Peter Benedict

Peter Benedict (born Christian Riss; 13 July 1963) is an Austrian actor, director and writer.

Early life Peter Benedict was born Christian Riss in Chur, Switzerland. He is the only son of actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach. He grew up in Berlin, Paris and Salzburg. Benedict studied drama and film directing at Mozarteum University Salzburg and at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.

Career Benedict began working in film and television productions under his birth name in the late 1980s. He wrote and directed the 1999 film Ende des Frühlings. He played one of the lead roles, Robert von Bergen, in the 2018–2019 dramedy series Jenny – echt gerecht.

Personal life Benedict is married and lives in Berlin and France.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Ende des Frühlings – Writer/director; as Christian Riss 2002 A Map of the Heart Bernhard 2003 Angst Dramaturge 2004 Agnes and His Brothers Instructor 2006 Chef café 2006 Fay Grim Raul Picard 2007 Yella Dr. Friedrich's lawyer Oliver 2009 Germany 09 Prof. Ackermann Segment: "Krankes Haus" 2010 Three Boninger 2011 Synkope Mathias Short film 2011 If Not Us, Who? Publisher 2011 War Horse German officer 2012 Offroad Orloff 2012 Barbara Gerhard 2012 The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears 2012 360 x 240 Arndt Schweizer Short film 2013 Familienbande Father Short film 2014 Ascension Day Ausgelöscht 2016 A Cure for Wellness Constable 2017 The Young Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Sr. 2017 Zach's lawyer 2020 Nahschuss Schreiber 2021 The Day Jesus Flew to Heaven Martin Schweiger

