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German actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (German: [ˈbɛ.no ˈfyːɐ̯ˌman] ; born 17 January 1972) is a German film and television actor. He is known for his lead role in the 2008 film The North Face, where he plays Toni Kurz based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster in Switzerland, the lead actor in Christian Petzold's Jerichow, Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness, and as the voice actor for Puss in Boots of the Shrek franchise in the German Dub. [1][2][3]
Fürmann was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg. By the age of 15 he had lost both his parents. At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result. Fürmann left school after his Mittlere Reife and after that worked as a waiter and a bouncer. In 1991 he went to New York City and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Fürmann has a daughter and lives in Berlin, in the neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg.
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