Joel Basman (born 23 January 1990) is a Swiss-Israeli actor.Basman was
born in Zurich to a Swiss mother and an Israeli father, both of whom
were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the
neighbourhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual (speaking Swiss
German and Hebrew). He has one older sister who now lives in Israel.
Basman is Jewish.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.
born in Zurich to a Swiss mother and an Israeli father, both of whom
were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the
neighbourhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual (speaking Swiss
German and Hebrew). He has one older sister who now lives in Israel.
Basman is Jewish.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.
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