David Bennent (born 9 September 1966) is a Swiss actor.

Biography

He was born in

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, Switzerland. His parents are German actor

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and French former dancer Diane Mansart. His sister Anne Bennent is also an actress. He has lived in Germany and France as well as Switzerland and speaks fluent German, French and English. When he was 11 he starred in ''

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'', which caused much controversy because he was shown in sex scenes with an adult. At age 19, he starred as Honeythorn Gump in the film ''

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'', co-starring with

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and

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. Bennent has appeared in such plays as ''Peer Gynt'' (2004), ''Die Juden'' (2003), ''Michael Kramer'' (2003), and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (2002).

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1979) * '' Dog Day'' (1984) * ''

'' (1985) * ''

She Hate Me ''She Hate Me'' is a 2004 American independent comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, John Turturro, and Ossie Davis in his ...

'' (2004) * ''

Ulzhan ''Ulzhan'' is a 2007 international co-production directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring Philippe Torreton, Ayanat Xenbay (formerly credited as Ayana Yesmagambetova) and David Bennent. Plot The Frenchman Charles travels in Kazakhstan and when ...

'' (2007) * ''

Michael Kohlhaas ''Michael Kohlhaas'' is a novella by the German author Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Kleist published fragments of the work in volume 6 of his literary journal ''Phöbus'' in June 1808. The complete work wa ...

'' (2013) * ''

Fog in August ''Fog in August'' (german: Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. It is based on the 2008 novel '' Fog in August'' by Robert Domes, and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst ...

'' (2016) * ''

Happy as Lazzaro ''Happy as Lazzaro'' ( it, Lazzaro felice) is a 2018 Italian drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwacher won the award for Best Screenpla ...

'' (2018)

Television

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Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 362.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennent, David 1966 births Living people People from Lausanne Swiss male child actors Swiss male stage actors Swiss male film actors Swiss male television actors 20th-century Swiss male actors 21st-century Swiss male actors Swiss people of German descent Swiss people of French descent