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen Hannes Subinski Series 5, episode 8: "Zurückbleiben, bitte!" 2002 Frank Television film 2003 Two Days of Hope Meinert Television film 2003–10 Das Duo Robert Hindelang / René Altenberg / Claas Güstrow 3 episodes 2004 Der Mustervater – Allein unter Kindern Jan Michalczewski Television film 2004–18 SOKO Wismar Various characters 4 episodes 2004 SK Kölsch Andy Fuhrmann Series 6, episode 5: "Das Schweigen der Männer" 2004 Die Stunde der Offiziere Hans Otfried von Linstow Television film 2004–06 Im Namen des Gesetzes Jens Klein / Martin Schöne 2 episodes 2005 Dr. Sommerfeld – Alte Träume, neue Liebe Doctor Television film 2005–16 Tatort Various characters 12 episodes 2005 Wolffs Revier Adrian Grosser Series 13, episode 6: "Grenzgänger" 2005–15 Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei Gernod Soldan / Wulff / Frank Rickert 3 episodes 2005 Die letzte Schlacht Red Army colonel Television film 2005 Klaus Schuster Television film 2005 Kanzleramt Hecker 5 episodes 2005 Crazy Partners Lawyer Television film 2005 Nachtasyl Baron Television film 2005 Marc Baré Television film 2005 Secretary of State Acheson Television film 2005 Hagen Kruse Series 2, episode 7: "Der Duft der Angst" 2006 Eine Frage des Gewissens Raimund Kloeppel Television film 2006–18 SOKO Leipzig Various characters 4 episodes 2006 Familie Dr. Kleist Hannes Schenk Series 2, episode 10: "Am Abgrund" 2006 Die Cleveren Venerable director Stein Series 6, episode 5: "Kinder (Teil 1)" 2006 Mr Seifert 2 episodes 2006 Abschnitt 40 Andreas Scheffler Series 4, episode 8: "Schutzbehauptung" 2006 Stolberg Edgar Holtz Series 1, episode 4: "Du bist nicht allein" 2007–13 Polizeiruf 110 Udo Rascher / Schnitthelm / lawyer Walser 3 episodes 2007 Donna Roma Dr. Rigolio 2007 Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich Lemmi Lehmann 2 episodes 2007 Der fremde Gast Policeman Television film 2007 Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic Rudolf Lanz Television film 2007 Hannah's brother-in-law Television film 2007 Der Dicke Stefan Siemsen Series 2, episode 4: "Tisch und Bett" 2008 Die Anwälte Judge Bernd Klattner 2008 Mord mit Aussicht Christian Lahrscheid Series 1, episode 4: "Marienfeuer" 2008 Post Mortem Ruger Series 2, episode 4: "Treibgut" 2008 GSG 9 – Die Elite Einheit Erik Brahms 2 episodes 2008 Unschuldig Prosecutor Robert Schwenke 6 episodes 2008–15 SOKO Kitzbühel Julius Posch / Horst Wallner 2 episodes 2008 Reinhard Lade Television film 2008 Bertold Krieger Television film 2008 Die Bienen – Tödliche Bedrohung Detective Barocha Television film 2008 Unser Mann im Süden Vincente Morales Series 1, episode 4: "Feuer und Flamme" 2008–10 Küstenwache Jean-Pierre Jarron / Baudisch 2 episodes 2008 Die Heilerin 2 Dr. Thomas Fischer Television film 2008 Wilsberg Thomas Achtermann Series 1, episode 25: "Das Jubiläum" 2009 Bella Block Defence barrister 2 episodes: "Das Schweigen der Kommissarin" 2009 Die Wölfe Vernehmer Series 1, episode 2: "Zerbrochene Stadt" 2009–17 Notruf Hafenkante Jost / Alex Escher 2 episodes 2009 Claudia – Das Mädchen von Kasse 1 Victor Schroth Television film 2009 Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich Manne Television film 2009 Prof. Dominic Merkt Television film 2009 Die Rosenheim-Cops Carlo Greisinger Series 9, episode 9: "Tödliche Gier" 2009 Flemming Florian Reissberg Series 1, episode 1: "Glanz in deinen Augen" 2010–18 SOKO Köln Horst Frede / Walther Fuchs / Rolf Tonndorf 3 episodes 2010 KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst Dr. Rudolph Amler Series 3, episode 5: "Schlaflos" 2010 Carlos Policeman Series 1, episode 2 2010 Tod einer Schülerin Prosecutor Manfred Wellmann Television film 2010 Donna Leon Prosecutor Rizoli Series 1, episode 16: "Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen" 2010 Solange du schliefst Egbert Wilke Television film 2010 SOKO Stuttgart Frank Kragler Series 2, episode 8: "Sternstunden" 2010–19 SOKO Donau Dr. Ludwig Moser / Maximilian Nordberg / Richard Kofler 3 episodes 2011 Danni Lowinski Tim Sollmann Series 2, episode 4: "Träume" 2011 Der letzte Bulle Udo Bolt Series 2, episode 10: "Ich weiß von nichts" 2011 Bloch Peter Grohmer Series 1, episode 20: "Inschallah" 2011 Tom Valfriedson Television film 2011 Stankowskis Millionen Chief of staff Hartinger Television film 2011 Rosa Roth Eckert Series 1, episode 29: "Bin ich tot?" 2012 Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall Lawyer Borg Series 1, episode 44: "In dieser Nacht" 2012 In aller Freundschaft Karsten Seidler Series 14, episode 30: "Eine Frage der Autorität" 2012 Letzte Spur Berlin Harald Hensing Series 1, episode 5: "Verhängnis" 2012 Lehrert Television film 2012–16 Der Kriminalist Michael Reiter / Andreas Schlink 2 episodes 2013–16 Ein Fall für zwei Prosecutor Ruppert / Georg Zeitz 2 episodes 2013 Mantrailer – Spuren des Verbrechens Holger Strattmann Television film 2013 Du bist dran Armin Television film 2013 Herzensbrecher Peter Strack Series 1, episode 7: "Der Taufschein" 2013 Die letzte Instanz Television film 2014 Der Lehrer Bernd Klosterkämper Series 2, episode 5: "Wieder so ein fieser Vollmer-Trick" 2014 Mr Schneider Television film 2014 Heldt Torben König Series 2, episode 7: "Letzte Runde" 2014–19 Kommissarin Heller Burkhard Hinnrichs 2014 Die Chefin Klaus Ladewig Series 4, episode 1: "Hinterhalt" 2014 Heiter bis tödlich: Hauptstadtrevier Nikolaus von Erlenbach Series 2, episode 13: "Fashion Victim" 2014 1864 Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel 2 episodes 2014 SOKO München Stefan Wieland Series 40, episode 7: "Böse" 2015 Tag der Wahrheit Götz Leppert Television film 2015 The Team Roland Arendt 5 episodes 2015 In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte Georg Kästner Series 1, episode 6: "Nächstenliebe" 2015 Die kalte Wahrheit Mr Dombrowski Television film 2015 Wer Wind sät Dirk Eisenhut Television film 2015 Besser spät als nie Jens Television film 2015 Sense8 Clinic doctor Series 1, episode 11: "Just Turn the Wheeland the Future Changes" 2016 Großstadtrevier Enzo Capus Series 29, episode 13: "Showdown im Revier" 2016 Ehepause Benno Wolf Television film 2017 Heiter bis tödlich: Morden im Norden Tjard Theißen Series 4, episode 8: "Tödliches Vertrauen" 2017 Romancing the Jungle Captain Luther Television film 2017 Ein Sommer in Prag Jannick Television film 2017 Lobbyistin Otto Falk 2017–20 Dark Aleksander Tiedemann 2018 Unter anderen Umständen Thomas Reuss Series 1, episode 14: "Das Geheimnis der Schwestern" 2018 Gladbeck 2018–19 Jenny – echt gerecht Robert von Bergen 2018 Andreas Niedeck 2018 Die Spezialisten – Im Namen der Opfer Armin Wencke Series 3, episode 4: "Der Verrat" 2019 Bettys Diagnose Uwe Möller Series 5, episode 21: "Liebeskummer" 2019 The Old Fox Hannes Maier Episode: "Schuld und Sühne" 2019 Das Quartett Riem 2020 Mein Tisch in der Provence – Ärztin wider Willen Franck Gilbert Television film 2020 Mein Tisch in der Provence – Schwestern Franck Gilbert Television film 2020 Kommissar Dupin Jodoc Luzel Episode: "Bretonisches Vermächtnis" 2020 Nord Nord Mord Peer Wilders Episode: "Sievers und die schlaflosen Nächte"