Name
David Bennent
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-09-09 (60 years old)
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).
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- 1979 The Tin Drum as Oskar Matzerath
- 1985 Legend as Honeythorn Gump
- 2023 To Stage the Music - Heiner Goebbels as Self
- 2007 Ulzhan as Shakuni
- 2018 Happy as Lazzaro as Swiss engineer
- 2023 The Universal Theory as Kommissar Arnold
- 2013 Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as César
- 1974 Die Eltern as David
- 1975 Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient as Manfred Wurster
- 1984 Dog Day as Chim
- 2024 Spuk unterm Riesenrad as Rumpelstilzchen
- 2015 Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Gold as Paul Daeron
- 2014 Therapy for a Vampire
- 2003 Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me as Actor - Das Morgenlied
- 2016 Fog in August as Oja
- 2016 Planetarium as Juncker
- 2017 Das schaffen wir schon as Lukas Grasser
- 2005 Traumschatten as Tristan
- 2017 The Invisible Film as Podsneznikow
- 2004 She Hate Me as Herman Schiller
- 2024 Der Zürich-Krimi: Borchert und die Stadt in Angst (1) as Jürg Dolmas
- 1983 Canicule
- 2002 Brook by Brook as Self
- 2018 Dogs of Berlin ( 3 episodes ) as Späti
- 1969 The Commissioner ( 1 episode ) as Sigi Kempe
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Heinz Weik
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Shades of Guilt ( 1 episode ) as Bernhard Strelitz
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Jörn Weig
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 3 nach 9 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Beckmann ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Was wurde aus...? ( 1 episode ) as himself
- 2025 Warum ich? ( 2 episodes ) as Eddie
- 2002 L’enfant des lumières ( 2 episodes ) as Hyacinthe Mignon
- 1998 Menschen hautnah ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Ciné regards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon L'homme au manteau de singe ( 1 episode )
