Peter Benedict
Peter Benedict (born Christian Riss;[1] 13 July 1963) is an Austrian actor, director and writer.
Peter Benedict | |
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| Born | Christian Riss 13 July 1963 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | Mozarteum University Salzburg Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Parent(s) | Walter Riss Christa Rossenbach |
Early life
Peter Benedict was born Christian Riss in Chur, Switzerland.[2] He is the only son of actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach. He grew up in Berlin, Paris and Salzburg. Benedict studied drama and film directing at Mozarteum University Salzburg and at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.[3]
Career
Benedict began working in film and television productions under his birth name in the late 1980s. He wrote and directed the 1999 film Ende des Frühlings.[1] In 2000, he started his film career as an actor. His first role was in Dominik Graf's drama A Map of the Heart. Since then, Benedict has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Fay Grim (2006), Yella (2007), Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic (2007), Unschuldig (2008), Barbara (2012), The Team (2015), and The Young Karl Marx (2017).
From 2005 to 2016, he made regular appearances in the long-running crime drama Tatort. He was part of the main cast of the crime series Kommissarin Heller (2014–2019), where he portrayed the role of Burkhard Hinnrichs. From 2017 to 2020, Benedict appeared in the Netflix science fiction series Dark as Aleksander Tiedemann.[4] He played one of the lead roles, Robert von Bergen, in the 2018–2019 dramedy series Jenny – echt gerecht.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ende des Frühlings | – | Writer/director; as Christian Riss |
| 2002 | A Map of the Heart | Bernhard | |
| 2003 | Angst | Dramaturge | |
| 2004 | Agnes and His Brothers | Instructor | |
| 2006 | A Mere Formality | Chef café | |
| 2006 | Fay Grim | Raul Picard | |
| 2007 | Yella | Dr. Friedrich's lawyer Oliver | |
| 2009 | Germany 09 | Prof. Ackermann | Segment: "Krankes Haus" |
| 2010 | Three | Boninger | |
| 2011 | Synkope | Mathias | Short film |
| 2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Publisher | |
| 2011 | War Horse | German officer | |
| 2012 | Offroad | Orloff | |
| 2012 | Barbara | Gerhard | |
| 2012 | The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears | ||
| 2012 | 360 x 240 | Arndt Schweizer | Short film |
| 2013 | Familienbande | Father | Short film |
| 2014 | Ascension Day Ausgelöscht | ||
| 2016 | A Cure for Wellness | Constable | |
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | Friedrich Engels Sr. | |
| 2017 | Godless Youth | Zach's lawyer | |
| 2020 | Nahschuss | Schreiber | |
| 2021 | The Day Jesus Flew to Heaven | Martin Schweiger |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen | Hannes Subinski | Series 5, episode 8: "Zurückbleiben, bitte!" |
| 2002 | Friends of Friends | Frank | Television film |
| 2003 | Two Days of Hope | Meinert | Television film |
| 2003–10 | Das Duo | Robert Hindelang / René Altenberg / Claas Güstrow | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | Der Mustervater – Allein unter Kindern | Jan Michalczewski | Television film |
| 2004–18 | SOKO Wismar | Various characters | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | SK Kölsch | Andy Fuhrmann | Series 6, episode 5: "Das Schweigen der Männer" |
| 2004 | Die Stunde der Offiziere | Hans Otfried von Linstow | Television film |
| 2004–06 | Im Namen des Gesetzes | Jens Klein / Martin Schöne | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Dr. Sommerfeld – Alte Träume, neue Liebe | Doctor | Television film |
| 2005–16 | Tatort | Various characters | 12 episodes |
| 2005 | Wolffs Revier | Adrian Grosser | Series 13, episode 6: "Grenzgänger" |
| 2005–15 | Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | Gernod Soldan / Wulff / Frank Rickert | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Die letzte Schlacht | Red Army colonel | Television film |
| 2005 | Bettgeflüster & Babyglück | Klaus Schuster | Television film |
