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David Bennent

Actor

David Bennent

Born September 9, 1966 in Lausanne, Switzerland20 films

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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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Happy as Lazzaro posterFirst watchHappy as Lazzaro20187.4as Swiss engineerPurehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Legend poster6.3Legend1985The Tin Drum poster7.0The Tin Drum1979Fog in August poster7.4Fog in August2016Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas poster5.9Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas2013Planetarium poster4.6Planetarium2016She Hate Me poster5.1She Hate Me2004The Universal Theory poster5.9The Universal Theory2023Dog Day poster5.2Dog Day1984

Filmography

20 films as actor
  1. 2024Der Zürich-Krimi: Borchert und die Stadt in Angst (1)Jürg Dolmas
  2. 2024Spuk unterm RiesenradRumpelstilzchen
  3. 2023The Universal TheoryKommissar Arnold
  4. 2018Happy as LazzaroSwiss engineer
  5. 2017The Invisible FilmPodsneznikow
  6. 2017Das schaffen wir schonLukas Grasser
  7. 2016PlanetariumJuncker
  8. 2016Fog in AugustOja
  9. 2015Inspector Dupin: Brittany's GoldPaul Daeron
  10. 2014Therapy for a Vampire
  11. 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasCésar
  12. 2007UlzhanShakuni
  13. 2005TraumschattenTristan
  14. 2004She Hate MeHerman Schiller
  15. 2003Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MeActor - Das Morgenlied
  16. 1985LegendHoneythorn Gump
  17. 1984Dog DayChim
  18. 1979The Tin DrumOskar Matzerath
  19. 1975Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdientManfred Wurster
  20. 1974Die ElternDavid