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Joel Basman

Actor, ProducerBorn January 23, 1990 (35 years)
Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor.

Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and Hebrew. He has one older sister who resides in Israel.

In 2004 he started his career and played a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap opera Lüthi und Blanc.

In 2007 director Tobias Ineichen gave the main part to Joel for his film Jimmie. There he played an autistic boy. In February 2008 he got the prize Shooting Star for his part as a Russian teenager on the film Luftibus, written by director Dominque de Rivaz. In September 2008 Joel received the Schweizer Fernsehpreis (Swiss TV-Prize) in the category film. In October 2008 he got the prize for the best main part from Cinema Tous Ecrans.

At the Schauspielhaus Zürich Joel Basman acted 2003 for a youth-theatre project. In 2004 and 2005 he played with students, who were at their final project. He finished his studies at the"European Film Actor School" in October 2008.

In 2012 Basman got a part as Bertel in the three-piece TV film Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter (Our mothers, our fathers). He also played Pascal in the Swiss TV-film Ziellos (Aimless).

Joel Basman played as Sebastien Leclercq in a game called ‘Late Shift’ in 2016.

In 2018, Basman played the lead role in Wolkenbruch's Wondrous Journey Into the Arms of a Shiksa, picked up by Netflix.

Source: Article "Joel Basman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Generation War
  • The Command
  • The Colony
  • Adventures of a Mathematician
  • Bye Bye Germany
  • Puppylove

Known For

  • Land of Mine
  • The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
  • The Command
  • The Colony
  • Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
  • We Are Young. We Are Strong.
  • Chris the Swiss
  • Kafka
  • Adventures of a Mathematician
  • Als wir träumten
  • Picco
  • Late Shift
  • Caged Birds
  • Paula
  • Puppylove
  • Clash of Futures
  • KaDeWe: Our Time Is Now
  • Stella: A Life
  • Ziellos
  • Cannabis
  • Head Burst
  • Keep Rollin'
  • Dear Thomas
  • Dawn

Filmography

2024
Kafka (TV Series) · as Franz Kafka
2023
Stella: A Life · as Peter
2023
Lubo · as Bruno Reiter
2022
The Shadows (TV Series) · as Charles Lacroix
2022
The Raid (TV Series) · as Daniel Kowalski
2021
KaDeWe: Our Time Is Now (TV Series) · as Harry Jandorf
2021
The King's Man · as Gavrilo Princip
2021
Dear Thomas · as Klaus Brasch
2021
Chess Story · as Barkeeper Willem
2021
2021
Me and the Others (TV Series)
2021
The Colony · as Paling
2020
Caged Birds · as Walter Stürm
2020
2019
A Hidden Life · as Military Trainee
2019
Head Burst · as Tim
2019
The Working Man · as Patrick "sigi" Signer
2018
2018
Chris the Swiss · as Chris (voice)
2018
Clash of Futures (TV Series) · as Rudolf Höß
2018
2018
Zauberer · as Marcel
2017
Private Banking (TV Series) · as Adrian Wyss
2017
2017
Papillon · as Maturette
2017
2016
Paula · as Rainer Maria Rilke
2016
Late Shift · as Sébastien Leclercq
2015
Nussknacker und Mausekönig · as Mausekönig
2015
Land of Mine · as Helmut Morbach
2015
Amnesia · as Rudolfo
2015
2014
Dawn · as Elisha
2014
2014
Ziellos · as Pascal Saner
2014
The Monuments Men · as German Soldier At Ghent
2013
Keep Rollin' · as Valentin
2013
2013
Generation War (TV Series) · as Bartel
2012
Summer Outside · as Theo
2012
2011
Homeland (TV Series) · as Anders
2011
2011
Hanna · as Razor
2010
Picco · as Tommy
2010
2010
2009
Rosanna's Daughter · as Ruben
2008
Happy New Year · as Oskar
2008
2008
2008
Life for Sale · as Liocha
2008
Jimmie · as Jimmie Berger
2007
Breakout · as Silenzio
2006
Cannabis · as Remo
2005
Rascals on the Road · as Falscher Bub
2004
SOKO Wismar (TV Series) · as Mike
1996
Alarm for Cobra 11 (TV Series) · as Nils Bauer
1994
Rosa Roth (TV Series) · as Matthis Block
1977
The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Leo Münster
1971
Police Call 110 (TV Series) · as Dennis Kuscinsky
1970
Tatort (TV Series) · as Werner Weißenbach

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