| 2005 | Kanzleramt | Hecker | 5 episodes |
| 2005 | Crazy Partners | Lawyer | Television film |
| 2005 | Nachtasyl | Baron | Television film |
| 2005 | The Bodyguard | Marc Baré | Television film |
| 2005 | The Airlift | Secretary of State Acheson | Television film |
| 2005 | Unsolved | Hagen Kruse | Series 2, episode 7: "Der Duft der Angst" |
| 2006 | Eine Frage des Gewissens | Raimund Kloeppel | Television film |
| 2006–18 | SOKO Leipzig | Various characters | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Familie Dr. Kleist | Hannes Schenk | Series 2, episode 10: "Am Abgrund" |
| 2006 | Die Cleveren | Venerable director Stein | Series 6, episode 5: "Kinder (Teil 1)" |
| 2006 | Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich | Mr Seifert | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Abschnitt 40 | Andreas Scheffler | Series 4, episode 8: "Schutzbehauptung" |
| 2006 | Stolberg | Edgar Holtz | Series 1, episode 4: "Du bist nicht allein" |
| 2007–13 | Polizeiruf 110 | Udo Rascher / Schnitthelm / lawyer Walser | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Donna Roma | Dr. Rigolio | |
| 2007 | Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich | Lemmi Lehmann | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Der fremde Gast | Policeman | Television film |
| 2007 | Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic | Rudolf Lanz | Television film |
| 2007 | Day of Disaster | Hannah's brother-in-law | Television film |
| 2007 | Der Dicke | Stefan Siemsen | Series 2, episode 4: "Tisch und Bett" |
| 2008 | Die Anwälte | Judge Bernd Klattner | |
| 2008 | Mord mit Aussicht | Christian Lahrscheid | Series 1, episode 4: "Marienfeuer" |
| 2008 | Post Mortem | Ruger | Series 2, episode 4: "Treibgut" |
| 2008 | GSG 9 – Die Elite Einheit | Erik Brahms | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Unschuldig | Prosecutor Robert Schwenke | 6 episodes |
| 2008–15 | SOKO Kitzbühel | Julius Posch / Horst Wallner | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Das Geheimnis im Wald | Reinhard Lade | Television film |
| 2008 | The Wall: The Final Days | Bertold Krieger | Television film |
| 2008 | Die Bienen – Tödliche Bedrohung | Detective Barocha | Television film |
| 2008 | Unser Mann im Süden | Vincente Morales | Series 1, episode 4: "Feuer und Flamme" |
| 2008–10 | Küstenwache | Jean-Pierre Jarron / Baudisch | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Die Heilerin 2 | Dr. Thomas Fischer | Television film |
| 2008 | Wilsberg | Thomas Achtermann | Series 1, episode 25: "Das Jubiläum" |
| 2009 | Bella Block | Defence barrister | 2 episodes: "Das Schweigen der Kommissarin" |
| 2009 | Die Wölfe | Vernehmer | Series 1, episode 2: "Zerbrochene Stadt" |
| 2009–17 | Notruf Hafenkante | Jost / Alex Escher | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Claudia – Das Mädchen von Kasse 1 | Victor Schroth | Television film |
| 2009 | Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich | Manne | Television film |
| 2009 | Volcano | Prof. Dominic Merkt | Television film |
| 2009 | Die Rosenheim-Cops | Carlo Greisinger | Series 9, episode 9: "Tödliche Gier" |
| 2009 | Flemming | Florian Reissberg | Series 1, episode 1: "Glanz in deinen Augen" |
| 2010–18 | SOKO Köln | Horst Frede / Walther Fuchs / Rolf Tonndorf | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst | Dr. Rudolph Amler | Series 3, episode 5: "Schlaflos" |
| 2010 | Carlos | Policeman | Series 1, episode 2 |
| 2010 | Tod einer Schülerin | Prosecutor Manfred Wellmann | Television film |
| 2010 | Donna Leon | Prosecutor Rizoli | Series 1, episode 16: "Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen" |
| 2010 | Solange du schliefst | Egbert Wilke | Television film |
| 2010 | SOKO Stuttgart | Frank Kragler | Series 2, episode 8: "Sternstunden" |
| 2010–19 | SOKO Donau | Dr. Ludwig Moser / Maximilian Nordberg / Richard Kofler | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Danni Lowinski | Tim Sollmann | Series 2, episode 4: "Träume" |
| 2011 | Der letzte Bulle | Udo Bolt | Series 2, episode 10: "Ich weiß von nichts" |
