Known For: American actor and director
Category: Actors
Country: United States of America
City: New York City
Date of Birth: Monday, 24 February 1986
Language English
Benjamin Safdie is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and film editor best known for working with his older brother Josh as a filmmaker. His directorial works include Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), and Uncut Gems (2019). Transitioning towards acting, Safdie was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his role in Good Time and has since taken on roles in films such as Licorice Pizza (2021), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. and Oppenheimer. He co-created, co-wrote and starred in the television show The Curse (2023).
| Siblings | Joshua Safdie |
| Wikipedia | Benny_Safdie |
Safdie was born to Amy and Alberto Safdie; of Syrian Jewish descent and was raised in New York. He and brother Josh divided their childhood living between their father in Queens and their mother and stepfather in Manhattan upon their parents' divorce. He attended Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and graduated from the Boston University College of Communication in 2008.
