Benjamin Kelm

Benjamin Kelm

Agentur Mosblech (Main agency)
Andreas Denker
+49 172 3018 349
office@agenturmosblech.de
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About me

I started acting in the youth department of the Staatstheater Saarbrücken and then spent two seasons at the Schauspielhaus Cologne. I completed my acting training first in Saarbrücken and then in London. I graduated from the “New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts” in May 2020.

Currently, I have taken on a role in the feature film “Immenhof – Das große Versprechen”, which was released on May 26, 2022. Previously, I was seen in the crime TV show “Der Pakt”, on “Wissen macht Ah!” and in the TV series “Unter Tannen”, among others. I regularly perform in the improv theater “sponTat” in Trier. Since 2016, I am a teacher for improv theater and I have been teaching acting for young people since 2017.

In the summer of 2017, I participated in the “World Championships of Performing Arts” in Los Angeles and I represented Germany in acting. In all six categories I was awarded silver (the highest rating of the jury) as well as the Industry Award. In Los Angeles I also received a scholarship to the “New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts”.

My first book “Nichts ist alltäglich – Kurzgeschichten aus Saarbrücken” was published in 2016 and I received the Saarland Author Award in the category “Fiction” for it. My second book “Ich lese was, was du nicht liest.” was published in January 2020.

I premiered my solo play “Weit weg von zu Hause, der Liebe so nah.” (Far from home close to love) in the fall of 2022. Before that, the book of the same name was published by Edition Wort Verlag in spring 2022. This year the book was published in English and I toured the UK with the play of the same name.

Oh, and I love raccoons and coffee, and my second dream job is demon hunter. And I would love to shoot with Emma Stone or Viola Davis. I think you should know that.

Information

Acting age
25-38 years
Year of birth
1987 (37 years)
Place of birth
Saarbrücken
Height (cm)
177
Weight (in kg)
75
Eye color
green brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Short
Place of residence
Trier (DE), Hetzerath (DE)
Housing options
Saarbrücken (DE), Munich (DE), Hamburg (DE), Stuttgart (DE), Luxembourg (LU), Cologne (DE), London (GB), New York (US), Barcelona (ES), Berlin (DE), Frankfurt (DE)
Nationality
German
Languages
German(native)English
Dialects
Saarländisch(native dialect)
Instruments
GuitarPiano
Sport
JudoKarateRunningWeight training
Dance
Hip hopStandardChoreography
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Facilitator
Singing
PopRock
Pitch
Baritone
Driver's licenses
B - Car

Credits

Primary professional training

2020
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Other professional training

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
Gesangsunterricht bei Denise Rixecker
Acting & Arts Saarbrücken (u. a. Schauspiel bei Petra Lamy)
Actors' Temple London (Acting, Meisner Technique)
Source Tuning bei Jens Roth (Workshop)
Sensory Awareness (2 Workshops) bei Pasquale Esposito
Playspotting und Improvisation bei Elisabeth Brück
Sprecherziehung bei Bettina Koch
Pineapple Performing Arts School (Performing Arts Course: Acting, Singing, Dancing)
The London Drama School (Acting & Screen Acting)
Stage School Hamburg (Intensiv Workshop)

Awards

World Championships of Performing Arts, Los Angeles (Drama)
Saarländischer Autorenpreis (Other)

Film

WE ALL (Except the Others) (Experimental movie)
Junger Hermann (MR) Rémy Markowitsch Distribution: Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte
Der eingebildete Kranke - frei nach Molière (Cinema film)
Benny Argan Roman Redzimski Distribution: Kino
Mein Freund Beuys (Cinema film)
Claude Jaté Roman Redzimski Distribution: Kino
Immenhof - Das große Versprechen (Cinema film)
Marvin Schitter Sharon von Wietersheim Distribution: Kino Casting Director: Stephen Sikder
Unter Tannen - Der Film (Cinema film)
Björn Thomas Scherer Distribution: Kino

Television

PrHACKtikum
Joe Steffen Schmidt (WR56) Station: Online
Tin Cans
Rob Tom Senjo (UK) Station: Festivals
Liebe, Drogen und weitere Laster
Barkeeper Julian Lippke Station: Festivals
Verbindung gesucht
Linksradikaler Roman Redzimski Station: Amazon Prime / Pidax
Unter Tannen
Björn Thomas Scherer Station: SR
Tatort - Der Pakt
Pfleger Rico Zoltan Spirandelli Station: ARD / SR
Gleichgewicht
Yannick Max Grummel Station: Festivals
Was wäre wenn – Maria Voskania (Musikvideo)
Freund Michael Schorlepp Station: Diverse
Eingewandert (Kurzfilm)
Ben Sebastian Müller-Bech, Harald Finkler
Ich hab noch nie... (Kurzfilm)
Kai Kira-Naema Lörwald, Philipp Baumann Station: Universität Mainz
Trailer Wintersport
Zuschauer Globe TV GmbH Station: ARD
Suchtprävention Landkreis Saarlouis
Jugendlicher Lydia Bruna Station: Kino Saarlouis
Wissen macht Ah!
Verschieden Diverse Station: KiKa, ARD
Try – Fannie (Musikvideo)
Jugendlicher apexfilm
Grober Unfug
Trauzeuge Lydia Bruna
Lifejump (Musikvideo)
Student Achim Wendel Station: ADD Music
House of Horror
Nerd Oliver Waldhauer, Jörg Offer

