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.
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Filmography
all 63
Movies 48
TV Shows 15
self 3
Voice 1
Kafka (2024)
Stella. A Life. (2024)
Lubo (2023)
Der Überfall (2022)
Caged Birds (2022)
KaDeWe (2021)
The King's Man (2021)
Dear Thomas (2021)
Chess Story (2021)
Monte Verità (2021)
The Colony (2021)
Ich und die Anderen (2021)
Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Head Burst (2019)
The Working Man (2019)
Kursk (2018)
Chris the Swiss (2018)
Clash of Futures (1918-1939) (2018)
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
Zauberer (2018)
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country (2017)
Papillon (2017)
Bye Bye Germany (2017)
Paula (2016)
Late Shift (2016)
Nussknacker und Mausekönig (2015)
Land of Mine (2015)
Amnesia (2015)
Dawn (2015)
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
Keep Rollin' (2014)
Ziellos (2014)
The Monuments Men (2014)
Puppylove (2013)
Generation War (2013)
Summer Outside (2012)
The Swiss Miss Massacre (2012)
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer (2011)
Hanna (2011)
Picco (2011)
Rosannas Tochter (2010)
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010)
Wacked..! (2010)
Songs of Love and Hate (2010)
Happy New Year (2008)
Mikado (2008)
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich (2008)
Thousand Oceans (2008)
Luftbusiness (2008)
Jimmie (2008)
Breakout (2007)
Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren (2006)
Glanz & Gloria (2005)
SOKO Wismar (2004)
Aeschbacher (2001)
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Rosa Roth (1994)
The Old Fox (1977)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
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GenderMale
Birthday1990-01-23 (34 years old)
Birth PlaceZurich, Switzerland
CitizenshipsSwitzerland
AwardsGerman Film Award
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