Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss actor. Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and Hebrew. He has one older sister who resides in Israel. In 2004 he started his career and played a bold teenager named Zizou for the weekly soap opera Lüthi und Blanc. In 2007 director Tobias Ineichen gave the main part to Joel for his film Jimmie. There he played an autistic 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 Schauspielhaus Zürich Joel Basman acted 2003 for a youth-theatre project. In 2...
Papillon
2017
Land of Mine
2015
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich
2008
The King's Man
2021
The Monuments Men
2014
A Hidden Life
2019
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
2017
Cannabis - Probieren geht über Regieren
2006
Hanna
2011
Kursk
2018
The Colony
2021
Puppylove
2013
The Royal Game
2021
Breakout
2007
Paula
2016
Head Burst
2019
Picco
2011
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
2010
Ziellos
2014
Lubo
2023
Stella. A Life.
2024
Amnesia
2015
Thousand Oceans
2008
Luftbusiness
2008
Caged Birds
2021
Songs of Love and Hate
2010
Jimmie
2008
Bye Bye Germany
2017
Dawn
2015
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
2018
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
2014
Late Shift
2022
Adventures of a Mathematician
2021
Monte Verità
2021
Dear Thomas
2021
As We Were Dreaming
2015
Löwenzahn - Das Kinoabenteuer
2011
The Working Man
2019
Keep Rollin'
2014