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 (2003), Michael Kramer (2003), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Bennent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
The Tin Drum
as Oskar Matzerath
1979
Legend
as Honeythorn Gump
1985
To Stage the Music - Heiner Goebbels
as Self
2023
Ulzhan
as Shakuni
2007
Happy as Lazzaro
as Swiss engineer
2018
The Universal Theory
as Kommissar Arnold
2023
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as César
2013
Die Eltern
as David
1974
Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient
as Manfred Wurster
1975
Dog Day
as Chim
1984
Spuk unterm Riesenrad
as Rumpelstilzchen
2024
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Gold
as Paul Daeron
2015
Therapy for a Vampire
2014
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
as Actor - Das Morgenlied
2003
Fog in August
as Oja
2016
Planetarium
as Juncker
2016
Das schaffen wir schon
as Lukas Grasser
2017
Traumschatten
as Tristan
2005
The Invisible Film
as Podsneznikow
2017
She Hate Me
as Herman Schiller
2004
TV Appearances
Dogs of Berlin
as Späti
2018
The Commissioner
as Sigi Kempe
1969
Derrick
as Heinz Weik
1974
Kölner Treff
as Self
1976
Shades of Guilt
as Bernhard Strelitz
2015
Scene of the Crime
as Jörn Weig
1970
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
Beckmann
as Self
1999
Was wurde aus...?
as himself
2011
Warum ich?
as Eddie
2025
L’enfant des lumières
as Hyacinthe Mignon
2002