Benjamin Trinks (born 15 October 1990) is a

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actor and a

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Biography

Benjamin Trinks was born in

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. At the age of eight Benjamin Trinks was admitted to the child ensemble at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin where he made his first experiences on stage taking part in various revues. After appearing in music clips for

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's variety shows, he came to the attention of TV executives. In 2004 he appeared in his first major television role in the

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series " Sabine". Shortly after roles followed in TV shows like " ZACK" (

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) and " Krimi.de" (

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). Early in 2007, Trinks played Warrenville in the radio drama, radio play " a pact, a kiss and softy knee". At the same time he was filming the boarding school series " Schloss Einstein" as Nick, before appearing in the second series of Disney's "

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" in April. The third series was shot during the summer of the same year. In addition, Trinks took part in an on-camera master class with

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, a US casting director. He also had a part in the Berlin edition of "

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" and the television series "

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". On 29 November 2007, Trinks was the interview guest of Italian theatre star and singer Mafy on the Italian radio station " radiosound 95". Both appeared in the

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" in their respective countries. Preciously they had cooperated by presenting the live feed from the London premier of

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. Trinks was cast in the film "

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", also starring Ralph Fiennes and

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. He also appeared in the

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"Teacher".

Filmography

*2001: Clips with Michael Schanze *2001: Volkstümliche Hitparade *2003: Spot für Toleranz *2004: Krimi.de *2004: Lucky Punch *2004: Sabine *2004: Wo bleibst du Baby? *2004: ZACK *2005: ZACK *2006: Disneys Kurze Pause *2006:

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*2006: Disney Christmas Song ''Winterwunderzeit'' *2006: LEO - Ein fast perfekter Typ *2007: Disneys Kurze Pause 2 *2007: Schloss Einstein *2007:

*2007: High School Musical 2 - Premiere in London *2007: Disneys Kurze Pause 3 *2007:

*2007: Lehrer (AT) * 2008:

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- Florida * 2008: Ich liebe den Mann meiner besten Freundin * 2008: Camp Rock - We Rock * 2009:

Draußen am See ''Losing Balance'' (German: Draußen am See) is a 2009 drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually ...

* 2009: Die Wette * 2009:

Familie Dr. Kleist ''Familie Dr. Kleist'' is a German television series about a German doctor named Christian Kleist and his family, internationally also known as ''Circle of Life''. Familie Dr. Kleist stars Francis Fulton-Smith in the title role, which has been b ...

* 2009:

* 2009: Fairfield * 2009: Vater, bin ich Kind? * 2009: Allein unter Schülern * 2010: Rauchfrei * 2010: zaOza - Lass dich nicht ausbeuten * 2010: Ampelmann * 2011: Schicksalsjahre * 2011:

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(Der Alte)- Der Tod und das Mädchen * 2011: Der gestohlene Sommer * 2012: Und alle haben geschwiegen * 2012:

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- Unzertrennlich * 2012: Terra X - Die Seefahrer der Bounty * 2012: Mord in Ludwigslust * 2013: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter * 2014: Ein Fall von Liebe - Annas Baby * 2014: SOKO Wismar - Neptuns Rache * 2014: Kripo Holstein - Bömmel kloppen * 2014: Gut Molzow

Synchronous work

*2003: The Village; Rolle: Junge *2004: Hitler in Colour; Rolle: Wolfgang Findeisen *2005:

; Rolle: Jacob *2005: Krimi.de; Teil 3 Rolle: Rocky *2006: Disneys Weihnachtssong *2006: Titelsong Disneys Kurze Pause *2007: Ein Pakt, ein Kuss und weiche Knie; Rolle: Warrenville *2007: Ferrero Fernsehspot ''Surprise Visit'' Rolle: Gastgeber

External links

Official Website of Benjamin Trinks
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trinks, Benjamin 1990 births Living people German male child actors German male stage actors German male television actors