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

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and

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Early years

Burrell was born in

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, in 1968. He studied acting at the

High School of Performing Arts The High School of Performing Arts (informally known as "PA") was a public alternative high school established in 1947 and located at 120 West 46th Street in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, from 1948 to 1984. In 1961, the school ...

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 Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

, 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 ein

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. He was in the acting ensemble until 2000, when he moved to Berlin. Among other movies, Burrell acted in

's ''The Ghost Writer'' (2010), and

's ''Nymphomaniac'' (2013). He was in the spy thriller ''Jack Strong'' by

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, and was a narrator in the documentary ''Warsaw Uprising'' by Jan Komasa. He acted in

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's film ''The Guide'', which was

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's 2014 nomination to the

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. His acting partner was the singer

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, who would later go on to win the

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. 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

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's production of ''Lost Highway'' at the

Oper Frankfurt The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's '' Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Fred ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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