Joel Basman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 23, 1990 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Credits
- 68
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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Known for
Filmography
The Girl with the Leica
2026Movie
Bertolt Brecht
Kafka
2024TV
Franz Kafka
Stella. A Life.
2024Movie
Peter
Lubo
2023Movie
Bruno Reiter
Late Shift
2022Movie
Sébastien Leclercq
The Shadowers
2022TV
Charles Lacroix
Der Überfall
2022TV
Daniel Kowalski
KaDeWe
2021TV
Harry Jandorf
The King's Man
2021Movie
Gavrilo Princip
Caged Birds
2021Movie
Walter Stürm
Dear Thomas
2021Movie
Klaus Brasch
Chess Story
2021Movie
Barkeeper Willem
The Colony
2021Movie
Paling
Monte Verità
2021Movie
Hermann Hesse
Ich und die Anderen
2021TV
Adventures of a Mathematician
2021Movie
Edward Teller
Head Burst
2019Movie
Tim
A Hidden Life
2019Movie
Military Trainee
The Working Man
2019Movie
Patrick "Sigi" Signer
Kursk
2018Movie
Leo
Chris the Swiss
2018Movie
Chris (voice)
Clash of Futures (1918-1939)
2018TV
Rudolf Höß
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
2018Movie
Motti
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
2017Movie
Kondor
Papillon
2017Movie
Maturette
Bye Bye Germany
2017Movie
Lubliner
Paula
2016Movie
Rainer Maria Rilke
Nussknacker und Mausekönig
2015Movie
Mausekönig
Land of Mine
2015Movie
Helmut Morbach
Amnesia
2015Movie
Rudolfo
Dawn
2015Movie
Elisha
As We Were Dreaming
2015Movie
Mark
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
2014Movie
Robbie
Keep Rollin'
2014Movie
Valentin
Ziellos
2014Movie
Pascal Saner
The Monuments Men
2014Movie
German Soldier at Ghent
Puppylove
2013Movie
Paul
Generation War
2013TV
Bartel
Summer Outside
2012Movie
Theo
The Swiss Miss Massacre
2012Movie
Johnny
Homeland
2011TV
Anders
Schawinski
2011TV
Self
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer
2011Movie
Ronny
Hanna
2011Movie
Razor
Picco
2011Movie
Tommy
Songs of Love and Hate
2011Movie
Fabio
Rosannas Tochter
2010Movie
Ruben
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
2010Movie
Albert
Wacked..!
2010Movie
Mani
Happy New Year
2008Movie
Oskar
Mikado
2008Movie
Julian
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich
2008Movie
Franz Hilbig
Thousand Oceans
2008Movie
Eric
Luftbusiness
2008Movie
Liocha
Jimmie
2008Movie
Jimmie Berger
Breakout
2007Movie
Silenzio
Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren
2006Movie
Remo
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
2005TV
Self
SOKO Wismar
2004TV
Mike
Aeschbacher
2001TV
Self
Abendschau
2000TV
Self
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996TV
Nils Bauer
Rosa Roth
1994TV
Matthis Block
The Old Fox
1977TV
Leo Münster
Polizeiruf 110
1971TV
Dennis Kuscinsky
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Manu, Mike Nickel, Werner Weißenbach, Nurali Balsiger, Tim König
German Film Award
1951TV
Self
Don't Be A Stranger
Movie