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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

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.

Career

Burrell began his professional career at the Neues Theater 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), and Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (2013). He was in the spy thriller Jack Strong by Władysław Pasikowski, and was a narrator in the documentary Warsaw Uprising by Jan Komasa.

He acted in Oles Sanin's film The Guide, which was Ukraine's 2014 nomination to the Academy Awards. 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.

In the fall of 2018 Burrell performed the role of Fred Madison in Yuval Sharon's production of Lost Highway at the Oper Frankfurt.

Filmography

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Film

Television

References

1. Böttcher, Marcus. "Ich bin der Ami aus dem "Zeugenhaus"". Berliner Kurier. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
2. "Der Drehort ist perfekt". WESER-KURIER (in German). 13 August 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
3. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
4. "Jack Strong". www.jackstrongfilm.com.
5. "The Film | Warsaw Uprising, the film". warsawrising-thefilm.com.
6. "Oscars: Ukraine Nominates Oles Sanin's 'The Guide' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 September 2014.
7. "Selection and Awards". Festival South. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
8. Swed, Mark (19 September 2018). "Review: David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' gets an otherworldly operatic treatment by Yuval Sharon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-03-01.

• Living people
• 1968 births
• American male voice actors
• American expatriate male actors in Germany
• Male actors from Staten Island