Ben Becker spent his childhood and youth in Berlin with his mother, her partner Otto Sander, and his sister Meret Becker. As a child, Becker was already involved in radio plays, including "The 3 Question Marks and the Car Marten". He later found a strong role model in Otto Sander and decided to train as an actor.
Ben Becker had theater engagements and appeared in various film and television productions. He had his first film role in 1983 in "A Love in Germany" with Hannah Schygulla and Armin Mueller-Stahl. In 1978, he played in a "Tatort" episode for the first time.
Ben Becker received the Adolf Grimme Prize in silver for his role in the television film "Landschaft mit Thornen" and the Adolf Grimme Prize in gold for his role in the "Polizeiruf 110" episode "Totes Gleis" in 1991.
Ben Becker's breakthrough came in 1995 with the drama "Schlafes Bruder". Two years later, he played the manager of the "Comedian Harmonists" in the film of the same name with his sister Meret, Heino Ferch, Katja Riemann, and Kai Wiesinger.
Ben Becker also directed his own plays, such as "Sid and Nancy", and wrote short stories. However, he wasn't satisfied with that either and tried his hand as a musician. In 1997, he released his first CD "And silently the head flies away" onto the market.
Ben Becker released his second music album in 2000 together with Xavier Naidoo. This is the sampler "Rilke Project", on which Becker and Naidoo musically embellished works by the German poet.
Ben Becker's projects continued to be exceptional. He lent his voice to the boxer Muhammad Ali on the audio book CD "King Of The World" and produced the CD "Fever - Diary of a Leper" with Alexander Hacke.
Ben Becker performed one of his most impressive character portrayals in 2006 in the drama "An Ordinary Jew" directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The piece is a one-man show, carried by Becker's self-confident and sometimes cynical reflections.
Ben Becker appeared in front of the camera for "The Tiger or What Women Love", directed by Niki Stein, and "Habermann" in 2009 and 2010. He married Anne Seidel in 2012 and became parents to their daughter Lilith in 2000.
Ben Becker was awarded the Askania Award in 2013 and was in front of the camera for the Tatort productions "The Palatinate from Above" and "The Team" in 2019 and 2020.
