---
name: "Ben Schnetzer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-schnetzer"
fi1m_id: "ben-schnetzer"
imdb_id: "nm3115493"
tmdb_id: 224167
wikidata_id: "Q15725509"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T01:44:19.255829+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Schnetzer

## Identity

Ben Schnetzer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-schnetzer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-schnetzer
- **IMDb ID:** nm3115493
- **TMDB ID:** 224167
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15725509
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Schnetzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15725509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3115493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224167

Actor. Born 8 February 1990 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1990, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 58 (3), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 57 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $527m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Schnetzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15725509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3115493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224167

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Madison*](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md) (54), [*Warcraft*](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md) (43)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Schnetzer is an American actor. He was born in New York City on 8 February 1990 to actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Schnetzer's early screen work includes a guest role in *Law & Order* (2010) and a series regular part in *Happy Town* (2010). He appeared in *The Book Thief* (2013) as Max Vandenburg and received two British Independent Film Award nominations for his performance as Mark Ashton in *Pride* (2014). Other film roles include *The Riot Club* (2014), *Warcraft* (2016), *Snowden* (2016) and *7 Days in Entebbe* (2018).

On television he has played Yorick Brown in *Y: The Last Man* (2021), young Mike Evans in *3 Body Problem* (2024) and Van Davis in the series *The Madison* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, people.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Madison* (2026), Fi1m 54, as Van Davis — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), Fi1m 65, as Young Mike Evans — [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *Warcraft* (2016), Fi1m 43, as Khadgar — [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Mark Ashton — [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *The Book Thief* (2013), Fi1m 49, as Max Vandenburg — [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Madison* (2026), series, as Van Davis — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-madison.md)
- *The Yellow Tie* (2025), as Sergiu Celibidache (young adult) — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-yellow-tie.md)
- *Swiped* (2025), as Sean
- *3 Body Problem* (2024), series, as Young Mike Evans — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md)
- *Pantheon* (2022), series, as Eran / Guard / Leader (voice)
- *Y: The Last Man* (2021), series, as Yorick Brown
- *The Giant* (2019), as Joe
- *The Grizzlies* (2019), as Russ Sheppard
- *The Death & Life of John F. Donovan* (2019), as Rupert Turner (21 y.o.)
- *Gone Hollywood* (2019), as Robbie Riese
- *Saint Judy* (2018), as Parker
- *The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair* (2018), series, as Marcus Goldman
- *7 Days in Entebbe* (2018), as Zeev Hirsch
- *Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive* (2017), Actor
- *Goat* (2016), as Brad Land
- *Snowden* (2016), as Gabriel Sol
- *The Journey Is the Destination* (2016), as Dan Eldon
- *Warcraft* (2016), as Khadgar — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2* (2016), as Ross
- *The Riot Club* (2014), as Dimitri Mitropoulos
- *Pride* (2014), as Mark Ashton — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *The Book Thief* (2013), as Max Vandenburg — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)
- *Happy Town* (2010), series, as Andrew Haplin
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Dustin Henry — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/22539/gallery-c4ade4590b0b.jpg) Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Ben_Schnetzer_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Schnetzer](https://film.one/media/person/22539/gallery-02846864806b.jpg) Ben Schnetzer — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Ben_Schnetzer_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ben_Schnetzer_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/22539/gallery-5910e5369ec8.jpg) Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Pride_15_%2815272530505%29.jpg/1280px-Pride_15_%2815272530505%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/22539/gallery-dca0cb8a3ea0.jpg) Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Pride_16_%2815269415481%29.jpg/1280px-Pride_16_%2815269415481%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/22539/gallery-6514a2640cd3.jpg) Ben Schnetzer at the premiere of Pride, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Pride_17_%2815269416731%29.jpg/1280px-Pride_17_%2815269416731%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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