Benno Fürmann

Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (; born 17 January 1972) is a German film and television actor. He played lead roles in the 2008 film The North Face (where he played Toni Kurz), and Jerichow. He appeared in In Darkness, and was the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise's German dubbing.

Life and work Fürmann was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg. By the time he was 15 both his parents had died. At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital. Fürmann left school after his Mittlere Reife and 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.

Awards 1999 German Television Award Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Bubi Scholz Story 2000 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor

Filmography

1992: Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses 1993: (TV Movie) (with Beate Abraham, Muriel Baumeister) - Little Joe 1993: - Schüler 1993: Simply Love (with , Uwe Ochsenknecht) - Mamba 1995: California Convertible 1996: The First Time (TV Movie) (with Lavinia Wilson) - Ike 1998: (TV Movie) (with Götz George, Nicolette Krebitz) - Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz - jung 1998: Kiss My Blood - John 1998: Candy - Robert 1998: The Polar Bear (with Til Schweiger, Karina Krawczyk) - Fabian 1999: Annaluise & Anton - Carlos 1999: - Johnny 1999: - Gosbert Klee 2000: Anatomy (with Franka Potente) - Hein 2000: Trust Me (with Christiane Paul, ) - Nils 2000: - Der Neue 2000: The Princess and the Warrior (with Franka Potente, Joachim Król) - Bodo 2001: Jeans 2001: High Score (TV Movie) - Lars Schelling 2002: Naked (with Heike Makatsch, Jürgen Vogel, Alexandra Maria Lara) - Felix 2002: Wolfsburg (with Nina Hoss) - Philipp Gerber 2003: My House in Umbria (TV Movie) (with Maggie Smith) - Werner 2003: The Order (alternative title: The Sin Eater) (with Heath Ledger) - William Eden 2004: Shrek 2 - Puss in Boots (German Dub) 2004: Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (TV Movie) (with Alicia Witt) - Eric / Siegfried 2005: Ghosts (with Julia Hummer) - Oliver 2005: Joyeux Noël (with Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl) - Nikolaus Sprink 2006: - Lehrer Grünbaum 2006: (TV Movie) - Jürgen Urban 2006: Crusade in Jeans - Thaddeus 2007: - Lehrer Grünbaum 2007: Shrek the Third - Puss in Boots (German Dub) 2007: Pornorama (with Tom Schilling) - Freddie 2007: Survivre avec les loups - Reuven 2007: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps - Jan Rietmüller 2008: Speed Racer (with Emile Hirsch and John Goodman) - Inspector Detector 2008: Mutant Chronicles - Lt. Maximillian von Steiner 2008: North Face (with Johanna Wokalek and Ulrich Tukur) - Toni Kurz 2008: Jerichow - Thomas 2009: - Lehrer Grünbaum 2009: Germany 09 - Herr Feierlich (segment "Feierlich reist") 2009: (with Alexandra Maria Lara) - Marc Barenberg 2009: Mullewapp - Johnny Mauser (voice) 2009: Farewell - Agent fédéral allemand 1 2009: Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend - Werner Krupp 2009: - Jo Schwertlein 2010: - Moritz' Vater 2010: Shrek Forever After - Puss in Boots (German Dub) 2010: - Rolf Haas 2011: In Darkness - Mundek Margulies 2011: Puss in Boots - Puss in Boots (German Dub) 2011: - Injun Joe 2012: Lara 2013: - Der reiche Mann von Friedrichshagen 2013: - Ulrich Chaussy 2013: The Almost Perfect Man - Ulf 2014: - Animal Catcher 2014: - Koralnik 2014: Bright Night - Bernd 2015: Von glücklichen Schafen - Klaus 2015: Survivor - Pavlou 2015: - Sven Stanislawski 2016: Volt - Volt 2017: - Leopold 2017-2022: Babylon Berlin (TV Series) - Oberst Wendt 2018: Intrigo: Death of an Author - David 2019: Get Lucky - Martin 2019: Hanna - Dieter 2022: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Puss in Boots (German Dub)