David Bennent

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-09-09 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Lausanne, Switzerland

David Bennent

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 (2...

Acting

1979

The Tin Drum

as Oskar Matzerath

1985

Legend

as Honeythorn Gump

2007

Ulzhan

as Shakuni

2018

Happy as Lazzaro

as Swiss engineer

1998

2023

The Universal Theory

as Kommissar Arnold

1974

Die Eltern

as David

1984

Dog Day

as Chim

2024

Spuk unterm Riesenrad

as Rumpelstilzchen

2016

A Dangerous Fortune

as Amish Bowles

2016

2016

Planetarium

as Juncker

2017

Das schaffen wir schon

as Lukas Grasser

2005

Traumschatten

as Tristan

2017

The Invisible Film

as Podsneznikow

2004

She Hate Me

as Herman Schiller

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