At the age of eight Benjamin Trinks was admitted to the child ensemble at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin where he made his first experiences on stage taking part in various revues.

After appearing in music clips for Michael Schanze's variety shows, he came to the attention of TV executives.

In addition, Trinks took part in an on-camera master class with Nancy Bishop, a US casting director.

Preciously they had cooperated by presenting the live feed from the London premier of High School Musical 2.

Trinks was cast in the film "The Reader", also starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet.