Joel Basman

Joel Basman
Joel Basman at the 65th Berlinale in February 2015
Born	(1990-01-23) January 23, 1990 Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor.

Life

In 2004 he started his career and acted as a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap 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 prize „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).

Filmography

Year	Film	Name	Director
2004–2006	Lüthi und Blanc	Zizou Imboden	Sabine Boss and others
2004	Mein Name ist Eugen		Michael Steiner
2005	Ausgrenzungen		Liliane Steiner
2006	Breakout	Silenzio	Mike Eschmann
	Cannabis – Probieren geht über Regieren	Remo	Niklaus Hilber
2007	Mikado		Silvia Zeitlinger
	Tausend Ozeane	Eric	Luki Frieden
	Jimmie	Jimmie	Tobias Ineichen
	Luftbusiness	Liocha	Dominique de Rivaz
2008	Happy New Year	Oskar	Christoph Schaub
	Tatort: Liebeswirren	Werner Weißenbach	Tobias Ineichen
	Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich	Franz	Andreas Linke
2010	Picco	Tommy	Philip Koch
	Sennentuntschi	Albert	Michael Steiner
	Tatort: Der letzte Patient	Tim König	Friedemann Fromm
	Rosannas Tochter	Ruben
2011	Löwenzahn – Das Kinoabenteuer	Ronny	Peter Timm
	Hanna	Razor	Joe Wright
2012	Polizeiruf 110: Eine andere Welt	Dennis Kuscinsky	Nicolai Rohde
2013	Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter	Bartel	Philipp Kadelbach
	Tatort: Freunde bis in den Tod	Manu	Nicolai Rohde
	Draussen ist Sommer	Theo	Friederike Jehn
	Puppylove	Paul	Delphine Lehericey
2014	Dawn	Elisha	Romed Wyder
	Monuments Men	deutscher Soldat	George Clooney
	Ziellos	Pascal	Niklaus Hilber
2015	Tatort: Borowski und der Himmel über Kiel	Mike Nickel	Christian Schwochow
2015	Land of Mine

Audio Drama

• 2013: Hattie Naylor: Ivan und die Hunde; Regie: Reto Ott (SRF)

Distinctions

• 2008: Schweizer Fernsehpreis
• 2008: Shooting Star

External links

• Official website
• Joel Basman at IMDb