Theater

Käpten Knitterbart und seine Bande (Other)
Die wilde Bande (8 Charaktere) (MR) Florian Burg Theater: TUFA Trier
Hysterikon (Drama)
Kassierer (MR) Petra Lamy Theater: acting and arts Saarbrücken
Großvatersessel (Drama)
Hamster (MR) Florian Burg Theater: TUFA Trier
Misery (Drama)
Paul Sheldon (MR) Stephan Vanecek Theater: Trier
Zeitzeugen des Untergangs (Drama)
Cornelius (MR) Melanie Telle Theater: Stationentheater in Trier
Die ganzen Wahrheiten (Drama)
Trini (MR) Petra Lamy Theater: Acting and Arts Saarbrücken
Misery
Paul Sheldon Stephan Vanecek Theater: Trierer Unterwelten
Zeitzeugen des Untergangs
Cornelius Melanie Telle Theater: Stationentheater Trier
Die ganzen Wahrheiten
Trini Petra Lamy Theater: Acting and Arts Saarbrücken
Undine, die kleine Meerjungfrau (Drama)
Prinz Hans (MR) Florian Burg Theater: Lottoforum Trier
Bei Zuruf! (Drama)
Verschieden (MR) Theater: Kasino am Kornmarkt Trier, TuFa Trier
Undine, die kleine Meerjungfrau
Prinz Hans Florian Burg Theater: Lottoforum Trier / Sommerheckmeck
Die Verstörung (Drama)
Psychologe, Ehemann (MR) Petra Lamy Theater: acting and arts
Die Verstörung
Psychiater, Ehemann Petra Lamy Theater: Acting and Arts Saarbrücken
Push Up 1-3 (Drama)
Frank (MR) Petra Lamy Theater: acting and arts
Mord im Herrenhaus (Drama)
Lord Goeffrey (MR) Michael Hess Theater: Dinnertheater
From Saarbrooklyn to New York (eigene Produktion)
Benjamin Kelm Theater: Congresshalle Saarbrücken
Push Up 1-3
Frank Petra Lamy Theater: Acting and Arts Saarbrücken
Freispruch (Drama)
Gabelsberger (MR) Silvia Bervingas Theater: Landgericht Frankenthal
Maestro (Drama)
Verschieden (MR) Theater: Theater Trier
Maestro - Improtheater
Verschieden Theater: Theater Trier
Freispruch
Gabelsberger Silvia Bervingas Theater: Landgericht Frankenthal
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen (Drama)
Hans (MR) Benjamin Kelm, Hendrika Ruthenberg Theater: Verschieden
Wahrheit oder Pflicht (Drama)
Dean (MR) Ingo Fromm Theater: acting and arts
“Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen” (Mitmachmärchen)
Hans Hendrika Ruthenberg & Benjamin Kelm Theater: Diverse
Wahrheit oder Pflicht
Dean Ingo Fromm Theater: Acting & Arts Saarbrücken
Cabaret (Other)
Ensemble (Ot) Holger Hauer Theater: Zeltpalast Merzig
Fast Faust (Drama)
Mephisto (MR) Ingo Fromm Theater: acting and arts
Cabaret - Musical
Ensemble Holger Hauer Theater: Zeltpalast Merzig
Fast Faust
Mephisto Ingo Fromm Theater: Acting & Arts Saarbrücken
Midnight Circus – Dancical
Nikolaj Jenny Theobald Theater: Theater am Ring Saarlouis
Wenn du einen Kater hast, sieht jede Stadt wie Köln aus (Drama)
Forscher (MR) Anna Horn Theater: Schauspiel Köln
Wenn du einen Kater hast, sieht jede Stadt wie Köln aus
Forscher Anna Horn Theater: Schauspiel Köln
über wunden (Drama)
Vater (SR) Jörg Wesemüller Theater: Saarländisches Staatstheater
über wunden
Vater Jörg Wesemüller Theater: Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Frühlings Erwachen (Drama)
Ernst (SR) Jörg Wesemüller Theater: Saarländisches Staatstheater
Frühlings Erwachen
Ernst Jörg Wesemüller Theater: Staatstheater Saarbrücken

Internet

DEKRA – SafetyCheck
Verschieden Dreihundertzehn
VDMA (Werbespot)
Student Jürgen Schnetzer Distribution: VJS – Agentur für Film

Commercial

Studentenwerk Marburg
Sam (HR) (MR) splendid spots