David Bennent
Biography
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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).
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Full filmography
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Jörn Weig
- Derrick (1974) as Heinz Weik
- Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Beckmann (1999) as Self
- The Commissioner (1969) as Sigi Kempe
- Legend (1985) as Honeythorn Gump
- The Tin Drum (1979) as Oskar Matzerath
- Dogs of Berlin (2018) as Späti
- Menschen hautnah (1998) as Self
- Shades of Guilt (2015) as Bernhard Strelitz
- Warum ich? (2025) as Eddie
- She Hate Me (2004) as Herman Schiller
- Was wurde aus...? (2011) as himself
- Happy as Lazzaro (2018) as Swiss engineer
- Planetarium (2016) as Juncker
- Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) as César
- L’enfant des lumières (2002) as Hyacinthe Mignon
- Dog Day (1984) as Chim
- The Universal Theory (2023) as Kommissar Arnold
- Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003) as Actor - Das Morgenlied
- Traumschatten (2005) as Tristan
- Die Eltern (1974) as David