
Jeff Szusterman
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.
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