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