Biography
Benny Safdie is an American filmmaker, actor, writer and editor. He frequently collaborates with his older brother Josh Safdie on independent films including Heaven Knows What (2015), Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). He studied at Boston University.
Safdie has acted in several films, appearing as Herbert Simon in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) and as Edward Teller in Oppenheimer (2023). He voiced Bowser Junior in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026). He co-created, co-wrote and starred in the television series The Curse (2023).
He made his solo directorial debut with The Smashing Machine (2025), which he also wrote and edited.
