Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (; born 17 January 1972) is a German film and television actor. He is known for his lead role in the 2008 film ''

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'', where he plays Toni Kurz based on the

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in Switzerland.

Life and work

Fürmann was born in

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. By the age of 15 he had lost both his parents. At 17, he had a serious accident while

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, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result. Fürmann left school after his

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and after that worked as a waiter and a bouncer. In 1991 he went to

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and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Fürmann has a daughter and lives in Berlin, in the neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg.

Awards

*1999 German Television Award ''Best Actor in a Leading Role'' for ' *2000

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, Best Actor

Filmography

*1992: ''Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses'' *1993: ' (TV Movie) (with Beate Abraham, Muriel Baumeister) - Little Joe *1993: ' - Schüler *1993: ''Simply Love'' (with , Uwe Ochsenknecht) - Mamba *1995: ''California Convertible'' *1998: ' (TV Movie) (with

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) - Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz - jung *1998: ''Kiss My Blood'' - John *1998: ''Candy'' - Robert *1998: '' The Polar Bear'' (with

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) - Fabian *1999: '' Annaluise & Anton'' - Carlos *1999: ' - Johnny *1999: ''Ne günstige Gelegenheit'' - Gosbert Klee *2000: ''

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'' (with Franka Potente) - Hein *2000: ''Freunde'' (with Christiane Paul, ) - Nils *2000: ' - Der Neue *2000: ''

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'' (with Franka Potente, Joachim Król) - Bodo *2001: ''Jeans'' *2001: ''

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'' (TV Movie) - Lars Schelling *2002: ''

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'' (with

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) - Felix *2002: ''

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'' (with

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) - Philipp Gerber *2003: '' My House in Umbria'' (TV Movie) (with

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) - Werner *2003: '' The Order'' (alternative title: ''The Sin Eater'') (with

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) - William Eden *2004: '' Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King'' (TV Movie) (with

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) - Eric / Siegfried *2005: '' Ghosts'' (with Julia Hummer) - Oliver *2005: ''

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'' (with

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and

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) - Nikolaus Sprink *2006: ''Die Wilden Hühner'' - Lehrer Grünbaum *2006: '' Crusade in Jeans'' - Thaddeus *2007: ''Die Wilden Hühner und die Liebe'' - Lehrer Grünbaum *2007: '' Pornorama'' (with

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) - Freddie *2007: ''Survivre avec les loups'' - Reuven *2007: '' Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps'' - Jan Rietmüller *2008: ''

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'' (with

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and

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) - Inspector Detector *2008: ''

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'' - Lt. Maximillian von Steiner *2008: ''

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'' (with Johanna Wokalek and

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) - Toni Kurz *2008: ''

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'' - Thomas *2009: ''Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben'' - Lehrer Grünbaum *2009: '' Germany 09'' - Herr Feierlich (segment "Feierlich reist") *2009: ' (with

) - Marc Barenberg *2009: ''Mullewapp'' - Johnny Mauser (voice) *2009: ''

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'' - Agent fédéral allemand 1 *2009: ''Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend'' - Werner Krupp *2009: ' - Jo Schwertlein *2010: ''Teufelskicker'' - Moritz' Vater *2010: ' - Rolf Haas *2011: '' In Darkness'' - Mundek Margulies *2011: ''Tom Sawyer'' - Indianer Joe *2012: ''Lara'' *2013: ''Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee'' - Der reiche Mann von Friedrichshagen *2013: ''Der blinde Fleck'' - Ulrich Chaussy *2013: ''Der fast perfekte Mann'' - Ulf *2014: ''Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande'' - Tierpfleger *2014: ''Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss'' - Koralnik *2014: '' Nachthelle'' - Bernd *2015: ''Von glücklichen Schafen'' - Klaus *2015: ''

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'' - Pavlou *2015: ''Heil'' - Sven Stanislawski *2015: ''Fiddlesticks'' - Animal Catcher *2016: ''Volt'' - Volt *2017: ''Fühlen Sie sich manchmal ausgebrannt und leer?'' - Leopold *2017-2022: ''

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'' (TV Series) - Oberst Wendt *2018: '' Intrigo: Death of an Author'' - David *2019: ''Get Lucky'' - Martin *2019: ''

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'' - Dieter

References

External links

* * *http://www.prisma-online.de/tv/person.html?pid=benno_fuermann 1972 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni Male actors from Berlin People from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg {{Germany-screen-actor-stub