Jeff Burrell | |
Birth Date: | 1968 |
Birth Place: | Staten Island, New York |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1991 – present |
Jeff Burrell is an American-born actor and voice-over artist based in Germany. He has worked under Roman Polanski and Lars von Trier.
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]
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). He was in the spy thriller Jack Strong by Władysław Pasikowski,[3] and was a narrator in the documentary Warsaw Uprising by Jan Komasa.[4]
He acted in Oles Sanin's film The Guide, which was Ukraine's 2014 nomination to the Academy Awards.[5] 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.[6]
In the fall of 2018 Burrell performed the role of Fred Madison in Yuval Sharon's production of Lost Highway at the Oper Frankfurt.[7]
Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
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1991 | Ein Mann namens Pis | |||
2005 | Peace of Mind | Detsky Graffam | Short, CobraVision Award 2006 | |
2006 | Blindflug | Ben von Grafenstein | FA Ludwigsburg | |
2007 | Must Love Death | Andreas Schaap | HFF Konrad Wolf | |
2008 | Rheingold | Andreas Pieper | HFF Konrad Wolf | |
2008 | Basement | Robert Franke | ||
2008 | Pandorum | Constantin Film | ||
2009 | American Night | Art Film | ||
2009 | The Ghost Writer | |||
2010 | Remembrance | Anna Justice | ||
2010 | Deutsche Columbia Pictures | |||
2011 | The Smurfs | Dubbing, German version | ||
2011 | Muster | Art Film for the Documenta 13 | ||
2012 | Delver Glass | Matthias Greving | Short | |
2012 | The Guide | |||
2012 | My Friend Vijay | |||
2012 | Nymphomaniac Vol 1. | |||
2013 | Jack Strong | |||
2013 | Phoenix | |||
2015 | Point Break | |||
2015 | A Cure for Wellness | Gore Verbinski | ||
2015 | The Confessions | Roberto Andò | ||
2016 | Race | |||
2016 | A Hologram for the King | |||
2016 | Bye Bye Germany | Sam Garbarski | ||
2018 | Robin: Watch for Wishes | Kevin and Toby Schmutzler | Best Actor Award / FSFX Festival 2018 |
Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
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1992 | The Last U-Boat | TV Film, ZDF | ||
1996 | Tatort | Episode 329: Bei Auftritt Mord | ||
2001 | Joe and Max | TV Film, Starz TV USA | ||
2004 | Spy Swap | 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 | 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 | Docufiction, ZDF | ||
2010 | Raymond Ley | Docudrama, ARD | ||
2014 | ZDF | |||
2015 | 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 |