Jeff Wilbusch

{{Infobox person

| name = Jeff Wilbusch

| image = Jeff Wilbusch Berlinale 2018.jpg

| caption = Wilbusch in 2018

| birth_name = Iftach Wilbuschewitz

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Haifa, Israel

| alma mater = University of Amsterdam
Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive =

| spouse =

| children =

| citizenship = {{hlist|Israel|Germany}}

}}

Jeff Wilbusch (born Iftach Wilbuschewitz, {{Langx|he|אִיפְתָּח וִילְבּוּשֶׁוִיץ}}; 14 November 1987) is an Israeli-German{{cite web |title=Jeff Wilbusch - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7666229/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv#trivia |website=IMDb |access-date=7 December 2022}} 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.{{cite web|last=Friedman |first=Gabe |url=https://www.jta.org/2020/03/30/culture/netflixs-unorthodox-is-yiddish-feminist-and-just-what-we-need-now |title=Netflix's 'Unorthodox' Is Yiddish, feminist and just what we need now - Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date= 30 March 2020|accessdate=4 April 2020}}{{cite web|last=Feldman |first=Deborah |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/821918561/in-unorthodox-a-religious-woman-leaves-her-marriage-and-her-past-behind |title=In 'Unorthodox,' A Religious Woman Leaves Her Marriage And Her Past Behind |publisher=NPR |date=28 March 2020 |accessdate=4 April 2020}}{{cite AV media| people =Marlene Melchior, writer & director| date = 26 March 2020| title = Making Unorthodox| medium = Video| language = English| url = https://www.netflix.com/title/81256749| publisher = Netflix}} Yiddish is his native language, and he is the eldest of 14 siblings.{{Cite web|title=An unorthodox journey to Berlin|url=https://www.thejc.com/new-netflix-show-unorthodox-1.498241|last=David|first=Keren|date=March 20, 2020|website=The JC|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=Like His 'Unorthodox' Character, Jeff Wilbusch Was Raised Hasidic|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/moishe-unorthodox-jeff-wilbusch|website=Distractify|date=30 March 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}

He studied economics, and, in 2011, obtained a master's degree in international economics from the University of Amsterdam.{{Cite web|title=Jeff Wilbusch|url=https://seriesmania.com/en/festival/invite/jeff-wilbusch/|website=Festival Séries Mania|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302010055/https://seriesmania.com/en/festival/invite/jeff-wilbusch/|url-status=dead}} After finishing his graduate degree, he moved to Munich and studied theatre at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts until 2015.{{Cite web|title=Jeff Wilbusch|url=https://www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de/en/profile/jeff-wilbusch|last=|first=|date=|website=Münchner Kammerspiele|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629061728/http://www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de/en/profile/jeff-wilbusch|archive-date=29 June 2017|access-date=2020-04-30}}

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-Luxembourgish television series Bad Banks. In 2020, he portrayed Moishe Lefkovitch in the German-American Netflix original miniseries Unorthodox.{{cite web|author=James Poniewozik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/arts/television/unorthodox-review-netflix.html |title=Review: 'Unorthodox,' a Stunning Escape From Brooklyn - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=25 March 2020 |accessdate=4 April 2020}} In 2021, he portrayed Uri Savir in the HBO motion picture Oslo and Gregor Grause in Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Personal life

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

He lives in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Filmography

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!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

2022

|Keep Breathing

|Danny

|Main cast
Netflix miniseries

2022

|The Calling

|Det. Avraham Avraham

|Main cast
Peacock series

= Film =

class="wikitable"

!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

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result
2021 \| Satellite Awards \| Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film \| Unorthodox \| {{won}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

2021

| Satellite Awards

| Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

| Unorthodox

| {{won}}

[https://www.pressacademy.com/2020-ipa-awards/]