Peter Benedict

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Peter Benedict (real Christian Riss , born  July 13, 1963 in Switzerland ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

Peter Benedict is the son of the two actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach . Benedict was born in Switzerland and grew up in Berlin , Paris and Salzburg .

He studied acting and directing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and later at the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam - Babelsberg . Under his real name, he worked behind the camera in various areas of film and television in the 1990s, including as assistant director to Egon Günther . In 2000 he began his film and television career as an actor.

His first roles in the German films Der Felsen (2002, directed by Dominik Graf ) and Der alte Affe Angst (2003, directed by Oskar Roehler ) were followed by numerous film and television productions in Germany and Austria, in which he worked with directors Peter, among others Keglevic , Marc Rothemund , Markus Imboden and Dagmar Hirtz worked together.

International productions include the feature film Fay Grim (director: Hal Hartley ) and the BBC documentary Sinking the Lusitania - Murder on the Atlantic (director: Chris Spencer ).

In the film, Peter Benedict, with his smirkingly grinning facial expression, often embodies arrogant company bosses, ice-cold managers , snooty superiors, condescending lawyers, etc., but he is also able to perform all other roles convincingly.

Peter Benedict is married and lives in France and Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benedict (as Christian Riss) is the director of the film Ende des Frühling : "I [...] made my directorial debut in 1999 with 'Ende des Frühling'" (Petra Koruhn, "Peter Benedict: 'I call myself the monster of the nation'" , Hamburger Abendblatt , January 17, 2018); see. Entry in the IMDb .
personal data
SURNAME Benedict, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riss, Peter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Switzerland