Ben Schnetzer – “Dan Eldon”
Ben Schnetzer – “Dan Eldon”
As a talented actor on the rise, Ben Schnetzer brings dynamic characters to life in a wide range of ilm, theater and television roles, consistently elevating his body of work.
Ben appeared in Oliver Stone’s biographical political thriller, Snowden. The film debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and Open Road Films released Snowden on September 16, 2016.
Also in September, Ben was seen in Andrew Neel’s Goat. Ben’s performance ultimately led to him being named one of Sundance Film Festival’s breakout stars of the year. Paramount Pictures and MTV Films released Goat on September 23, 2016.
Ben most recently wrapped production on Miranda de Pencier’s The Grizzles in Iqaluit, Nunavut in Arctic Canada. Prior to that, Ben completed production in 2015 on Bronwen Hughes’ The Journey is the Destination in which he starred opposite Maria Bello. He portrays ‘Dan Eldon,’ a Reuters photojournalist who was set upon by an angry mob while covering Somalia’s Civil War and went on to be stoned to death in Mogadishu in 1993 at age 22. The film debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Ben was seen in Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, an epic fantasy adventure based on the popular video game series. In 2014, he starred in the period dramedy, Pride, directed by Mathew Warchus. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy in 2015. The same year, he was also seen in The Riot Club, an adaptation of Laura Wade’s West End play, “Posh.” In 2013, he co-starred in Brian Percival’s The Book Thief.
First making his film debut in the indie drama Ben’s Plan, Ben played the lead role of “Ben Stephens,” a 14-year-old boy living in New York whose mother disappeared three weeks earlier while shopping for Christmas gifts. From there, he went on to appear as a series-regular on ABC’s Happy Town, a mystery thriller around the decade-long kidnappings that occurred in a small town in Minnesota.
Ben studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where he appeared in numerous productions including “Oedipus”, “As You Like It”, “Merrily We Roll Along” and “Widower’s Houses”, among many other stage credits. He first began acting at age eleven when he played the Artful Dodger in a production of “Oliver”.
