Benny Safdie
Birthday: 1986-02-24 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USABenjamin "Benny" Safdie (born February 24, 1986 in New York City) is an American director, screenwriter and actor, best known for the New York-set thrillers Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Josh Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their European father in Queens and their New Yorker mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father who translated his love of cinema to Benny and his brother by constantly filming them.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2024
Oppenheimer
as Edward Teller
2023
The Curse
as Dougie Schecter
2023
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Herbert Simon
2022
Stars at Noon
as CIA Man
2021
Licorice Pizza
as Joel Wachs
2020
Pieces of a Woman
as Chris
2020
2020
Question & Answer
as Self
2017
Good Time
as Nick Nikas
2010
John's Gone
as John
2010
The Neistat Brothers
as Self
2008
Yeast
as Riverguy 2
