Jeff Burrell
Jeff Burrell | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Website | www |
Jeff Burrell is an American-born actor and voice-over artist based in Germany. He has worked under Roman Polanski and Lars von Trier.
Early years
[edit | edit source]Burrell was born in Staten Island, New York, in 1968. He studied acting at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. He then got a BA in German Studies at Oberlin College in 1990. After that he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin, Germany. He got a degree in 1994, with which he was the first American to do so.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Burrell began his professional career at the Neues Theater [de] in Halle (Saale). He was in the acting ensemble until 2000, when he moved to Berlin.
Among other movies, Burrell acted in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010),[2] and Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (2013).[3] He was in the spy thriller Jack Strong by Władysław Pasikowski,[4] and was a narrator in the documentary Warsaw Uprising by Jan Komasa.[5]
He acted in Oles Sanin's film The Guide, which was Ukraine's 2014 nomination to the Academy Awards.[6] His acting partner was the singer Jamala, who would later go on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Burrell won a "Best Actor Award" for his performance in the film Robin: Watch for Wishes at the Festival South Film Expo 2018.[7]
In the fall of 2018 Burrell performed the role of Fred Madison in Yuval Sharon's production of Lost Highway at the Oper Frankfurt.[8]
Filmography
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Film
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Last U-Boat | Frank Beyer | TV Film, ZDF |
| 1996 | Tatort | Hans Werner | Episode 329: Bei Auftritt Mord |
| 2001 | Joe and Max | Steve James | TV Film, Starz TV USA |
| 2004 | Spy Swap | Steven Bennett | BBC History Channel |
| 2004 | Die letzten Tage | Oliver Frohnauer | FA Ludwigsburg, ARD |
| 2005 | Auf ewig und einen Tag | Markus Imboden | TV Miniseries, ZDF |
| 2005 | Dresden | Roland Suso Richter | TV Film, ZDF |
| 2005 | Unser Charly | Christoph Klünker | Episode 11: Charly und die Leoparden, ZDF |
| 2006 | Ron Hammer | Jan Weitz | Campaign, Art Directors Award (Germany & Europe) |
| 2006 | Laible & Frisch | Michael Rösel | Series Pilot, SAT.1 |
| 2007 | Das 100 Millionen Dollar Date | Josh Broecker | TV Film, SAT.1 |
| 2007 | Tatort | Ralph Bohn | Episode 691: Tod einer Heuschrecke, ARD |
| 2009 | Die Geschichte der Ozeane | Stefan Schneider | Docufiction, ZDF |
| 2010 | The Children of Blankenese | Raymond Ley | Docudrama, ARD |
| 2014 | The Witness House | Matti Geschonneck | ZDF |
| 2015 | Starfighter | Miguel Alexandre | RTL |
| 2015 | Der Lack ist ab | Kai Wiesinger | Web series |
| 2016 | Tödliche Geheimnisse | Sherry Hormann | ZDF |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | John David Coles | Netflix |
| 2018 | Börü | Cem Özüduru | Star TV, Turkey |
| 2018 | Illegals | Leszek David | Canal+, Poland |
| 2018 | Der Staatsanwalt | Ayşe Polat | Episode: Abrechnung im Blut |
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