David Bennent
Known for ActingBorn 1966-09-09Lausanne, Switzerland
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David Bennent (born September 9, 1966) is a Swiss actor.
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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).
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Known for
Legend
1985 · as Honeythorn Gump
The Tin Drum
1979 · as Oskar Matzerath
She Hate Me
2004 · as Herman Schiller
Happy as Lazzaro
2018 · as Swiss engineer
Planetarium
2016 · as Juncker
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013 · as César
Fog in August
2016 · as Oja
Dog Day
1984 · as Chim
Traumschatten
2005 · as Tristan
Die Eltern
1974 · as David
The Universal Theory
2023 · as Kommissar Arnold
Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me
2003 · as Actor - Das Morgenlied
Ulzhan
2007 · as Shakuni
Therapy for a Vampire
2014
To Stage the Music - Heiner Goebbels
2023 · as Self
Spuk unterm Riesenrad
2024 · as Rumpelstilzchen
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Gold
2015 · as Paul Daeron
The Invisible Film
2017 · as Podsneznikow