Biography
Ben Becker (born 19 December 1964) is a German film, theatre and voice actor. Becker was born in Bremen, the son of actress Monika Hansen and actor Rolf Becker. He is the brother of actress Meret Becker and the stepson of Otto Sander. His grandmother was the comedian Claire Schlichting. Becker is Jewish through his maternal grandmother Claire Schlichting's father who was a Jewish merchant from Wuppertal.As a child, Becker participated in radio dramas and had several small roles in films. Between 1985 and 1987 he trained as an actor in the Berliner Schaubühne theatre. His first contract was with Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. Later he joined the Staatstheater 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 the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and played the role of Tybalt in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
His first memorable role in cinema was in 1991, in the film The Serbian Girl, where he played the role of the arrogant German boyfriend of the pregnant Serbian heroine. His big break was in 1995 as Peter, who fell in love with a man, in Joseph 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. Becker appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's film The Einstein of Sex (1999). In 1999 he played the main role in the Maxim-Gorki-Theater's production of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz. In 2005 he played in the unique film, Just an Ordinary Jew, 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).
In 2008 Becker worked with the German band Schiller (thus following in the footsteps of his stepfather Otto Sander), where Ben did spoken lyrics for the album Sehnsucht. One song is called "Nacht", a video of which can be seen on YouTube. The lyrics are a shortened version of a poem in German called Die Seele that is attributed to Lord Byron. It appears to be a translation of the Byron poem, "When coldness wraps this suffering clay" s:When coldness wraps this suffering clay from the collection, Hebrew Melodies. The identity of the translator/author of Die Seele is unknown although the text may be from "Lord Byrons Werke In sechs Bänden" translated by Otto Gildemeister, 3rd Volume, Fifth Edition, Berlin 1903 (pages 134-135).
Filmography
all 118
Movies 60
TV Shows 58
self 33
Director 1
Narrator 1
Boom Boom Bruno (2023)
Udo Lindenberg & das Panikorchester - 50 Jahre Rock`n`Roll in der bunten Republik (2023)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
The Painter (2021)
Nero - de caida y subida (2020)
Never Look Away (2018)
Ich weiß alles! (2018)
Ich, Judas (2017)
The Same Sky (2017)
Die Superpauker (2016)
Allmen and the Dragonflies (2016)
Emma nach Mitternacht - Der Wolf und die sieben Geiseln (2016)
Freundinnen - Alle für eine (2016)
Quizduell-Olymp (2015)
Cinema Perverso (2015)
Deichbullen (2015)
Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015)
Der Lack ist ab (2015)
Rough Road Ahead (2015)
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 (2015)
Rheingold – Gesichter eines Flusses (2014)
Quizduell (2014)
Die kleine Meerjungfrau (2013)
Olli Dittrichs TV-Zyklus (2013)
81 - The Other World (2013)
Stöckl (2013)
Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge (2013)
The Child (2012)
Erlesen (2010)
Habermann (2010)
Jedermann (2010)
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben! (2009)
Chaostage - We Are Punks! (2009)
Markus Lanz (2008)
Esperanza (2008)
Red Zora (2008)
Inas Nacht (2007)
Der Kriminalist (2006)
A Very Ordinary Jew (2006)
Max and Moritz Reloaded (2005)
Leute am Donnerstag (2004)
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004)
Nachtschicht (2003)
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone (2003)
Under Suspicion (2002)
Gero von Boehm begegnet... (2002)
The Joel Files (2001)
Sass (2001)
As White as in Snow (2001)
Planet Alex (2001)
Female2 Seeks Happy End (2001)
Menschen der Woche (2000)
Otto - The Disaster Movie (2000)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
Marlene (2000)
Sturmzeit (1999)
E-m@il an Gott (1999)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Südsee, eigene Insel (1999)
Kurt Gerrons Karussell (1999)
Beckmann (1999)
Mère Ubu (1998)
Gegen den Strom (1998)
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show (1998)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998)
The Harmonists (1997)
Spiel um dein Leben (1997)
Die sieben Feuer des Todes (1997)
Little Angel (1997)
Samson and Delilah (1996)
Samson and Delilah (1996)
Alles nur Tarnung (1996)
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord (1996)
Die Drei (1996)
Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall (1995)
Brother of Sleep (1995)
Verliebte Feinde (1995)
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (1995)
Zwei alte Hasen (1994)
Doppelter Einsatz (1994)
Bella Block (1994)
Faust (1994)
Julian H. entführt – Qualen einer Mutter (1993)
Herzsprung (1992)
Wolffs Revier (1992)
Rising to the Bait (1992)
Riverboat (1992)
Landschaft mit Dornen (1992)
The Serbian Girl (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Die zukünftigen Glückseligkeiten (1990)
Quarantäne (1989)
Peter Strohm (1989)
Die Männer vom K3 (1988)
Always Afternoon (1988)
Der Landarzt (1987)
Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft (1987)
Vertrauen gegen Vertrauen (1986)
Whopper Punch 777 (1986)
Ein Fall für TKKG (1985)
Der Fahnder (1984)
A Love in Germany (1983)
Das Traumschiff (1981)
A Case For Two (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Bayerischer Filmpreis (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
The Old Fox (1977)
Kölner Treff (1976)
III nach neun (1974)
Derrick (1974)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Dalli Dalli (1971)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung (1964)
Karigula - Monster der Liebe
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1964-12-19 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceBremen, Germany
Height
FatherRolf Becker
MotherMonika Hansen
SiblingsMeret Becker
RelativesOtto Sander
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsBerliner Bär
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