Benjamin Martins

Benjamin Martins (born April 16, 1985 ) is a German actor and director .

After his acting training in Cologne and Berlin he celebrated his first successes on stages at home and abroad, as well as on German television. Martins is the son of Elke Martins (pediatric nurse) and Antonio Martins, who comes from Portugal (trained welder). In 2014 he made his directorial debut with the short film Ameisenpakt and two years later founded the film production company Herbsthund Films.

Filmography

Movie

• 2005: Straight ahead link (short film)
• 2006: Die Anrheiner (TV)
• 2008: Hose Hoch (short film)
• 2008–2009: Einstein Castle (TV)
• 2010: Bakurz (Neuzeit.tv)
• 2010: Rebel (short film)
• 2010: Off Shore (feature film)
• 2011: Dahoam is Dahoam (TV)
• 2012: cheerful to fatal: fox and goose (TV)
• 2015: Too small for the world (short film)
• 2015: Tabaluga Advent Calendar - The Journey of Bruno Bear (TV)
• 2016: Thank you dead cat (movie)

theatre

• 2007/2008: Enchanted Candleabration , role: Prince Charming (Le Théâtre du Château / Paris)
• 2008: Blue 1974 , role: Greek Soldier (Municipal Amphitheater / Cyprus)
• 2009: A sheep for life , role: Wolf (Spessartgrotte Gemünden)
• 2009/2010: Tim and Tam in Opernland , role: Tim (Tournee Oper Mannheim)
• 2009/2010: Alice , role: Rasehase u. a. (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2010/2011: Nathan the Wise , role: Templar Lord (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2011: Die Glasmenagerie , role: Jim O'Connor (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2011/2012: The Physicists , role: Newton (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2012: Dropouts , role: Chris (Oststadt Theater Mannheim)
• 2012/2013: Don Juan or the stone guest , roles: Pierrot, Mathurine, Don Alonso & Monsieur Dimanche (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2013: Cabal and love , role: Ferdinand von Walter (Frankenfestspiele Röttingen)
• 2014: Landeier , role: Moritz Paul (Theater Alte Werkstatt Frankenthal)
• 2016/2017: The Jungle Book , role: Bagheera (Theater am Puls / Schwetzingen)
• 2018: Like you to me, so I to you , role: Richard (Die Komödie Frankfurt)

Director

• 2014: Ant Pact (short film)
• 2015: Don't Shoot Me Mr. Taliban (short film)
• 2017: Thank you dead cat (movie)

Prizes / awards

• 2012: Gold Kahuna Award (Honolulu Film Festival) for the feature film Off Shore (Benjamin Martins in the role of Pedro)
• 2014: Predicate Valuable (German Film and Media Rating) for Ant Pact
• 2014: Special Mention (Interfilm Short Film Festival, Berlin) for Ant Pact
• 2015: Remi Award in Gold (45th Houston Worldfest, USA) for Ant Pact
• 2015: Lenzing Award (43rd Festival of Nations, Austria) for Ant Pact
• 2015: Best German Short Film (International Short Film Festival La.Meko, Landau) for Ant Pact
• 2016: Special Mention (Geneva International Oriental Film Festival) for Don't Shoot Me Mr. Taliban

Web links

• Benjamin Martin's homepage
• Herbsthund Films film production company
• Benjamin Martins at Schauspielervideos.de
• Benjamin Martins in the Internet Movie Database (English)