Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (German: ; born 17 January 1972) is a German film and television actor.

Contents

• 1 Life and work
• 2 Awards
• 3 Filmography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Life and work

Fürmann was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg. By the age of 15 he had lost both his parents. At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result. Fürmann left school after his Mittlere Reife and after that worked as a waiter and a bouncer. In 1991 he went to New York City and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Ins*ute.Fürmann has a daughter and lives in Berlin in Prenzlauer in Berg.

Awards

• 1999 German Television Award Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Bubi Scholz Story:
• 2000 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor

Filmography

• 1992: Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses
• 1993: Schuld war nur der Bossanova (TV Movie) (with Beate Abraham, Muriel Baumeister) - Little Joe
• 1993: Durst - Schueler
• 1993: Einfach nur Liebe (with Regula Grauwiller, Uwe Ochsenknecht) - Mamba
• 1995: California Convertible
• 1998: The Bubi Scholz Story: (TV Movie) (with Götz George, Nicolette Krebitz) - Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz - jung
• 1998: Kiss My Blood - John
• 1998: Candy - Robert
• 1998: The Polar Bear (with Til Schweiger, Karina Krawczyk) - Fabian
• 1999: Annaluise & Anton - Carlos
• 1999: St. Pauli Nacht: - Johnny
• 1999: Ne günstige Gelegenheit - Gosbert Klee
• 2000: Anatomy (with Franka Potente) - Hein
• 2000: Freunde (with Christiane Paul, Erdal Yıldız:) - Nils
• 2000: Kanak Attack: - Der Neue
• 2000: The Princess and the Warrior (with Franka Potente, Joachim Król) - Bodo
• 2001: Jeans
• 2002: Naked (with Heike Makatsch, Jürgen Vogel, Alexandra Maria Lara) - Felix
• 2002: Wolfsburg (with Nina Hoss) - Philipp Gerber
• 2003: My House in Umbria (TV Movie) (with Maggie Smith) - Werner
• 2003: The Order (alternative *le: The Sin Eater) (with Heath Ledger) - William Eden
• 2004: Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (TV Movie) (with Alicia Witt) - Eric / Siegfried
• 2005: Ghosts (with Julia Hummer) - Oliver
• 2005: Joyeux Noël (with Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl) - Nikolaus Sprink
• 2006: Die Wilden Hühner - Lehrer Grünbaum
• 2006: Crusade in Jeans - Thaddeus
• 2007: Die Wilden Hühner und die Liebe - Lehrer Grünbaum
• 2007: adult movieorama (with Tom Schilling) - Freddie
• 2007: Survivre avec les loups - Reuven
• 2007: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps - Jan Rietmüller
• 2008: Speed Racer (with Emile Hirsch and John Goodman) - Inspector Detector
• 2008: Mutant Chronicles - Lt. Maximillian von Steiner
• 2008: North Face (with Johanna Wokalek and Ulrich Tukur) - Toni Kurz
• 2008: Jerichow - Thomas
• 2009: Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben - Lehrer Grünbaum
• 2009: Deutschland 09 - 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation - Herr Feierlich (segment "Feierlich reist")
• 2009: Hinter Kai* (Kai* Murder) (with Alexandra Maria Lara) - Marc Barenberg
• 2009: Mullewapp - Johnny Mauser (voice)
• 2009: Farewell - Agent fédéral allemand 1
• 2009: Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend - Werner Krupp
• 2009: Dinosaurier - Jo Schwertlein
• 2010: Teufelskicker - 'Moritz' Vater
• 2011: In Darkness - Mundek Margulies
• 2011: Tom Sawyer - Indianer Joe
• 2012: Lara
• 2013: Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee - Der reiche Mann von Friedrichshagen
• 2013: Der blinde Fleck - Ulrich Chaussy
• 2013: Der fast perfekte Mann - Ulf
• 2014: Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande - Tierpfleger
• 2014: Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss - Koralnik
• 2014: Nachthelle - Bernd
• 2015: Von glücklichen Schafen - Klaus
• 2015: Survivor - Pavlou
• 2015: Heil - Sven Stanislawski
• 2015: Fiddlesticks - Animal Catcher
• 2016: Volt - Volt
• 2017: Fühlen Sie sich manchmal ausgebrannt und leer? - Leopold
• 2017-2019: Babylon Berlin (TV Series) - Oberst Wendt
• 2018: Intrigo: Death of an Author - David
• 2019: Get Lucky - Martin
• 2019: Hanna - Dieter

References

External links

• Benno Fürmann at IMDb
• Benno Fürmann in the German National Library catalogue
• http://www.prisma-online.de/tv/person.html?pid=benno_fuermann