Benjamin Sadler
Born: 1971-02-12 in Toronto, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin Sadler (born February 2, 1971) is a German actor who was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. He lived in Canada until he was five. In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as Wolffs Revier and SK-Babies. In 2001 he appeared in the German-Italian film Maria Magdalena in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn. In 2002 he worked on two further religious films: The Bible - The Apocalypse with Richard Harris and Luther with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov. He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus (Peter O'Toole was the emperor in later life). In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film Dresden. In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomide-handicapped daughter, for which he received a Bambi Award in 2007. He explained in an interview that he was proud to be a part of the film, which influenced the German parliament to pass a law giving greater financial compensation for victims of thalidomide. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Sadler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
2022
- The Net – Prometheus as Andreas Müller
- Wonderfully Beautiful as Arzt
2021
- Furia as Ruben Voss
- Hotel Europa as Fritz Dreesen
- Leben über Kreuz as Sebastian Blumberg
2020
- Shadowplay as Leopold Garten
- Pohlmann und die Zeit der Wünsche as Tom Pohlmann
- Eine harte Tour as Clemens
- Charlotte Link - In the Valley of the Fox as Matthew
2019
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit as Heinz Rosenfeld
- Tödliches Erwachen as Jan Brenner
- Duisburg - Linea di sangue as Thomas Block
- Jenseits der Angst as Ronald Kärger
2018
- Luna's Revenge as Jacob
- Wendy 2 - Freundschaft für immer as Gunnar
- Der Kroatien-Krimi: Mord auf Vis as Jure Pokovic
- Wir sind doch Schwestern as Heinrich Verhoeven
2017
- Ostfriesenkrimis as Dr. Gerd Weber
- Wendy - Der Film as Gunnar
- Tödliche Geheimnisse - Jagd in Kapstadt as Prof. Jonas Schwarz
- Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel as Dr. Robert Siedler
2016
- One Breath as Jan
- Das Programm as Simon Dreher
2015
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Shades of Guilt as Thomas
- Das Dorf der Mörder as Dr. Jeremy Brock
- Die Wallensteins - Dresdner Dämonen as Rolf Koch
- Tag der Wahrheit as Jean-Luc Laboetie
2014
- Francesco as Ugolino
- Alles muss raus as Henry Bergmann
- Francesco as Ugolino
- Zwischen den Zeiten as Michael Rosch
- Das Lächeln der Frauen as André Chabanais
- Bocksprünge as Silvan
2013
- Passion as Prosecutor
- Anna Karenina as Aleksej Karenin
- Pinocchio as Antonio
- Pinocchio as Antonio
- Der Tote im Eis as Gregor Lucius
- Das Jerusalem-Syndrom as Peled
2012
- Letzte Spur Berlin as Andé Jünger
- Rommel as Hans Speidel
- Im Leben von … as Self
- München '72 - Das Attentat as Ulrich Wegener
- The Pursuit of Unhappiness as Frank Henne
- The German Friend as Michael Tendler
2011
- Anatomy of Evil as Johannes Rink
- If Not Us, Who? as Walter Jens
- Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund as Hans Hass
2010
- Liebe deinen Feind as Simon
- Mörderischer Besuch as Theo von Gelden
2009
- Impact as Roland Emerson
- Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace as Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- Within the Whirlwind as Pavel
- Auftrag Schutzengel as Ben Sievert
2008
- The Charlemagne Code as Eik Meiers
- Hotel Meina as Hans Krassler
- Augenzeugin as Tom Schreiber
2007
- War and Peace as Dolokhov
- Caravaggio as Onorio Longhi
- Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette as Paul Wegener
- Annas Alptraum kurz nach 6 as Lukas Walser
2006
- Dresden as Alexander Wenninger
- Der Untergang der Pamir as Victor Reetz
2005
- Letztes Kapitel as Achim Pazurek
- Bettgeflüster & Babyglück as Uli
2004
- The Apocalypse as Valerius
- Italiener und andere Süßigkeiten as Paolo Fabrelli
- Sehnsucht nach Liebe as Jochen Hofmann
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- Luther as Georg Spalatin
- Augustus: The First Emperor as Gaius Octavius
- Das Wunder von Lengede as Salvatore di Pietro
- Antonia – Tränen im Paradies as Moritz Graf von Ahrendorff
- Augustus: The First Emperor as Gaius Octavius
- Das Herz ist rot as Dr. Aaron
- Nur Anfänger heiraten as Hannes Mack
2002
- Zimmer der Angst as Daniel Neymann
2001
- Hart aber fair as Self
- Antonia as Moritz Ahrendorff
- Jonathan's Liebe as Jonathan
2000
- Victor - Der Schutzengel as Lars Riedel
- Mary Magdalene as Giovanni il Battista
- The Hustle as Tony
- Spuk im Reich der Schatten as Friedrich von Kuhlbanz
- Das Tattoo - Tödliche Zeichen as Fred
- Die Verwegene - Kämpfe um deinen Traum
- Spuren im Eis - Eine Frau sucht die Wahrheit as Flo Capeder
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
- Der blonde Affe as Andreas Prolsch
- Verführt - Fatal Online Affair as Josef
1998
- Mordkommission
- Rosenzweig's Freedom as Jacob Rosenzweig
- Spuk aus der Gruft as Friedrich von Kuhlbanz
- Babyraub - Kinder fremder Mächte as Thomas
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Lexx as Nool
- Nachtstudio as Self
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Stunden der Entscheidung as Nigel Davenport
- Nackt im Cabrio as Paul
1996
- SK-Babies as Sylvester
- Wolkenstein as Christian Brandt
1995
- Girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz as Stefan Ahlbaum
1994
- Ein starkes Team as Thomas Overbeck
- Rosa Roth as Fuhrmann
- Faust as Markus Kahlbom
- Drei zum Verlieben as Robert Holler
1992
- Wolffs Revier as Fjodor Romanow
1991
- DAS! as Self
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Gert Mewes
1948
- Bambi as Self