| 2011 | Bloch | Peter Grohmer | Series 1, episode 20: "Inschallah" |
| 2011 | The Man from Beijing | Tom Valfriedson | Television film |
| 2011 | Stankowskis Millionen | Chief of staff Hartinger | Television film |
| 2011 | Rosa Roth | Eckert | Series 1, episode 29: "Bin ich tot?" |
| 2012 | Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall | Lawyer Borg | Series 1, episode 44: "In dieser Nacht" |
| 2012 | In aller Freundschaft | Karsten Seidler | Series 14, episode 30: "Eine Frage der Autorität" |
| 2012 | Letzte Spur Berlin | Harald Hensing | Series 1, episode 5: "Verhängnis" |
| 2012 | A Year After Tomorrow | Lehrert | Television film |
| 2012–16 | Der Kriminalist | Michael Reiter / Andreas Schlink | 2 episodes |
| 2013–16 | Ein Fall für zwei | Prosecutor Ruppert / Georg Zeitz | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Mantrailer – Spuren des Verbrechens | Holger Strattmann | Television film |
| 2013 | Du bist dran | Armin | Television film |
| 2013 | Herzensbrecher | Peter Strack | Series 1, episode 7: "Der Taufschein" |
| 2013 | Die letzte Instanz | Television film | |
| 2014 | Der Lehrer | Bernd Klosterkämper | Series 2, episode 5: "Wieder so ein fieser Vollmer-Trick" |
| 2014 | Zwei mitten im Leben | Mr Schneider | Television film |
| 2014 | Heldt | Torben König | Series 2, episode 7: "Letzte Runde" |
| 2014–19 | Kommissarin Heller | Burkhard Hinnrichs | |
| 2014 | Die Chefin | Klaus Ladewig | Series 4, episode 1: "Hinterhalt" |
| 2014 | Heiter bis tödlich: Hauptstadtrevier | Nikolaus von Erlenbach | Series 2, episode 13: "Fashion Victim" |
| 2014 | 1864 | Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | SOKO München | Stefan Wieland | Series 40, episode 7: "Böse" |
| 2015 | Tag der Wahrheit | Götz Leppert | Television film |
| 2015 | The Team | Roland Arendt | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte | Georg Kästner | Series 1, episode 6: "Nächstenliebe" |
| 2015 | Die kalte Wahrheit | Mr Dombrowski | Television film |
| 2015 | Wer Wind sät | Dirk Eisenhut | Television film |
| 2015 | Besser spät als nie | Jens | Television film |
| 2015 | Sense8 | Clinic doctor | Series 1, episode 11: "Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes" |
| 2016 | Großstadtrevier | Enzo Capus | Series 29, episode 13: "Showdown im Revier" |
| 2016 | Ehepause | Benno Wolf | Television film |
| 2017 | Heiter bis tödlich: Morden im Norden | Tjard Theißen | Series 4, episode 8: "Tödliches Vertrauen" |
| 2017 | Romancing the Jungle | Captain Luther | Television film |
| 2017 | Ein Sommer in Prag | Jannick | Television film |
| 2017 | Lobbyistin | Otto Falk | |
| 2017–20 | Dark | Aleksander Tiedemann | |
| 2018 | Unter anderen Umständen | Thomas Reuss | Series 1, episode 14: "Das Geheimnis der Schwestern" |
| 2018 | Gladbeck | ||
| 2018–19 | Jenny – echt gerecht | Robert von Bergen | |
| 2018 | The Assassination | Andreas Niedeck | |
| 2018 | Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer | Armin Wencke | Series 3, episode 4: "Der Verrat" |
| 2019 | Bettys Diagnose | Uwe Möller | Series 5, episode 21: "Liebeskummer" |
| 2019 | The Old Fox | Hannes Maier | Episode: "Schuld und Sühne" |
| 2019 | Das Quartett | Riem | |
| 2020 | Mein Tisch in der Provence – Ärztin wider Willen | Franck Gilbert | Television film |
| 2020 | Mein Tisch in der Provence – Schwestern | Franck Gilbert | Television film |
| 2020 | Kommissar Dupin | Jodoc Luzel | Episode: "Bretonisches Vermächtnis" |
| 2020 | Nord Nord Mord | Peer Wilders | Episode: "Sievers und die schlaflosen Nächte" |
References
- Koruhn, Petra (17 January 2018). "Peter Benedict: „Ich nenne mich das Scheusal der Nation"". Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "Peter Benedict". Castupload. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- "Christian Riss". First Steps. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- Thomas, Kaitlin (31 July 2020). "How Everyone in Netflix's Dark Is Connected". TV Guide. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
- Peter Benedict at IMDb
- Christian Riss at IMDb
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