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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
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. 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
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. After finishing his graduate degree, he moved to
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and studied theatre at the
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until 2015.


Career

In 2018, he played the role of Anton Mesterbein in the
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miniseries '' The Little Drummer Girl'', and Noah Weisz in the German-Luxembourgian television series ''
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''. In 2020, he portrayed Moishe Lefkovitch in the German-American
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original miniseries '' Unorthodox''. In 2021, he portrayed Uri Savir in the HBO motion picture ''
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Personal life

Wilbusch speaks five languages:
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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
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Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
, and
Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
. He lives in Los Angeles.


Filmography


Television


Film


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilbusch, Jeff Living people 1987 births 21st-century German male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors German male television actors Israeli male television actors Jewish German male actors People from Haifa University of Amsterdam alumni Israeli emigrants to Germany Yiddish film actors German people of Israeli descent