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Benny Safdie

Actor, Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 24, 1986 (38 years)
Benjamin 'Benny' Safdie (born February 24, 1986) is an American director, screenwriter, and actor, best known for the New York-set thrillers Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Josh Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their European father in Queens and their New Yorker mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father who translated his love of cinema to Benny and his brother by constantly filming them.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Heaven Knows What
Known For
  • Uncut Gems
  • Good Time
  • Heaven Knows What
  • Pieces of a Woman
  • The Curse
  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  • Daddy Longlegs
  • Goldman v Silverman
  • Stars at Noon
  • Lenny Cooke
  • Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
  • Telemarketers
  • Funny Pages
  • Ren Faire

Filmography

2023
The Curse (TV Series) · as Dougie Schecter
2023
Oppenheimer · as Edward Teller
2023
2022
Stars at Noon · as Cia Man
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series) · as Nari
2021
Licorice Pizza · as Joel Wachs
2020
Pieces of a Woman · as Chris
2020
Goldman v Silverman · as Al Silverman
2017
Good Time · as Nick Nikas
2017
Person to Person · as Eugene
2015
Togetherness (TV Series) · as Craddock Brother #2
2008
Yeast · as Riverguy 2
2006
The Ralph Handel Story · as Ralph Handel

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