- Ben Becker
Ben Becker (born
December 19 ,1964 inBremen ), is a German film and theatre actor.Life and Work
Becker is the son of actors
Monika Hansen andRolf Becker . He is the brother of actressMeret Becker and the stepson ofOtto Sander . His grandmother was the comedianClaire Schlichting .As a child, Becker participated in
radio drama s and had several small roles in films. Between 1985 and 1987 he trained as an actor in theBerlin erSchaubühne theatre. His first contract was withErnst-Deutsch-Theater inHamburg . Later he joined theStaatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre), where he was mostly remembered for his role (1991-1992) as Ferdinand in Schiller's " Intrigue and Love". Later, he worked with theDüsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , and played the role ofTybalt in Shakespeare'sRomeo and Juliet in the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.His first memorable role in cinema was in 1991, in the film "Das serbische Mädchen", where he played the role of the arrogant German boyfriend of the pregnant
Serbia n heroine. His big break was in 1995 as Peter, who fell in love with a man, inJoseph Vilsmaier 's "Schlafes Bruder ". In the film "Comedian Harmonists " he played the singer Robert Biberti.In 1995 he created his own production of "Sid & Nancy" with his sister Meret in the main role. In 1999 he played the main role in the Maxim-Gorki-Theater's production of
Alfred Döblin 's "Berlin Alexanderplatz ". In 2006 he played in the unique film, "Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Jude", which consisted of a monologue.Becker is also involved in music and owns a pub, the Trompete, in Berlin/Tiergarten. He has one daughter, Lilith (born in 2000), from partner Anne Seidel.
In 2008 Becker worked with German music Band
Schiller band , where Ben did spoken lyrics for the album Sehnsucht.Awards
*1997 Bavarian Film Award, Special Prize [http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf]
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