Joel Basman
Born: 1990-01-23 in Zürich, Switzerland
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Girl with the Leica as Bertolt Brecht
2024
- Kafka as Franz Kafka
- Stella. A Life. as Peter
2023
- Lubo as Bruno Reiter
2022
- The Shadowers as Charles Lacroix
- Der Überfall as Daniel Kowalski
- Late Shift as Sébastien Leclercq
2021
- The King's Man as Gavrilo Princip
- The Colony as Paling
- Chess Story as Barkeeper Willem
- KaDeWe as Harry Jandorf
- Adventures of a Mathematician as Edward Teller
- Ich und die Anderen
- Dear Thomas as Klaus Brasch
- Monte Verità as Hermann Hesse
- Caged Birds as Walter Stürm
2019
- A Hidden Life as Military Trainee
- The Working Man as Patrick "Sigi" Signer
- Head Burst as Tim
2018
- Kursk as Leo
- Clash of Futures (1918-1939) as Rudolf Höß
- Chris the Swiss as Chris (voice)
- The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch as Motti
2017
- Papillon as Maturette
- Bye Bye Germany as Lubliner
- Once Upon a Time in Indian Country as Kondor
2016
- Paula as Rainer Maria Rilke
2015
- Land of Mine as Helmut Morbach
- Amnesia as Rudolfo
- As We Were Dreaming as Mark
- Dawn as Elisha
- Nussknacker und Mausekönig as Mausekönig
2014
- The Monuments Men as German Soldier at Ghent
- Ziellos as Pascal Saner
- We Are Young. We Are Strong. as Robbie
- Keep Rollin' as Valentin
2013
- Generation War as Bartel
- Puppylove as Paul
2012
- Summer Outside as Theo
- The Swiss Miss Massacre as Johnny
2011
- Homeland as Anders
- Schawinski as Self
- Hanna as Razor
- Picco as Tommy
- Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer as Ronny
- Songs of Love and Hate as Fabio
2010
- Wacked..! as Mani
- Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps as Albert
- Rosannas Tochter as Ruben
2008
- Jimmie as Jimmie Berger
- Luftbusiness as Liocha
- Thousand Oceans as Eric
- Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich as Franz Hilbig
- Mikado as Julian
- Happy New Year as Oskar
2007
- Breakout as Silenzio
2006
2005
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self
2004
- SOKO Wismar as Mike
2001
- Aeschbacher as Self
2000
- Abendschau as Self
1996
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Nils Bauer
1994
- Rosa Roth as Matthis Block
1977
- The Old Fox as Leo Münster
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Dennis Kuscinsky
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Manu
1951
- German Film Award as Self