Ben Schnetzer
{{short description|American actor (born 1990)}}
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| image = Ben Schnetzer by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Schnetzer at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
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| alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2007–present
| father = Stephen Schnetzer
| mother = Nancy Snyder
| partner = Kate Hewitt
| children = 2
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Ben Schnetzer is an American actor. He was nominated for two British Independent Film Awards for his performance in the film Pride (2014). His other films include The Book Thief (2013), The Riot Club (2014), and The Grizzlies (2018).
Early life
Schnetzer is the son of actor Stephen Schnetzer, whose father had German ancestry, and actress Nancy Snyder. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/movies/ben-schnetzer-on-the-book-thief.html|title=First Big Role, Right Out of School|last=Forrest|first=Steve|date=November 1, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
Career
In 2010, Schnetzer appeared in an episode of Law & Order, the longest-running live-action scripted American primetime series and had a supporting role in the ABC series Happy Town.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/tv/reviews/happy-town-1117942618/|title=Happy Town|last=Lowry|first=Brian|date=April 24, 2010|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-02-02}}
As he began appearing in British films, Schnetzer was praised for his "superb mastery of accents".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bifa.film/people/ben-schnetzer/|title=Ben Schnetzer|website=BIFA - British Independent Film Awards|date=12 October 2014 |accessdate=29 August 2022}} During his final year at Guildhall, he landed the role of Max Vandenburg in the film adaptation of The Book Thief (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/the-book-thief-review-1200694271/|title=Film Review: 'The Book Thief'|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=October 4, 2013|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-02-02}} The following year, he starred as activist Mark Ashton in the historical film Pride, for which he received critical acclaim and two BIFA nominations.{{cite news|last=O'Sullivan|first=Charlotte|title=Pride - film review: 'Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton escape national treasure status to show us something new'|work=London Evening Standard|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=14 September 2014|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/pride--film-review-bill-nighy-and-imelda-staunton-escape-national-treasure-status-and-show-us-something-new-9728351.html}} That same year, he played British-Greek Oxford University student Dimitri Mitropoulos in The Riot Club.
Schnetzer starred as Brad Land alongside Nick Jonas in Goat, a 2016 film about college hazing. That same year, he starred as Ross in Punk's Dead as well as appearing in Warcraft and Snowden. He played British-Kenyan journalist Dan Eldon in the biopic The Journey Is the Destination.
Schnetzer returned to television in 2018 with a role as Marcus Goldman in the Epix miniseries adaptation of Joël Dicker's The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. He made his Broadway debut in The Nap at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Meet-the-Cast-of-THE-NAP--Now-in-Previews-20180905|title=Meet the Cast of THE NAP- Now in Previews!|website=BroadwayWorld|first=Julie|last=Musbach|date=5 September 2018|accessdate=29 August 2022}} He had film roles in Entebbe, The Grizzlies, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, and Saint Judy in 2018 as well as The Giant in 2019. Nell Meadow of RogerEbert.com called Schnetzer's performances "exceptional" in a 2020 review of The Grizzlies and praised ability to disappear into his roles in The Book Thief, Snowden, and Pride.{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-grizzlies-movie-review-2020|title=The Grizzlies Movie Review|author=Nell Meadow|website=RogerEbert.com|access-date=18 August 2022}}
In 2020, Schnetzer was cast as protagonist Yorick Brown in the 2021 FX on Hulu adaptation of the post-apocalyptic comic Y: The Last Man.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-02-28|title='Y: The Last Man': Ben Schnetzer To Star As Yorick Brown In FX's Drama Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/y-the-last-man-ben-schnetzer-to-cast-yorick-brown-fx-series-recasting-barry-keoghan-1202871089/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} In 2024, he played the role of young Mike Evans in the Netflix science fiction series 3 Body Problem.
In September 2022, Schnetzer played Eli in the European premiere of Eureka Day at The Old Vic in London.{{Cite web |title=Cast joining Helen Hunt in Old Vic's Eureka Day announced {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/cast-helen-hunt-old-vic-eureka-day_57036.html |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |date=29 July 2022 |language=en-GB}}
Personal life
Schnetzer is in a relationship with Kate Hewitt, a theatre and television director from Newcastle upon Tyne. The couple have a daughter and a son (born 2021 and 2024, respectively).{{Cite web|url=https://tvovermind.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-ben-schnetzer/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Ben Schnetzer|website=TVOvermind|first=Camille|last=Moore|date=21 September 2021 |accessdate=30 August 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DDb0GEEoTU9/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==|title=Made a human…|author=Kate Hewitt|via=Instagram|date=11 December 2024|accessdate=6 February 2025}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| Ben's Plan | Ben Stephens | |
| 2013
| Max Vandenburg | |
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| Pride | |
| The Riot Club
| Dimitri Mitropoulos | |
| rowspan="5" |2016
| Goat | Brad Land | |
| Punk's Dead
| Ross | |
| Warcraft
| Khadgar | |
| Snowden
| Gabriel Sol | |
| The Journey Is the Destination
| |
| rowspan="4" | 2018
| Entebbe | Zeev Hirsch | |
| The Grizzlies
| Russ Sheppard | |
| The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
| Rupert Turner | |
| Saint Judy
| Parker | |
| 2019
| Joe | |
| 2025
| Swiped | {{TBA}} | Post-production |
| TBA
| Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Dustin Henry | Episode: "Crashers" |
| Happy Town
| Andrew Haplin | 8 episodes |
| 2018
| The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Marcus Goldman | 10 episodes |
| 2019
| Gone Hollywood | Robbie Riese | TV movie |
| 2021
| Yorick Brown | 10 episodes |
| 2024
| Young Mike Evans | |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| David | Pershing Square Signature Center, New York |
| 2018
| The Nap | Dylan Spokes | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, New York |
| 2022
| Eli | Old Vic, London |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| rowspan="2"| British Independent Film Awards | rowspan="2"| {{center|Pride}} | {{Nom}} |
| Most Promising Newcomer
| {{Nom}} |
References
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External links
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Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Category:American expatriate male actors
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male Shakespearean actors
Category:American male stage actors