Jeff Szusterman


Jeff Szusterman is a New Zealand voice, film and television actor known for playing Master Xandred on Power Rangers Samurai.
He graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1995 with a Diploma in Acting.
He is Jewish, of Polish-Ukrainian descent. In the 2022 comedy series, Kid Sister, he plays the New Zealand Jewish patriarch figure. Along with his on-screen wife Amanda Billing, the pair were praised by Stuff for their scene-stealing roles.
Along with his wife, actress Jacque Drew, Szusterman runs a theatre company called "Still Water Rising". Among the plays he's directed are My First Time at the Fortune Theatre in Dunedin, Mojo, and A History of the American Film. At the 25th annual Drammy Awards in 2001, Szusterman won 'Best Actor in a Lead Role' for his work in Not About Heroes?.
Szusterman is on the board of the performers union Equity New Zealand.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000The ShirtNick
2010LickedGeorgeShort
2010EelingHusbandShort
20176 DaysIntelligence Translator
2018MuteMoShort
2018A War StoryChad
2019Guns AkimboNews Reader
2020WaitressMarkShort
2023UproarAndrew