honey (2003) — Michael Ellis
• Nearing Grace (2005) — Blair Nearing
• David & Layla (2007) — David Fine
• The End of America (2008) — Executive producer
• Dead Air (2008) — Gil
• The Promotion (2008) – Painter
• Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2009) — Gordon

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