Benny Safdie
February 24, 1986 (38 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Benjamin 'Benny' Safdie (born February 24, 1986) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Curse as Dougie Schecter
- 2023 · Oppenheimer as Edward Teller
- 2023 · Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Herbert Simon
- 2022 · Stars at Noon as CIA Man
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Nari
- 2021 · Licorice Pizza as Joel Wachs
- 2020 · Pieces of a Woman as Chris
- 2020 · Money on the Street: The Making of Uncut Gems as Self
- 2020 · Question & Answer as Self
- 2020 · Goldman v Silverman as Al Silverman
- 2017 · The Universe Is Out There: Josh and Benny Safdie as Self
- 2017 · Good Time as Nick Nikas
- 2017 · Person to Person as Eugene
- 2015 · Togetherness as Craddock Brother #2
- 2015 · A Hot Two Weeks: The Making of Heaven Knows What as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Future · Happy Gilmore 2 as
- 2013 · Solid Gold as Goldman
- 2011 · Second Stop from Jupiter: The Making of Daddy Longlegs as Himself
- 2010 · John's Gone as John
- 2010 · The Neistat Brothers as Self
- 2008 · John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island as
- 2008 · There's Nothing You Can Do as
- 2008 · The Acquaintances of a Lonely John as
- 2008 · Yeast as Riverguy 2
- 2008 · The Story of Charles Riverbank as Charles Riverbank
- 2007 · I Think I'm Missing Parts as
- 2007 · What To Do When Choking as
- 2006 · The Ralph Handel Story as Ralph Handel
- 2006 · If You See Something, Say Something as
- Future · Into the Woods with Mark as
- Future · Projection/Admiration as Himself (Archival)