Jeff Burrell is an American-born actor and voice-over artist based in Germany. He has worked under Roman Polanski and Lars von Trier.

Jeff Burrell
Born1968
OccupationActor
Years active1991 – present
Websitewww.jeff-burrell.com

Early years

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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

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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

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Year Title Director Notes
1991 Ein Mann namens Pis Rosa von Praunheim
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 Christian Alvart Constantin Film
2009 American Night Julian Rosefeldt Art Film
2009 The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski
2010 Remembrance Anna Justice
2010 Resturlaub [de] Gregor Schnitzler Deutsche Columbia Pictures
2011 The Smurfs Dubbing, German version
2011 Muster Clemens von Wedemeyer Art Film for the Documenta 13
2012 Delver Glass Matthias Greving Short
2012 The Guide Oles Sanin
2012 My Friend Vijay Sam Garbarski
2012 Nymphomaniac Vol 1. Lars von Trier
2013 Jack Strong Władysław Pasikowski
2013 Phoenix Christian Petzold
2015 Point Break Ericson Core
2015 A Cure for Wellness Gore Verbinski
2015 The Confessions Roberto Andò
2016 Race Stephen Hopkins
2016 A Hologram for the King Tom Tykwer
2016 Bye Bye Germany Sam Garbarski
2018 Robin: Watch for Wishes Kevin and Toby Schmutzler Best Actor Award / FSFX Festival 2018

Television

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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 [de] Raymond Ley Docudrama, ARD
2014 The Witness House [de] Matti Geschonneck ZDF
2015 Starfighter [de] 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

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  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.