Benny Safdie

Actor and director. Born 24 February 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.

Titles on Fi1m8 acting · 3 directing

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 8 titles

Born

24 February 1986, New York City, New York, USA

Active

2017–present

Frequently works with

Adam Sandler, Emily Blunt, Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

69Fi1m

71Critics

We rate Benny’s work 2 points below the press, across 8 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 793

Under 602

Of 8 reviewed titles as actor.

In numbers

Lead roles: 0 of 7 billed first or second
Reviewed: 7 films, 1 series
Screen time: 16 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $3.7bn across 5 films with figures
Active: 2017–present

Genres

Comedy5
Drama5
Adventure2
Fantasy2
Action1
Animation1

Best and worst on Fi1m

84BestOppenheimer2023

38WorstThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie2026

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

142000s

192010s

232020s

Directors most worked with

Josh Safdie2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Adam Sandler2 titles

Emily Blunt2 titles

Awards

Other awards1 won

Won2025Silver Lion: Silver Lion · The Smashing Machine

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.