Benjamin Trinks (born 15 October 1990) is a German actor and

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Biography

Benjamin Trinks was born in

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. At the age of eight, he was admitted to the child ensemble at the

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in Berlin, where he had his first experiences on stage in various

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s. After appearing in music clips for Michael Schanze's variety shows, he came to the attention of TV executives. In 2004 he appeared in his first major television role in the

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series ''

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''. Shortly after, roles followed in TV shows like '' ZACK'' (

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) and ''

Krimi.de ''KRIMI.DE'' is a German crime drama series, aired by the German television channel KiKA between 2005 and 2013. The format of the show involves presenting criminal cases from the perspective of children which then get solved by the child protago ...

'' (

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). Early in 2007, Trinks played Warrenville in the

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'' a pact, a kiss and softy knee''. At the same time he was filming the boarding school series ''

Schloss Einstein ''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10 ...

'' as Nick, before appearing in the second series of Disney's '' Kurze Pause'' in April. The third series was shot during the summer of the same year. In addition, Trinks took part in an on-camera master class with Nancy Bishop, a US casting director. He also had a part in the Berlin edition of ''

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'' and the television series ''

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''. On 29 November 2007, Trinks was the interview guest of Italian theatre star and singer Mafy on the Italian radio station radiosound 95. Both appeared in the

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'' Kurze Pause'' in their respective countries. Previously they had cooperated by presenting the live feed from the London premier of ''

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''. Trinks was cast in the film ''

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'', also starring

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and

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. He also appeared in the

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"Teacher".

Filmography

*2001: Clips with Michael Schanze *2001: Volkstümliche Hitparade *2003: Spot für Toleranz *2004:

*2004: Lucky Punch *2004:

*2004: Wo bleibst du Baby? *2004: ZACK *2005: ZACK *2006: Disneys Kurze Pause *2006:

Unser Charly ''Unser Charly'' (in English Our Charly) is a German television series produced by Phoenix Film and broadcast on ZDF. It ran from 27 December 1995 to 9 June 2012. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of televisi ...

*2006: Disney Christmas Song ''Winterwunderzeit'' *2006: LEO - Ein fast perfekter Typ *2007: Disneys Kurze Pause 2 *2007:

*2007:

*2007: High School Musical 2 - Premiere in London *2007: Disneys Kurze Pause 3 *2007:

*2007: Lehrer (AT) * 2008:

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- Florida * 2008: Ich liebe den Mann meiner besten Freundin * 2008: Camp Rock - We Rock * 2009: Draußen am See * 2009: Die Wette * 2009: Familie Dr. Kleist * 2009:

* 2009: Fairfield * 2009: Vater, bin ich Kind? * 2009:

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* 2010: Rauchfrei * 2010: zaOza - Lass dich nicht ausbeuten * 2010: Ampelmann * 2011: Schicksalsjahre * 2011:

The Old Fox ''Der Alte'' ("The Old One" or "The Old Fox") is a German crime drama series created by Helmut Ringelmann. It premiered on 11 April 1977 on ZDF. Since 1978 the series is part of the Friday Crime Night of the network. It depicts the crime-solvi ...

(Der Alte) - Der Tod und das Mädchen * 2011: Der gestohlene Sommer * 2012: Und alle haben geschwiegen * 2012:

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- Unzertrennlich * 2012:

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- Die Seefahrer der Bounty * 2012: * 2013:

Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter ''Generation War'' (, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a 2013 German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by the public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the Universum Film AG, UFA subsidiary TeamWo ...

* 2014: Ein Fall von Liebe - Annas Baby * 2014:

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

- Neptuns Rache * 2014:

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- Bömmel kloppen * 2014: Gut Molzow

Synchronous work

*2003: The Village; role: Junge *2004: Hitler in Colour; role: Wolfgang Findeisen *2005: Familie Dr. Kleist; role: Jacob *2005:

; Teil 3; role: Rocky *2006: Disneys Weihnachtssong *2006: Titelsong Disneys Kurze Pause *2007: Ein Pakt, ein Kuss und weiche Knie; role: Warrenville *2007: Ferrero Fernsehspot ''Surprise Visit''; role: Gastgeber

External links

Official website of Benjamin Trinks
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trinks, Benjamin 1990 births Living people German male child actors German male stage actors German male television actors Male actors from Berlin