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name: "Jarreth J. Merz"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:08.237864+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jarreth J. Merz

Actor. Born 1 May 1970 in Zurich, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 May 1970, Zurich, Switzerland
- **Also known as:** Jarreth Merz

## Biography

Jarreth J. Merz is a Swiss actor and filmmaker. He was born on 1 May 1970 in Zurich and trained at the European Film Actor School in Zurich before continuing his studies at the Herbert Berghof Studio and New York University.

Merz is known for playing Simon of Cyrene in *The Passion of the Christ* (2004). His other acting credits include roles in *Homeland* (2011), *Ben-Hur* (2016), *Titans* (2018), *SIX* (2017–2018) and *The Odyssey* (2026) as Leodes. He directed the documentary *An African Election* (2011), which followed Ghana’s 2008 presidential election.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Odyssey* (2026), Fi1m 83, as Leodes — [page](https://film.one/film/the-odyssey.md)

## Also known for

- *The Passion of the Christ* (2004), Simon of Cyrene
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Haroun Abbas
- *Titans* (2018), The Acolyte
- *Homeland* (2011), Hajik
- *Ben-Hur* (2016), Florus
- *Dogman* (2023), Walter Stage Manager
- *MacGyver* (2016), Eric Wexler
- *SIX* (2017), Emir Hatim Al-Muttaqi

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