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Benjamin Schnau

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA anyone in town, Benjamin starts to work his way up
to, first, getting an agent, booking smaller projects
lready during school time Benjamin until he finally got his first big break -- shooting an
Schnau had taken acting lessons and international commercial for Amazon and TV shows.
played in the school theatre. “Actually, Four years later, after working successfully in the UK
I knew early on that I wanted to do it he decided to make the move to the US to finally fulfill
Aprofessionally,” says Benjamin. “But his dream to establish a name for himself in Hollywood.
as it is, at a young age you are often guided by your It takes one thing above all to gain a foothold in
environment, which keeps telling you to do something the industry, stamina. “You have to be careful not to
‘decent’, because acting is just artless.”
Benjamin, who leaves
his home in Saxony-
Anhalt, Germany with his
mother in 1992 and moves
to Frankfurt am Main,
Germany initially studying
business administration.
When his mother died in
2008 after years of fighting
cancer, he quit his office
job and moved to London
to tackle his international
acting career. “Saying
goodbye to my mother has
shown me how short life can
be and how to go after what
your inner voice says.”
After starting out
in Germany playing
in German TV show
‘Rosenheim-Cops’ at the
famous Bavaria film studios,
he moved to London in the
UK to take his career to the
next level. “The industry in
the UK especially London
is a lot bigger than in
Germany and therefore
more opportunities for
actors,” Benjamin says.
Without knowing

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