Jeff Seymour
Jeff Seymour is an American-Canadian actor, best known for his roles in Canadian television series such as Jeff Ltd., The Eleventh Hour, Show Me Yours, and Being Erica.
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virginia. He began his career in the entertainment industry in 1979. He was seen in such classic shows such as Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, Bosom Buddies, The Jeffersons, and Eight is Enough. He began teaching acting in 1980. Early on, while working in television as an actor, he designed and built The Gnu Theatre which went on to become one of LA’s most awarded and respected theaters. Seymour directed and produced all the shows there. He later moved to Canada spending a total of 15 years in Canada working in the film and television industry and starred in three different T.V. series, The Eleventh Hour, Show Me Yours and Jeff Ltd., which he co-created and co-wrote. Seymour was also one of the directors and executive producers. He won the "Gemini Award" (the Canadian Emmy) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role as Kamal Azizi in The Eleventh Hour. Seymour was nominated a total of three times for that role and once for Best Comedy Series as Executive Producer for Jeff Ltd.. Seymour went on to guest star in such shows as Homeland, The Expanse, Suits and Seal Team. Seymour has been an acting coach for 39 years. He has traveled the country, as well as in Canada and Australia, teaching his Real Life Actor approach. He currently has a very successful Podcast, Real Life Actor with 120 episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, Podomatic and Spotify.
In 2014, Seymour wrote a book on acting The Real Life Actor, available on Amazon.com.
He currently teaches acting classes in Santa Monica, Vancouver, Toronto and New York.