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Joel Basman

Joel Basman

Acting

January 23, 1990 (36 years old)
Zürich, Switzerland
Male
49 Movies
23 TV Shows

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. Source: Article "Joel Basman" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Land of Mine
Land of Mine

Land of Mine

2015 7.8

as Helmut Morbach

Age 25 (now 36)
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

2018 6.0

as Motti

Age 28 (now 36)
The Colony
The Colony

The Colony

2021 5.7

as Paling

Age 31 (now 36)
Kursk
Kursk

Kursk

2018 6.6

as Leo

Age 28 (now 36)
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
We Are Young. We Are Strong.

We Are Young. We Are Strong.

2014 6.8

as Robbie

Age 24 (now 36)
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps

2010 6.4

as Albert

Age 20 (now 36)
Adventures of a Mathematician
Adventures of a Mathematician

Adventures of a Mathematician

2021 6.1

as Edward Teller

Age 31 (now 36)
As We Were Dreaming
As We Were Dreaming

As We Were Dreaming

2015 6.0

as Mark

Age 25 (now 36)
The King's Man
The King's Man

The King's Man

2021 6.7

as Gavrilo Princip

Age 31 (now 36)
Chess Story
Chess Story

Chess Story

2021 6.9

as Barkeeper Willem

Age 31 (now 36)
Picco
Picco

Picco

2011 6.1

as Tommy

Age 21 (now 36)
Paula
Paula

Paula

2016 6.3

as Rainer Maria Rilke

Age 26 (now 36)
Papillon
Papillon

Papillon

2017 7.3

as Maturette

Age 27 (now 36)
Caged Birds
Caged Birds

Caged Birds

2021 5.4

as Walter Stürm

Age 31 (now 36)
Chris the Swiss
Chris the Swiss

Chris the Swiss

2018 6.5

as Chris (voice)

Age 28 (now 36)
Lubo
Lubo

Lubo

2023 7.1

as Bruno Reiter

Age 33 (now 36)