Benny Safdie (born February 24, 1986, in New York City) is an American filmmaker and actor. Safdie got his start making gritty, low-budget short films with his brother, Josh Safdie, in the 2000s. Frequently, both brothers served as writer and director, and Benny Safdie also often appeared as an actor. The pair eventually started working with well-known Hollywood actors, including Robert Pattinson in Good Time (2017) and Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems (2019), before setting out on independent careers in the early 2020s.
After parting ways with his brother, Benny Safdie directed his first feature, The Smashing Machine (2025), and nurtured an acting career. He portrays the legendary ancient Greek king Agamemnon in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026). Safdie first worked with Nolan on the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer (2023), playing nuclear physicist Edward Teller.