Joel Basman
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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.
Known for
Credits
The King's Man (2021)
as Gavrilo Princip
Holidays (2026)
as Mr. Käsemodell
Papillon (2017)
as Maturette
Chess Story (2021)
as Barkeeper Willem
Kursk (2018)
as Leo
The Monuments Men (2014)
as German Soldier at Ghent
Hanna (2011)
as Razor
The Colony (2021)
as Paling
A Hidden Life (2019)
as Military Trainee
Land of Mine (2015)
as Helmut Morbach
Paula (2016)
as Rainer Maria Rilke
Picco (2011)
as Tommy
Head Burst (2019)
as Tim
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
as Motti
Thousand Oceans (2008)
as Eric
Lubo (2023)
as Bruno Reiter
Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)
as Edward Teller
Puppylove (2013)
as Paul
Stella. A Life. (2024)
as Peter
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010)
as Albert
Breakout (2007)
as Silenzio
Rosannas Tochter (2010)
as Ruben
Wacked..! (2010)
as Mani
Bye Bye Germany (2017)
as Lubliner
Jimmie (2008)
as Jimmie Berger
The Working Man (2019)
as Patrick "Sigi" Signer
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country (2017)
as Kondor
Luftbusiness (2008)
as Liocha
We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
as Robbie
Ziellos (2014)
as Pascal Saner
Keep Rollin' (2014)
as Valentin
Nussknacker und Mausekönig (2015)
as Mausekönig
Don't Be A Stranger (—)
Actor
The Swiss Miss Massacre (2012)
as Johnny
Caged Birds (2021)
as Walter Stürm
Amnesia (2015)
as Rudolfo
Dear Thomas (2021)
as Klaus Brasch
Monte Verità (2021)
as Hermann Hesse
Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren (2006)
as Remo
The Girl with the Leica (2026)
as Bertolt Brecht
Summer Outside (2012)
as Theo
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich (2008)
as Franz Hilbig
Late Shift (2022)
as Sébastien Leclercq
Mikado (2008)
as Julian
Songs of Love and Hate (2011)
as Fabio
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
as Mark
Chris the Swiss (2018)
as Chris (voice)
Happy New Year (2008)
as Oskar
Dawn (2015)
as Elisha
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer (2011)
as Ronny