Benny Opoku-Arthur

Benny Opoku-Arthur (born December 20, 1997 in Berlin ) is a German actor and model .

Life

Benny Opoku-Arthur was born Benedict Nana Opoku-Arthur in Berlin. His parents come from Ghana , which is why he grew up bilingually with English and German as his mother tongues. Since the pre-class he attended the State European School (SESB). In the summer of 2016 he completed his Abitur at the Schiller-Gymnasium Berlin . Since the third grade he took part in theater work groups.

He first worked professionally in 2013 on the production Der Ring: Next Generation in the Junge Ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin , directed by Robert Lehniger .

In 2018 Arthur was cast in Burhan Qurbani's cinema adaptation by Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz . This was followed by the first major role in Ziska Riemann's sex education comedy Get Lucky - Sex changes everything .

Filmography (selection)

2018: It Was Good But That's Better (short film)
2018: Berlin Alexanderplatz
2019: Gemma Ray - Death Tapes (Music Video)
2019: Lost In The Bloom (short film)
2019: Get Lucky - Sex changes everything

theatre

2013: The Ring: Next Generation , Deutsche Oper Berlin

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ "The Ring - Next Generation" at the Deutsche Oper. In: tip berlin. February 18, 2013, accessed July 26, 2019 .
↑ Tillmann Prüfer: Jonas Lindstroem - are you coming with me? In: ZEIT magazine . No. 4 , 2018 ( online [accessed July 7, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Opoku-Arthur, Benny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	O. Arthur, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin , Germany

[1] "The Ring - Next Generation" at the Deutsche Oper. In: tip berlin. February 18, 2013, accessed July 26, 2019 .

[2] Tillmann Prüfer: Jonas Lindstroem - are you coming with me? In: ZEIT magazine . No. 4 , 2018 ( online [accessed July 7, 2019]).