Luzer Twersky

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Luzer Twersky
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Twersky in 2014
Born (1985-07-26) July 26, 1985 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

Luzer Twersky (born July 26, 1985) is an American film and television actor. [1] He is best known for his role in the film Felix and Meira , for which he garnered a Jutra Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor at the 18th Jutra Awards [2] and won the Best Actor award at the Amiens International Film Festival [3] and the Torino International Film Festival. [4]

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Career

Born and raised in Brooklyn as a Hasidic Jew, Twersky left the community in 2008, after struggling with his faith. [5] He later met fashion designer Duncan Quinn, becoming a model and a retail manager for Quinn's store in Los Angeles, [1] until taking his first acting role in 2010. By 2012, he was cast in his first leading role, in the film Where Is Joel Baum? . [1]

In 2015, he also had a recurring role in the television series Transparent . [6] He appeared in the second season of the HBO show High Maintenance . [7]

In September 2017, he appeared as one of the main characters in the Netflix documentary One of Us , where directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady follow him years after he leaves his Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York, and how he deals with his ostracization. [8]

In 2023, Twersky played the role of Hasidic Judaism founder, holy man Baal Shem Tov (the Besht) in Ukrainian film «Dovbush» [9] directed by Oles Sanin.

Twersky is mentioned in Penn Jillette's book "God, No!". [10]

Personal life

Twersky is a cousin of rabbi and transgender activist Abby Stein. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "In 'Felix & Meira', Luzer Twersky Revisits the Hasidic World He Left". The New York Times , April 2, 2015.
  2. "«La passion d'Augustine» et «Corbo» nommes 10 fois aux Jutra". Canadian Press , January 25, 2016.
  3. "Félix & Meira à l'affiche le 30 janvier". canoe.ca , December 18, 2014.
  4. "Torino Film Festival". Torinofilmfest.org. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Breaking Away: A year in the life of Luzer Twersky, a 23-year-old former Satmar who left Hasidism behind". Tablet , December 13, 2010.
  6. "An Interview with Luzer Twersky: From Ultra-Orthodox to “Transparent” Star". MyJewishLearning, December 15, 2015.
  7. "Luzer Twersky Left Orthodox Judaism For Sex, Bacon, and Acting". Bedford + Bowery. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  8. "Luzer Twersky Uses Vankyo Tablet For Netflix". 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. ""Це як зіграти Ісуса" – американський актор Лузар Тверські про роль у "Довбуші"". Українська правда _Життя. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  10. Jillette, Penn (2011). God, no! Signs you may already be an atheist and other magical tales. Simon & Schuster. p. 37.
  11. Stein, Abby (2019). Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman. Seal Press. p. 155.