Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a

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actor.

Early life

Basman was born in Zurich,

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, to a

Christian mother and an

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father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of

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and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and

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. He has one older sister who resides in

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Career

In 2004 he started his career and played a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap opera ''

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''. In 2007 director Tobias Ineichen gave the main part to Joel for his film ''Jimmie''. There he played an

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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 Joel 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

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Joel Basman acted 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-piece 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 ''

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'', picked up by

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Filmography

Audio drama

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

Distinctions

* 2008: Schweizer Fernsehpreis * 2008: Shooting Star

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basman, Joel 1990 births Living people Male actors from Zürich Swiss male film actors Swiss male television actors Swiss male voice actors 21st-century Swiss male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors German Film Award winners Swiss people of Israeli descent Swiss people of Jewish descent