Benjamin Sadler

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Benjamin Sadler born February 2 1971 is a German actor who was born in Toronto Canada the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher He lived in Canada until he was five In 1976 he moved with his parents to Germany After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London his career as actor started in 1994 with roles in German thrillers such as Wolffs Revier and SKBabies In 2001 he appeared in the GermanItalian film Maria Magdalena in the role as John the Baptist beside Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Danny Quinn In 2002 he worked on two further religious films The Bible The Apocalypse with Richard Harris and Luther with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov He also appeared as the young emperor Augustus Peter OToole was the emperor in later life In 2006 he played the part of a physician in the film Dresden In 2007 he starred as a lawyer and father of a thalidomidehandicapped daughter for which he received a Bambi Award in 2007 He explained in an interview that he was proud to be a part of the film which influenced the German parliament to pass a law giving greater financial compensation for victims of thalidomide Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Sadler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia