Joel Basman

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Joel Basman
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Joel Basman at the 65th Berlinale in February 2015
Born (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 35)
Zurich, Switzerland
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor best known for having played Franz Kafka in the ARD Miniseries Kafka (2024). [1]

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Early life

Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, [2] 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. [3]

Career

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 Basman 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, Basman 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 in 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-part TV film Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter (Our mothers, our fathers). [4] He also played Pascal in the Swiss TV-film Ziellos (Aimless).

Joel Basman starred as Sebastien Leclercq in a game called Late Shift in 2016.

In 2018, Basman played the lead role in The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch , which was picked up by Netflix.

Filmography

YearFilmNameDirector
2004–2006Lüthi und BlancZizou ImbodenSabine Boss and others
2004Mein Name ist EugenMichael Steiner
2005AusgrenzungenLiliane Steiner
2006BreakoutSilenzioMike Eschmann
Cannabis – Probieren geht über RegierenRemoNiklaus Hilber
2007MikadoSilvia Zeitlinger
Tausend OzeaneEricLuki Frieden
JimmieJimmieTobias Ineichen
LuftbusinessLiochaDominique de Rivaz
2008Happy New YearOskar Christoph Schaub
Tatort: LiebeswirrenWerner WeißenbachTobias Ineichen
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ichFranzAndreas Linke
2010 Picco Tommy Philip Koch  [ de ]
SennentuntschiAlbertMichael Steiner
Tatort: Der letzte PatientTim KönigFriedemann Fromm
Rosannas TochterRuben
2011Löwenzahn – Das KinoabenteuerRonnyPeter Timm
Hanna Razor Joe Wright
2012 Polizeiruf 110: Eine andere WeltDennis KuscinskyNicolai Rohde
2013 Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter BartelPhilipp Kadelbach
Tatort: Freunde bis in den TodManuNicolai Rohde
Summer Outside  [ de ]Theo Friederike Jehn  [ de ]
Puppylove PaulDelphine Lehericey
Keep Rollin'  [ de ]PaulStefan Hillebrand, Oliver Paulus
2014 Dawn Elisha Romed Wyder
The Monuments Men German soldier George Clooney
ZiellosPascalNiklaus Hilber
Wir Sind Jung. Wir Sind StarkRobbieBurhan Qurbani
2015Tatort: Borowski und der Himmel über KielMike NickelChristian Schwochow
Land of Mine Helmut Morbach Martin Zandvliet
2017 Papillon Maturette Aaron Guzikowski
2018 Kursk Leo Thomas Vinterberg
Wolkenbruch's Wondrous Journey Into the Arms of a Shiksa Mordechai WolkenbruchMichael Steiner
Zauberer Marcel Sebastian Brauneis
2019 A Hidden Life Military trainee Terrence Malick
2020Adventures of a Mathematician Edward Teller Thor Klein
2021 The King's Man Gavrilo Princip Matthew Vaughn
Tides Paling Tim Fehlbaum
2023 Kafka Franz KafkaDavid Schalko
Stella. A Life. PeterKilian Riedhof
TBAStormWalter Storm Ivan Madeo

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Distinctions

References

  1. ↑ ""We all have Kafka in us"". tagesanzeiger.
  2. ↑ "Actors in the Swiss Oscar submission 'Wolkenbruch' share the loving dynamic of their mother-son characters". Los Angeles Times . 2 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Joel Basman - Munzinger Biographie".
  4. ↑ "ZDF: Zeitgeschichte, zeitgemäß erzählt". Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
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