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Place of Birth: Zurich, Switzerland
Date of Birth: 23 January, 1990
Ethnicity: * father – Israeli Jewish * mother – Swiss
Joel Basman is a Swiss actor. His roles include the films Picco , Hanna (2011), Polizeiruf 110: Eine andere Welt , Dawn (2014), Land of Mine , Papillon (2017), Kursk , Wolkenbruch’s Wondrous Journey Into the Arms of a Shiksa , Zauberer , A Hidden Life (2019), The King’s Man , Tides (2021), and Stella. A Life. ; and the series Generation War and Kafka .
He is the son of Veronika and Menachem Basman, who work in the Swiss fashion industry. His father is Israeli, and is Jewish. His mother is Swiss, and is Christian. Joel was raised in Aussersihl. He speaks German and Hebrew.
Sources: Interviews with Joel Basman – https://www.latimes.com https://www.20min.ch