David Bennent

David Bennent

  • Birthday: 1966-09-09
  • Place of birth: Lausanne, Switzerland

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Bennent (born September 9, 1966) is a Swiss actor. He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. His parents are actor Heinz Bennent and former dancer Diane Mansart. His sister Anne is also an actress. He has lived in Germany and France as well as Switzerland and speaks fluent French and English. When he was 12 he starred in The Tin Drum, which caused much controversy because David was allegedly shown in sex scenes with an adult. Aged 19, he starred as Honeythorn Gump in the movie Legend, co-starring alongside Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. Bennett has appeared in such plays as Peer Gynt (2004), Die Juden (2003), Michael Kramer (2003), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Bennent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Tin Drum

1979

As Oskar Matzerath

Legend

1985

As Honeythorn Gump

Ulzhan

2007

As Shakuni

Fog in August

2016

As Oja

Die Eltern

1974

As David

Dog Day

1984

As Chim

A Dangerous Fortune

2016

As Amish Bowles

Planetarium

2016

As Juncker

Das schaffen wir schon

2017

As Lukas Grasser

Traumschatten

2005

As Tristan

The Invisible Film

2017

As Podsneznikow

She Hate Me

2004

As Herman Schiller

Bennent mal vier

1998

As Self

Happy as Lazzaro

2018

As Swiss engineer

The Universal Theory

2023

As Kommissar Arnold

Spuk unterm Riesenrad

2024

As Rumpelstilzchen

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