Jeff Wilbusch
Jeff Wilbusch 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. Yiddish is his native language, and he is the eldest of 14 siblings.He studied economics, and, in 2011, obtained a master's degree in international economics from the University of Amsterdam. After finishing his graduate degree, he moved to Munich and studied theatre at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts until 2015.
Career
In 2018, he played Anton Mesterbein in the BBC–AMC miniseries The Little Drummer Girl, directed by Park Chan-wook, and starred as Noah Weisz in the German–Luxembourgish series Bad Banks.In 2020, he gained international recognition for his portrayal of Moishe Lefkovitch in the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, directed by Maria Schrader. His performance earned him the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film.
In 2021, he portrayed Uri Savir in the HBO television film Oslo, directed by Bartlett Sher and produced by Marc Platt and Steven Spielberg, among others. He also appeared as Gregor Grause in the German gothic horror feature Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes.
In 2022, Wilbusch appeared in the Netflix survival drama Keep Breathing and starred as Detective Avraham Avraham in the Peacock crime drama The Calling, directed by Barry Levinson and produced by David E. Kelley.
He is set to appear in the Netflix horror series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, executive produced by the Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt through their Upside Down Pictures deal with Netflix, with episodes directed by Weronika Tofilska. The series is scheduled for release in 2026.
Personal life
Wilbusch speaks five languages: English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, and Yiddish.Filmography
Television
Film
Music videos
- 2022 – "Highway to Your Heart" by Lykke Li – Directed by Theo Lindquist; starring Lykke Li and Jeff Wilbusch.
Awards and nominations