Joel Basman

About

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...

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Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970The Old FoxSeries • 1977HomelandSeries • 2011Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceSeries • 1996Polizeiruf 110Series • 1971SOKO WismarSeries • 2004The King's ManMovie • 2021Generation WarSeries • 2013Rosa RothSeries • 1994KurskMovie • 2018PapillonMovie • 2017The ColonyMovie • 2021Chess StoryMovie • 2021HannaMovie • 2011The Monuments MenMovie • 2014A Hidden LifeMovie • 2019Land of MineMovie • 2015PaulaMovie • 2016Stella. A Life.Movie • 2024Head BurstMovie • 2019Adventures of a MathematicianMovie • 2021PiccoMovie • 2011PuppyloveMovie • 2013The Awakening of Motti WolkenbruchMovie • 2018