Benjamin Hartwig

Benjamin Hartwig’s got one of those faces you swear you’ve seen before, probably because he keeps popping up in some seriously intense stuff. Most recently, he landed a spot in The Calendar Killer (2024), which, let’s be honest, is every bit as creepy as it sounds. Serial killer movies are basically a dime a dozen, but this one? It’s got that moody, rain-soaked vibe, and Hartwig manages to bring a kind of nervous energy that makes you wonder if he’s hiding something, or just really good at looking guilty. Before that, he was in Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy (2023), which is based on one of those twisty thrillers that keep you guessing until your brain hurts. Hartwig’s character is tangled up in a web of secrets, missing people, unreliable narrators—classic Fitzek stuff. He doesn’t exactly play the hero, but he doesn’t come across as a total villain either. There’s a lot of gray area, and he does a solid job making you question everyone’s motives, especially his own. And then there’s Polizeiruf 110, which, fun fact, has been around since the 1970s. Long-running German crime series, kind of a big deal over there. Hartwig popped up in one of the episodes, and while he wasn’t the star, he definitely left an impression. It’s not easy to stand out in a show with that much history, but he pulls it off with a style that’s equal parts intense and weirdly vulnerable. So yeah, Benjamin Hartwig’s not exactly a household name, but he’s building up a resume that makes you want to keep an eye on him.