David Bennent
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Happy as Lazzaro
as Swiss engineer 2018
The Tin Drum
as Oskar Matzerath 1979
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as César 2013
Planetarium
as Juncker 2016
She Hate Me
as Herman Schiller 2004
Fog in August
as Oja 2016
Dog Day
as Chim 1984
The Universal Theory
as Kommissar Arnold 2023
Therapy for a Vampire
2014
Ulzhan
as Shakuni 2007
Spuk unterm Riesenrad
as Rumpelstilzchen 2024
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Gold
as Paul Daeron 2015
Der Zürich-Krimi: Borchert und die Stadt in Angst (1)
as Jürg Dolmas 2024
Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient
as Manfred Wurster 1975
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
as Weisser Ritter 2003
To Stage the Music - Heiner Goebbels
as Self 2023