Benedikt Negro

{{Infobox person

| name = Benedikt Negro

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Xanten, Germany

| birth_name = Benedikt Plümpe

| occupation = Mime, clown, actor

| image = Benedikt Negro as Le Vieux.jpg

}}

Benedikt Negro ({{né|Plümpe}}) is a German pantomime, mime, clown, and actor best known for his lead performance in Cirque du Soleil's O and the film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away.{{cite web|title=Thriller clowns: After hours, Strip clowns create edgy mayhem|first=T. R.|last=Witcher|url=http://www.desertcompanion.com/article.cfm?ArticleID=82|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204142825/http://www.desertcompanion.com/article.cfm?articleID=82|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2011|work=Desert Companion}}{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A.O|authorlink=A. O. Scott|title='Cirque du Soleil - Worlds Away' in 3-D|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/movies/cirque-du-soleil-worlds-away-in-3-d.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0|accessdate=3 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away|first=Zac|last=Thompson|date=December 20, 2012|work=Time Out Chicago|url=http://www.timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/film/15943146/cirque-du-soleil-worlds-away-movie-review|access-date=August 13, 2013|archive-date=January 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119170943/http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/film/15943146/cirque-du-soleil-worlds-away-movie-review|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |work=San Francisco Chronicle|title='Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' review|first=Peter|last=Hartlaub|date=December 20, 2012|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Cirque-du-Soleil-Worlds-Away-review-4135699.php}}{{cite news|work=Pasadena Weekly|title=Viva Variety! Cirque A Palooza wraps up three weeks of extraordinary performances at the Pasadena Playhouse|first=Carl|last=Kozlowski|date=2013-08-08|url=http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/viva_variety/12349/|archive-date=2013-10-21|access-date=2013-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021041931/http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/viva_variety/12349/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title='Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' may be fabulous, but there's no substitute for a live performance|first=Roger|last=Moore|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/20121220-cirque-du-soleil-worlds-away-may-be-fabulous-but-there-s-no-substitute-for-a-live-performance-c.ece|work=The Dallas Morning News|date=20 December 2012}}

Benedikt joined the cast of O in 2003 and has played the role of Le Vieux (french for "the old man") continuously since then. He occasionally also performs as one of the two clown characters in the show.