Jeff Burrell
Jeff Burrell | |
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Born | 1968 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1991 – present |
Website | www |
Jeff Burrell is an American actor and voice-over artist. He has worked under Roman Polanski and Lars von Trier.
Early years
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
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
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1992 | Das letzte U-Boot | 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 | Die Kinder von Blankenese | Raymond Ley | Docudrama, ARD |
2014 | Das Zeugenhaus | Matti Geschonneck | ZDF |
2015 | Starfighter – Sie wollten den Himmel erobern | 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 |
References
- ^ Böttcher, Marcus. "Ich bin der Ami aus dem "Zeugenhaus"". Berliner Kurier. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Der Drehort ist perfekt". WESER-KURIER (in German). Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
- ^ "Jack Strong". www.jackstrongfilm.com.
- ^ "The Film | Warsaw Uprising, the film". warsawrising-thefilm.com.
- ^ "Oscars: Ukraine Nominates Oles Sanin's 'The Guide' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Selection and Awards". Festival South. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
- ^ Swed, Mark. "Review: David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' gets an otherworldly operatic treatment by Yuval Sharon". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.