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Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor best known for having played Franz Kafka in the ARD Miniseries Kafka (2024)




Early life


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.




Career


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 Basman 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, Basman 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 Tous Ecrans.
At the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Joel Basman acted in 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-part TV film Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter (Our mothers, our fathers). He also played Pascal in the Swiss TV-film Ziellos (Aimless).
Joel Basman starred as Sebastien Leclercq in a game called Late Shift in 2016.
In 2018, Basman played the lead role in The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch, which was picked up by Netflix.




Filmography






Audio drama


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




Distinctions


2008: Schweizer Fernsehpreis
2008: Shooting Star




References






External links


Official website
Joel Basman at IMDb
Joel Basman on Twitter
Joel Basman on Instagram

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