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Benjamin Safdie was born on February 24, 1986, and raised in New York City, according to Wikipedia. He went to Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and graduated from Boston University's College of Communication in 2008.
With his older brother, Josh, he wrote, edited and directed Daddy Longlegs (2009), which played in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, the documentary Lenny Cooke (2013), Heaven Knows What (2014), Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). He also played Nick in Good Time, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
He co-created, wrote and starred in The Curse (2023) with Nathan Fielder. His solo directing debut, The Smashing Machine (2025), starring Dwayne Johnson, won the Silver Lion at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.
He has acted in Licorice Pizza (2021), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023), Oppenheimer (2023) and Happy Gilmore 2 (2025). In 2026 he voiced Bowser Jr. in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and played Agamemnon in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.
He is making the live-action/CGI adventure Lizard Music, with Dwayne Johnson and a voice cast that now includes Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum and Rachel McAdams. Read the casting news, and visit the Nathan Fielder and Dwayne Johnson hubs.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Benny Safdie story, from October 19, 2026, is "Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum and Rachel McAdams Join 'Lizard Music', and Wait Till You Hear Dwayne Johnson's Role": Three more big names are lending their voices to Benny Safdie's live-action/CGI adventure, joining a cast that already includes Dwayne Johnson, Alicia Silverstone and Regina Hall.
Daddy Longlegs, Lenny Cooke, Heaven Knows What, Good Time and Uncut Gems, with Josh Safdie (Wikipedia).
The Silver Lion at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (Wikipedia).
Dwayne Johnson, with a voice cast including Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum and Rachel McAdams (our report).
