Benjamin Schnau

ZAV Berlin
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Benjamin Schnau

ZAV Berlin
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EU Passport + Work Settled status for the UK, Benjamin Schnau is native in US-English and German plus conversational French and a professional trained boxer with stage fight and weapon experience known for his critical role in Netflix production 'Mank' alongside Gary Oldman, in 'The current war' alongside Michael Shannon and 'Megastructures' produced by National Geographic available on Netflix. He currently works on the feature film 'Silent night in Algona'. On top of that he is a TV-host for a variety of broadcast networks and hosted the red carpet of the American Heart Association in Los Angeles.


ZAV-Künstlervermittlung Berlin
Daniel Philippen
+49 228 502 088032
daniel.philippen@arbeitsagentur.de
open agency on Filmmakers
Actor32-43 yearsGerman
Place of residence Berlin (DE), Greater London (GB)
Gendermale
Year of birth1987 (37 years)
Place of birthWolmirstedt
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27)
Housing optionsMunich (DE), Hamburg (DE), Stuttgart (DE), Vienna (AT), New York (US), Cologne (DE), Dresden (DE), Zürich (CH), Frankfurt (DE), Berlin (DE), Los Angeles (US), Los Angeles County (US)
Driver's licensesA - Motorcycle, B - Car
Eye colorblue
Hair colorbrown
Height (cm)175
Weight (in kg)70
Statureathletic-muscular, athletic / training
DialectsAmerican-StandardBerlin GermanStandard German(native dialect)
AccentsAmericanEnglishItalianRussian
SportBoxingBMXBasketballKickboxingMarathonMartial artsShooting (rifle)SwimmingVolleyballHorse riding
DanceHip hopPop
PitchTenor
SingingImprovisationPopBeatboxingHip HopOpera singingSprechgesang
Special skillsBeatboxing
Training

• Drama, Comedy, Improv and Casting training by Carol Lefko (Casting Director), Los Angeles
• TVI Studio Workshop by Matthew Maisto, London
• Actorslink Class by Scott David, Los Angeles
• First Take Acting Academy Cologne, Acting class

Other professional training
2010 – 2012
First Take Schauspiel
Awards
2020
Best Actor in a drama
2020
Best Actor for role of Leon in 'Against All Odds'
2019
Best Supporting Actor of the Year - The Little Picture
2019
Best Actor for role of Leon in 'Against All Odds'
Film
2024
Levon's Trade (Feature film)
Brian (SR)
David Ayer Black Bear Productions Amazon MGM Studios Sylvester Stallone
2023
Rag Doll (Feature film)
Dom (SR)
Ben Daly Proportion Productions ITN Studios
2022
Kamerad (Feature film)
Gefreiter (MR)
Toby Kearton Seagull Productions
2021 – 2022
Silent Night in Algona (Cinema film)
Jorg
Anthony Hornus Collective Development
2021
Righteous Thieves (Cinema film)
Officer Mauer
Anthony Nardolillo Broken English Productions
2021
Glass Darkly (Short film)
Lieutenant Roth
Dave Penner
2021
Over There (Short film)
Johan
Sam Pescherine
2021
The one you want (Cinema film)
Detective Webber
Bryan Brostic
2020
Mank (Cinema film)
Mayor Minion
David Fincher Netflix Netflix Netflix
2020
R.I.A. (Cinema film)
Jack 23
Richard Colton Amarich Productions Kino
2020
Steve (Cinema film)
Steve
Radomir Jordanovic
2020
The Pink Triangle (Feature film)
Ebba
Felix Niklas Malms
2020
Watch Your Six (Feature film)
Alex Pearson
Bryan
2019
The Little Picture (Feature film)
Gunther Wolfgang
Toby Kearton Lopo Films
2019
Against All Odds (Short film)
Leon
Shawn Djavadian
2019
Resolution (Feature film)
Rick
Song Liu
2019
The Cracker (Feature film)
Jack
Michael Caplan
2019
Melt (Feature film)
Collin
2019
I got the hook up 2 (Cinema film)
Customer
Corey Grant Bondit Media Capital Kino
2019
Divos (Cinema film)
Darren
Ryan Patrick Bartley J&R Produtctions Kino
2019
The Current War (Cinema film)
Westinghouse's secretary
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Thunderoad Pictures Kino Lantern Entertainment
2019
Flawed - The Musical (TV series)
James
Troy Boone
2018
Kommando 1944 (Cinema film)
Lehmann
Derek Quick Fourwalled Films Kino Fourwalled Films
2018
Napa A Perder (Nothing to lose) (Dubbing)
Juiz Ramos
Alexandre Avancini Record Filmes Kino Paris Filmes
2018
American Animals (Dubbing)
Cas
Bart Layton Film4 Productions Kino STX International
2018
Eminem Music Video for movie 'Venom' (Other)
Business man
Rich Lee Drive Studios Interscope Records
2018
Doctor's Monster (Feature film)
Boris
Rick Jenkins ScreenMagic Films Amazon Prime ScreenMagic Films
2017
Drive:Rideshare (Feature film)
Dan
Imani Shakur Infinite Stories Entertainment Group Amazon Prime Amazon Prime
2016
Allied (Cinema film)
Deutscher Soldat
Robert Zemeckis GK Films Kino Paramount Pictures
Television
2024
The Diplomat (TV series)
Employee Ben (SR)
Alex Graves Netflix Netflix
2024
Black Doves (TV series)
Alexander Miller (SR)
Alex Gabassi Netflix Netflix
2018
Nazi Megastructures (TV series)
Jupp Klein
Sid Bennett National Geographic National Geographic Netflix
2018
Next Level (TV series)
Red Shadow
Paul Zagaris CAC Productions
2018
The Verdict with Judge Hatchett (TV series)
Paul Thompson
Johnny Stark CBS Television Studios CBS Television Studios
2018
Next Level (TV series)
Red Shadow
Paul Zagaris CAC Productions
2016
Allied
German soldier
Robert Zemeckis Paramout Pictures
2016
Hitler: The rise and fall
Soldier
John Smithson Channel More4 - Arrow media
2016
Dead Set
Mr. Bacon
Joel Court Court Productions
2016
To let
Herman
Greg Chalmers Chalmers Productions
2016
Project Z
Soldier
Mark Kelly Kelly Productions
2015
Billy
Ryan
Melissa Bowen Bowen Productions
Theater
2013
Macbeth (Other)
Witch
Petra Busse Petra Busse
Commercial
2018
Amazon - Alexa Commercial (Other)
Ehemann
Ben Fennell Amazon Amazon Amazon
2018
Mobile football app TVC
Dreame League Soccer