is an actor, director, teacher, clown, and – always – a master storyteller. He is an alumnus of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he studied acting and has an MFA in Directing from the University of Victoria. Jeffrey was a member of the acting companies at the Shaw and Stratford Festivals and has also appeared on Broadway in Moliere’s The Miser and Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

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As an acclaimed Actor, Director and Acting Teacher, Jeffrey has lived an eclectic life of travel gaining a wealth of experience internationally: Teaching Acting and Movement at Queensland University of Technology, Bond University, and the Lismore School of the Arts in Australia to The Gastown Actors Studio in Vancouver and most recently at the University of Victoria and The Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria BC.  Although classically trained his practice is rooted deeply in a contemporary psychophysical approach to the work. A lifelong student of the training of Actors he offers private coaching and acting classes - visit his studio page - Acting Asanas - a mindfulness based practice for the craft of acting.

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He was honoured to work with the Kickstart Disability Arts Organization and to be the interim Artistic Director of Realwheels - a Vancouver-based, professional theatre company that produces performances that deepen the audience’s understanding of the disability experience.

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He teaches Acting at the University of Victoria and continues in his 9th consecutive season to build SOSSI - Shakespeare On Salt Spring Island together with Graffiti Theatre and his life partner Christina Penhale.