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American filmmaker and actor

Date of Birth: 24 February 1986
Age: 40 years old
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Benjamin Safdie is an American filmmaker and actor.

He and his elder brother, Josh, have directed the films Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017), and Uncut Gems (2019). Transitioning towards acting, Safdie was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his role in Good Time and has since taken on roles in films such as Licorice Pizza (2021), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, and Oppenheimer (both 2023). He also co-created, co-wrote, and starred in the television series The Curse (2023).

Career

Filmmaker

The Safdies' first feature was the 2009 film Daddy Longlegs: they also wrote the screenplay and edited the film together. The film was showcased in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, they debuted the documentary film Lenny Cooke at the Tribeca Film Festival, a documentary they became attached to after Cooke approached them to review the footage. In 2014, the pair premiered their next film Heaven Knows What at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. In February 2016, the brothers began filming their crime thriller film Good Time. which Benny starred in alongside Robert Pattinson, in New York City. It premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Benny, for his performance, was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

Uncut Gems, Josh and Benny's next film, starred Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield and Julia Fox and was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The brothers won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, and Benny shared the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing with Ronald Bronstein, with whom he has co-edited all the Safdie brother films.

Safdie and Nathan Fielder co-created in the Showtime series The Curse, which premiered in November 2023. The show, in which they also starred, received critical acclaim, and Safdie earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.

Safdie's next directorial effort is The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr and set to be released by A24 in 2025.

Acting roles

In 2017, Safdie began taking on performances not directed by himself or Josh, appearing in a role in the film Person to Person. In 2020, he appeared in Pieces of a Woman, and in 2021 he took on a significant supporting role in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Licorice Pizza.

In 2022, Safdie appeared in Claire Denis' romantic thriller Stars at Noon, and as Nari in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi. In 2023, he starred in the film adaptation Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., and appears as Edward Teller in Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan.

In 2025, he appeared in Happy Gilmore 2, and is set to reunite with Nolan on The Odyssey in 2026.

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Date of Birth 24 February 1986

Age 40 years old

Zodiac sign Pisces Fish - go with the flow People born under the sign of Pisces are mostly passive, devoid of perseverance, purposefulness and unstable. They are not able to withstand the circumstances, they are constantly hovering in dreams, believing that everything…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Scorpio	96%
Taurus	96%
Aquarius	92%
Capricorn	88%
Pisces	88%
Aries	80%
Cancer	76%
Virgo	76%
Sagittarius	72%
Leo	68%
Gemini	64%
Libra	60%

Chinese horoscope Tiger Tiger is a born leader The tiger is usually a very undisciplined worker. People born in the Year of the Tiger are also very irritable by nature and do not like to follow others. They have problems with power and tend to challenge their superiors. Th…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Dragon	88%
Rat	88%
Horse	84%
Bull	84%
Pig	80%
Dog	80%
Rooster	72%
Rabbit	72%
Tiger	72%
Goat	60%
Monkey	52%
Snake	48%

Slavic horoscope Stork Born under the Stork sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Wolf	96%
Fox	92%
Bear	92%
Raven	92%
Stork	88%
Horse	84%
Finist	84%
Elk	80%
Eagle	76%
Aurochs	76%
Pike	64%
Boar	64%
Virgin	60%
Swan	56%
Lynx	56%
Serpent	36%

Egyptian horoscope Geb Geb in the Egyptian horoscope marks a period ruled by a distinct god — shaping temperament, luck in affairs, and the way a person protects what they value.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Osiris	96%
Mut	96%
Geb	88%
Isis	84%
Nile	84%
Anubis	80%
Horus	76%
Thoth	76%
Amun-Ra	76%
Bastet	64%
Set	64%
Sekhmet	56%

Druid horoscope Ash Ash bridges the practical and the meaningful. Born 18 February to 17 March, Ash people connect ideas, languages and people, making complex things understandable.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Alder	96%
Rowan	92%
Ash	88%
Holly	84%
Oak	80%
Birch	80%
Hawthorn	76%
Willow	76%
Hazel	64%
Reed	60%
Ivy	56%
Vine	56%
Elder	44%

Indian horoscope Kumbha The Vedic rashi Kumbha carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Meena	92%
Makara	92%
Kumbha	88%
Dhanu	84%
Tula	84%
Vrishchika	76%
Kanya	76%
Karka	64%
Vrishabha	64%
Simha	60%
Mithuna	56%
Mesha	36%

Flower horoscope Mimosa The flower talisman Mimosa reflects character through nature’s calendar — sensitivity, aesthetic sense, and seasonal rhythm shape daily choices.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Magnolia	96%
Foxglove	96%
Mistletoe	96%
Thistle	96%
Hydrangea	92%
Lily	92%
Poppy	92%
Belladonna	92%
Immortelle	92%
Gentian	92%
Mimosa	88%
Violet	84%
Water lily	84%
Chamomile	84%
Purslane	84%
Rose	80%
Tulip	80%
Lily of the valley	80%
Sunflower	76%
Wild rose	76%
Daisy	76%
Bellflower	76%
Dahlia	76%
Lotus	64%
Dandelion	64%
Freesia	64%
Lilac	64%
Carnation	64%
Delphinium	64%
Gladiolus	60%
Camellia	60%
Peony	56%
Orchid	56%
Heather	56%
Aster	56%
Edelweiss	36%

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Zodiac Compatibility	%
Pisces — 3rd decan	96%
Pisces — 2nd decan	96%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	96%
Aquarius — 1st decan	96%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	92%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	92%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	92%
Pisces — 1st decan	88%
Capricorn — 1st decan	84%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	84%
Libra — 3rd decan	84%
Virgo — 3rd decan	84%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	80%
Libra — 1st decan	80%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	76%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	76%
Scorpio — 1st decan	76%
Libra — 2nd decan	76%
Virgo — 2nd decan	76%
Virgo — 1st decan	64%
Leo — 1st decan	64%
Cancer — 2nd decan	64%
Gemini — 2nd decan	64%
Taurus — 3rd decan	64%
Leo — 2nd decan	60%
Gemini — 3rd decan	60%
Leo — 3rd decan	56%
Cancer — 3rd decan	56%
Cancer — 1st decan	56%
Gemini — 1st decan	56%
Taurus — 2nd decan	56%
Aries — 3rd decan	44%
Aries — 1st decan	44%
Taurus — 1st decan	40%
Aries — 2nd decan	36%