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Ben Schnetzer
Ben Schnetzer
	Schnetzer at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Alma mater	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Partner	Kate Hewitt
Children	1
Parents	Stephen Schnetzer (father); Nancy Snyder (mother);

Ben Schnetzer is an American actor. He was nominated for two British Independent Film Awards for his performance in the film Pride. His other films include The Book Thief, The Riot Club, and The Grizzlies.

Early life

Schnetzer is the son of actor Stephen Schnetzer, whose father had German ancestry, and actress Nancy Snyder. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.^[1]

Career

In 2010, Schnetzer appeared in an episode of Law & Order, the longest-running live-action scripted American primetime series and had a supporting role in the ABC series Happy Town.^[2]

As he began appearing in British films, Schnetzer was praised for his "superb mastery of accents".^[3] During his final year at Guildhall, he landed the role of Max Vandenburg in the film adaptation of The Book Thief (2013).^[4] The following year, he starred as activist Mark Ashton in the historical film Pride, for which he received critical acclaim and two BIFA nominations.^[5] That same year, he played British-Greek Oxford University student Dimitri Mitropoulos in The Riot Club.

Schnetzer starred as Brad Land alongside Nick Jonas in Goat, a 2016 film about college hazing. That same year, he starred as Ross in Punk's Dead as well as appearing in Warcraft and Snowden. He played British-Kenyan journalist Dan Eldon in the biopic The Journey Is the Destination.

Schnetzer returned to television in 2018 with a role as Marcus Goldman in the Epix miniseries adaptation of Joël Dicker's The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. He made his Broadway debut in The Nap at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.^[6] He had film roles in Entebbe, The Grizzlies, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, and Saint Judy in 2018 as well as The Giant in 2019. Nell Meadow of RogerEbert.com called Schnetzer's performances "exceptional" in a 2020 review of The Grizzlies and praised ability to disappear into his roles in The Book Thief, Snowden, and Pride.^[7]

In 2020, Schnetzer was cast as protagonist Yorick Brown in the 2021 FX on Hulu adaptation of the post-apocalyptic comic Y: The Last Man.^[8] He has an upcoming role in the Netflix science fiction series The Three-Body Problem.

In September 2022, Schnetzer played Eli in the European premiere of Eureka Day at The Old Vic in London.^[9]

Personal life

Schnetzer is in a relationship with Kate Hewitt, a theatre director from Newcastle upon Tyne. They have a daughter, born 2021.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Ben's Plan	Ben Stephens
2013	The Book Thief	Max Vandenburg
2014	Pride	Mark Ashton
2014	The Riot Club	Dimitri Mitropoulos
2016	Goat	Brad Land
	Punk's Dead	Ross
	Warcraft	Khadgar
	Snowden	Gabriel Sol
	The Journey Is the Destination	Dan Eldon
2018	Entebbe	Zeev Hirsch
	The Grizzlies	Russ Sheppard
	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Rupert Turner
	Saint Judy	Parker
2019	The Giant	Joe
2025	Swiped	TBA	Post-production
TBA	The Yellow Tie	Sergiu Celibidache	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Law & Order	Dustin Henry	Episode: "Crashers"
2010	Happy Town	Andrew Haplin	8 episodes
2018	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Marcus Goldman	10 episodes
2019	Gone Hollywood	Robbie Riese	TV movie
2021	Y: The Last Man	Yorick Brown	10 episodes
2024	3 Body Problem	Young Mike Evans

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Sticks and Bones	David	Pershing Square Signature Center, New York
2018	The Nap	Dylan Spokes	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, New York
2022	Eureka Day	Eli	Old Vic, London