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Jeff Szusterman

Jeff Szusterman

New Zealand voice, film and television actor

Jeff Szusterman (born February 6, 1969) is a New Zealand voice, film and television actor known for playing Master Xandred on Power Rangers Samurai.

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He graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1995 with a Diploma in Acting.[1]

He is Jewish, of Polish-Ukrainian descent.[2] 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.[3]

Along with his wife, actress Jacque Drew, Szusterman runs a theatre company called "Still Water Rising".[4] Among the plays he's directed are My First Time at the Fortune Theatre in Dunedin,[5][6] Mojo,[7] and A History of the American Film.[8] At the 25th annual Drammy Awards in 2001, Szusterman won 'Best Actor in a Lead Role' for his work in Not About Heroes?.[9]

Szusterman is on the board of the perfomers union Equity New Zealand.[10]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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References

  1. [1]
    "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. [2]
    Jeff Szusterman Gail Cowan Management. Accessed on 22 April 2023
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    Kid Sister: TVNZ comedy unearths a new star, but two veterans steal the show Stuff. 27 May 2022
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    Tracey Barnett (2005). "A safe place for youthful expression". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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    "stage review: My First Time". Stuff. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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    Terry MacTavish (August 22, 2009). "ADDICTIVE TIME-FILLER". theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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    Adey Ramsel (October 29, 2010). "A THEATRICAL TREAT AND NOT A WEAK LINK". theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
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    "A monochrome and technicolor history". toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved September 14, 2011.[permanent dead link]
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    "25th Annual Drammy Awards" (PDF). Drammy Awards. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  10. [10]
    "Equity New Zealand BoardTe Poari - Equity New Zealand". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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