Jarreth Merz
Curriculum Vitae
born in Zurich on May 1, 1970. He grew up on three continents and speaks five languages fluently. He
has worked extensively in Film, Television and Theater in Europe and the US and is known for his
portrayal of Simon of Cyrene in ?The Passion of the Christ? and Charles Baruani in ?ER?. His
directorial film debut, the documentary ?An African Election?, has gone on to win him not only prizes
but international recognition.
Acting Directing
Demo Online www.merz.org www.anafricanelection.com
Film
2014 Christ the Lord, out of Egypt, Eleazer's Father, Cinecittą Studios, Rome (Cyrus Nowrasteh)
2010 L?nger Leben Hassan Langfilm, Zu?rich (Lorenz Keiser)
2010 Mousy Brown Harold Harris Urban Republic, Los Angeles (Jarreth Merz)
2008 Dark Streets Pale Man Capture Film, Los Angeles(Rachel Samuels)
2007 South of Pico Ivan Vent Productions, Los Angeles (E.Gossner)
2006 Lies & Alibis Quiet Man Summit Films, L.A. (K.Mattila/M.Checkowski)
2005 Nightshift Jacques Yantra Productions, Los Angeles (S.Marcacci)
2004 The Passion of Christ, Simon of Cyrene Icon, Rome (Mel Gibson)
2003 Room 411 Frank Yantra Productions, Los Angeles (S.Marcacci)
2001 Joe and Max Father Gemini Film, Berlin (Steve James)
2000 Taking Sides American Soldier Little Big Bear Production, Berlin (Istvan Szabo)
1999 Chill Out Gabor ZDF/kleines Fernsehspiel, Berlin (A.Struck)
1998 Curiosity Hortek Syrreal Entertainment, Berlin (Ch.Alvert)
1997 Fake Cop Taunus Film, Wiesbaden (J.Schlasius)
1996 Propellerblume Jeff Triluna Film, Zurich (G.Gsell)
1994 Scar in the Room German Prisoner NYU, New York (Mako Kamitsuna)
TV
2007 Law & Order(SVU) Haroun Abbas NBC, Universa?Peter Leto
2007 The Unit Momed Salah FOX/CBS, L.A. ( Krishna Rao)
2005 Sleeper Cell Jamal Showtime, Los Angeles (N.Gomez)
2003 ER-3 episodes Charles BaruaniWarner Bros./NBC, L.A./Hawaii (Chris Chulack)
2002 Edel & Starck Nephew SAT 1., Berlin (Dirk Regel)
2001 Kasim Habib Sadok ZDF, Tunisia (J.Bretzinger)
2000 Die Hunde? Cab Driver BR, Berlin (A.Prohaska)
1999 Alpha Team Karim SAT.1, Hamburg (I.Kr?mer)
1997 Heine Birthday Karl Marx Arte/WDR, New York (Robert Longo)
1995 All My Children Martin ABC Television, New York
1991 Shostakovich Maximilian DRS, Zurich (A.Marthaler)
Theater
2007 Cabaret Voltaire Hugo Ball USC Playwrights Festival, Los Angeles
2007 Drums in the Night Kragler Actor?s Gang, Los Angeles
2006 Love?s Labors Lost Longaville Actor?s Gang, Los Angeles
2004 It hasn?t been this? Boy B GTA-Labyrinth Theater, Public Theater New York
2004 Last Stop Downtown Priest Young Playwrights Festival, Los Angeles
2000 Bernarda Alba?s House La Poncia Berliner M?nnerensemble, Berlin (J.Oberndorf)
1999 Vaterschaftsprozess Ted Tribu?ne, Berlin (E.Kishon)
1998 Edmond Pimp Montey Friends of the Italian Opera, Berlin
1998 Much Ado About Nothing Claudio Freilichtbu?hne Spandau, Berlin (P.M.Popp)
1997 Miss Julie Jean Vagantenbu?hne, Berlin (R.Behrendt)
1997 Man meets Woman Julian Checkpoint, Berlin (P.Lu?ders)
1992 The Seagull Konstantin E.F.A.S., Zurich (Anatoli Kalijagin)
Off-Broadway
1995 Kaptain Banana Conferencier Green Street Theater, New York
Speaker Engagements
Ted Global 2011, Edinburgh ? The stuff of life/Embracing Otherness
Nominations Theater
NAACP Nomination for best lead Actor for Drums in the Night, Los Angeles
Nominations Film/TV
Emmy Nomination for The Lost/ER
Training
European Film Actor School (E.F.A.S.), Zurich
Herbert Berghof Studio, New York ? Uta Hagen, Salem Ludwig
Languages
German, English, Swiss-German - perfect
French, Spanish, Italian, Aramaic, Arabic ? dialog
Skills
Voice baritone, fencing, drums, swimmer, surfing, tennis,
Snowboarding, inline skating, scuba diving, horseback riding
Driver license, pilot license
Education
1984 - 1990 Swiss Matura ?Typus B?/Baccalaureate, Zurich
1990 ? 1992 European Film Acting School, Zurich - Acting
1992 ? 1994 Herbert Berghof Studio, New York ? Acting/Directing
1995 NYU /School of Continuing Education - Filmmaking
1995 ? 1996 MacDanFlight School ? Pilot Training
2004 UCLA Extension ? Photojournalism (Zuma Press)
