Joel Basman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Zürich, Switzerland
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Don't Be A Stranger
Movie
The Girl with the Leica
Movie · as Bertolt Brecht
Holidays
Movie · as Mr. Käsemodell
Stella. A Life.
Movie · as Peter
Kafka
TV · as Franz Kafka · 6 eps
Lubo
Movie · as Bruno Reiter
Late Shift
Movie · as Sébastien Leclercq
Der Überfall
TV · as Daniel Kowalski · 6 eps
The Shadowers
TV · as Charles Lacroix · 6 eps
The King's Man
Movie · as Gavrilo Princip
Chess Story
Movie · as Barkeeper Willem
Adventures of a Mathematician
Movie · as Edward Teller
Caged Birds
Movie · as Walter Stürm
The Colony
Movie · as Paling
Dear Thomas
Movie · as Klaus Brasch
Monte Verità
Movie · as Hermann Hesse
Ich und die Anderen
TV · 1 ep
KaDeWe
TV · as Harry Jandorf · 6 eps
The Working Man
Movie · as Patrick "Sigi" Signer
Head Burst
Movie · as Tim
A Hidden Life
Movie · as Military Trainee
Kursk
Movie · as Leo
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
Movie · as Motti
Chris the Swiss
Movie · as Chris (voice)
Clash of Futures (1918-1939)
TV · as Rudolf Höß · 8 eps
Bye Bye Germany
Movie · as Lubliner
Papillon
Movie · as Maturette
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
Movie · as Kondor
Paula
Movie · as Rainer Maria Rilke
As We Were Dreaming
Movie · as Mark
Dawn
Movie · as Elisha
Nussknacker und Mausekönig
Movie · as Mausekönig
Land of Mine
Movie · as Helmut Morbach
Amnesia
Movie · as Rudolfo
Ziellos
Movie · as Pascal Saner
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Movie · as Robbie
Keep Rollin'
Movie · as Valentin
The Monuments Men
Movie · as German Soldier at Ghent
Puppylove
Movie · as Paul
Generation War
TV · as Bartel · 2 eps
The Swiss Miss Massacre
Movie · as Johnny
Summer Outside
Movie · as Theo
Hanna
Movie · as Razor
Picco
Movie · as Tommy
Songs of Love and Hate
Movie · as Fabio
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer
Movie · as Ronny
Schawinski
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Homeland
TV · as Anders · 1 ep
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Movie · as Albert
Wacked..!
Movie · as Mani
Rosannas Tochter
Movie · as Ruben
Luftbusiness
Movie · as Liocha
Thousand Oceans
Movie · as Eric
Happy New Year
Movie · as Oskar
Jimmie
Movie · as Jimmie Berger
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich
Movie · as Franz Hilbig
Mikado
Movie · as Julian
Breakout
Movie · as Silenzio
Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren
Movie · as Remo
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
SOKO Wismar
TV · as Mike · 1 ep
Aeschbacher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Abendschau
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV · as Nils Bauer · 1 ep
Rosa Roth
TV · as Matthis Block · 1 ep
The Old Fox
TV · as Leo Münster · 1 ep
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Dennis Kuscinsky · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Manu, Mike Nickel, Werner Weißenbach, Nurali Balsiger, Tim König · 1 ep
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep