Peter Benedict (born Christian Riss; 13 July 1963) is an Austrian actor, director and writer.

Early life

Peter Benedict was born Christian Riss in

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxembourg), ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He is the only son of actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach. He grew up in

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and

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

. Benedict studied drama and film directing at

Mozarteum University Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Moz ...

and at

Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (German: ''Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf'') is the oldest and largest film school in Germany. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, as well as post-graduate studies in all fields o ...

Career

Benedict began working in film and television productions under his birth name in the late 1980s. He wrote and directed the 1999 film ''Ende des Frühlings''. In 2000, he started his film career as an actor. His first role was in

Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...

's drama ''

A Map of the Heart ''A Map of the Heart'' (german: Der Felsen) is a 2002 German drama film directed by Dominik Graf. Cast * Karoline Eichhorn - Katrin Engelhardt * Antonio Wannek - Malte Gosrau * Sebastian Urzendowsky - Kai Gosrau * - Jürgen Benthagen * Peter ...

''. Since then, Benedict has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including ''

Fay Grim ''Fay Grim'' is a 2006 espionage thriller film written and directed by Hal Hartley. The film is a sequel to Hartley's 1997 film '' Henry Fool'', and revolves around the title character, played by Parker Posey, the sister of Simon Grim (James Urbani ...

'' (2006), '' Yella'' (2007), '' Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic'' (2007), ''

Unschuldig ''Unschuldig'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cobra 11 ...

'' (2008), '' Barbara'' (2012), '' The Team'' (2015), and ''

The Young Karl Marx ''The Young Karl Marx'' (french: Le jeune Karl Marx; german: Der junge Karl Marx) is a 2017 historical drama film about Karl Marx, directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, co-written by Peck and Pascal Bonitzer, and starrin ...

'' (2017). From 2005 to 2016, he made regular appearances in the long-running crime drama ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

''. He was part of the main cast of the crime series ''Kommissarin Heller'' (2014–2019), where he portrayed the role of Burkhard Hinnrichs. From 2017 to 2020, Benedict appeared in the

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science fiction series ''

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'' as Aleksander Tiedemann. He played one of the lead roles, Robert von Bergen, in the 2018–2019 dramedy series ''Jenny – echt gerecht''.

Personal life

Benedict is married and lives in Berlin and

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benedict, Peter 1963 births Living people People from Chur 20th-century Austrian male actors 21st-century Austrian male actors Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors Austrian film directors Austrian screenwriters German-language film directors Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni Swiss people of Austrian descent Swiss people of German descent