Jeff Wilbusch

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Jeff Wilbusch
Jeff Wilbusch Berlinale 2018.jpg
Wilbusch in 2018
Born
Iftach Wilbuschewitz

(1987-11-14) 14 November 1987 (age 33)
Haifa, Israel
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
OccupationActor

Jeff Wilbusch (born Iftach Wilbuschewitz, 14 November 1987) is an Israeli-German actor.

Early life and education[]

Wilbusch was born on 14 November 1987 in Haifa, Israel. He grew up in the Hasidic Jewish Satmar community of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.[1][2][3] Yiddish is his native language, and he is the eldest of 14 siblings.[4][5]

When he was 13, he left the community and moved to Amsterdam to finish his education.[6] He studied economics, and, in 2011, obtained a master's degree in international economics from the University of Amsterdam.[7] After finishing his graduate degree, he moved to Munich and studied theatre at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts until 2015.[8]

Career[]

In 2018, he played the role of Anton Mesterbein in the BBC - AMC miniseries The Little Drummer Girl, and Noah Weisz in the German-Luxembourgian television series Bad Banks. In 2020, he portrayed Moishe Lefkovitch in the German-American Netflix original miniseries Unorthodox.[9] In 2021, he portrayed Uri Savir in the HBO motion picture Oslo.

Personal life[]

Wilbusch speaks five languages: English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish.[7]

He lives in Berlin.[2]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Um Himmels Willen Ben de Vries 1 episode
2017 Lockdown: Tödliches Erwachen Georg Horn TV movie
2018 Bad Banks Noah Weisz Main cast
Hulu miniseries
2018 The Little Drummer Girl Anton Mesterbein 3 episodes
BBC One-AMC miniseries
2018 Der Staatsfeind Yousef Musi TV mini-series
2018 Polizeiruf 110 René "Renate" Helms 1 episode
2018 Die Kanzlei Bernd Riedel 1 episode
2019 Cologne P.D. Davide Sortino 1 episode
2019 Die Spezialisten - Im Namen der Opfer Trainer 1 episode
2019 Der Staatsanwalt Nikos Weber 1 episode
2020 Unorthodox Moishe Lefkovitch Main cast
Netflix miniseries
2020 Wild Republic Attila Pre-production
2021 Oslo Uri Savir TV movie

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Einmal bitte alles Max
2019 Rate Your Date Josh
2021 Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes Gregor Grause Completed

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result
2021 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Unorthodox Won

References[]

  1. ^ Friedman, Gabe. "Netflix's 'Unorthodox' Is Yiddish, feminist and just what we need now - Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Feldman, Deborah (28 March 2020). "In 'Unorthodox,' A Religious Woman Leaves Her Marriage And Her Past Behind". NPR. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ Marlene Melchior, writer & director (26 March 2020). Making Unorthodox (Video). Netflix.
  4. ^ David, Keren (20 March 2020). "An unorthodox journey to Berlin". The JC.
  5. ^ "Like His 'Unorthodox' Character, Jeff Wilbusch Was Raised Hasidic". Distractify. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. ^ Hunstig, Maria (6 April 2020). "Unorthodox: why the new Netflix series is more authentic than others". Vogue Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jeff Wilbusch". Festival Séries Mania. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Jeff Wilbusch". Münchner Kammerspiele. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. ^ James Poniewozik (25 March 2020). "Review: 'Unorthodox,' a Stunning Escape From Brooklyn - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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