David Bennent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 9, 1966 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Credits
- 38
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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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Known for
Legend
1985Movie
Honeythorn Gump
Happy as Lazzaro
2018Movie
Swiss engineer
The Tin Drum
1979Movie
Oskar Matzerath
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013Movie
César
Planetarium
2016Movie
Juncker
She Hate Me
2004Movie
Herman Schiller
Filmography
Warum ich?
2025TV
Eddie
Der Zürich-Krimi: Borchert und die Stadt in Angst (1)
2024Movie
Jürg Dolmas
Spuk unterm Riesenrad
2024Movie
Rumpelstilzchen
The Universal Theory
2023Movie
Kommissar Arnold
To Stage the Music - Heiner Goebbels
2023Movie
Self
Dogs of Berlin
2018TV
Späti
Happy as Lazzaro
2018Movie
Swiss engineer
The Invisible Film
2017Movie
Podsneznikow
Das schaffen wir schon
2017Movie
Lukas Grasser
Planetarium
2016Movie
Juncker
Fog in August
2016Movie
Oja
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Gold
2015Movie
Paul Daeron
Shades of Guilt
2015TV
Bernhard Strelitz
Therapy for a Vampire
2014Movie
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013Movie
César
Was wurde aus...?
2011TV
himself
Ulzhan
2007Movie
Shakuni
Traumschatten
2005Movie
Tristan
She Hate Me
2004Movie
Herman Schiller
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
2003Movie
Actor - Das Morgenlied
L’enfant des lumières
2002TV
Hyacinthe Mignon
Brook by Brook
2002Movie
Self
Beckmann
1999TV
Self
Menschen hautnah
1998TV
Self
Legend
1985Movie
Honeythorn Gump
Dog Day
1984Movie
Chim
Canicule
1983Movie
The Tin Drum
1979Movie
Oskar Matzerath
NDR Talk Show
1979TV
Self
Ciné regards
1978TV
Self
Kölner Treff
1976TV
Self
Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient
1975Movie
Manfred Wurster
3 nach 9
1974TV
Self
Derrick
1974TV
Heinz Weik
Die Eltern
1974Movie
David
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Jörn Weig
The Commissioner
1969TV
Sigi Kempe
L'homme au manteau de singe
TV