Ishai Golan

Ishai Golan
Ishai Golan, 2008
Born	(1973-11-22) 22 November 1973
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

Ishai Golan (Hebrew: ישי גולן; born on November 22, 1973) is an Israeli film and television actor

Career

Golan attended Telma Yalin Arts High School in Givatayim. In 1990, he got his first cinematic role in the film 'דרך הנשר' (The Eagle's Path) by Uri Barbash. He also appeared in Amos Guttman's Amazing Grace (1992) and in 'מנת יתר' (Overdose).

After his military service, he attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and in 1996, Golan starred in the Ken Russell directed TV film Mindbender, an Uri Geller biopic. Later on he appeared in the films Operation YY (2000), Six Million Fragments (2000), Rashevsky's Tango (2003) and Love Life (2007). Golan also appeared in minor roles in a number of American films shot in Israel. In 2011, in the film 'עד סוף הקיץ' (By Summer's End), he played a father who returns to his family for a visit after abandoning them. A year later he co-starred in the provocative film 'הנותנת' (The Slut). His first appearance in a television series was in Fool's gold (1994) , later he appeared on Siton (1995), and in 1999's 'טירונות' (Recruit Training), he portrayed Tomer, a new Israeli soldier who falls in love with Officer Jenia.

During the 2000's, Golan appeared on television series Love Around The Corner (2003), The Island (2007) and I didn't promise (2007). In 2010, he co-starred in the critically acclaimed series Prisoners of War and portrayed Uri, a prisoner of war who returns back home 17 years after he was captured by enemy. For this performance, he won the Israeli Academy of Film and Television award for best actor in a drama series. In 2012, he appeared on the comedy series 'תנוחי' (Get Some Rest) alongside Yael Grobglas who worked with him on The Island.

Golan also appeared in many theatre plays such as "Lovers and Pleasant", "The Withdrawal From Moscow", "Railway to Damascus" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in Habima Theatre, "Children of a Lesser God" in Beersheba Theater, as well as "Transparent Roof", "Bianka" and "Then in Prague" at the Beit Lessin Theater, and "All My Sons" in Haifa Theatre.

In 2012 he hosted the National Geographic show Street Food Around The World. In 2014, he co-starred in False Flag and portrayed Ben Rephael, an Israeli chemist and a family man who is implicated together with 4 other Israeli citizens in a high profile kidnapping that is covered by the media all over the world.

Golan resides in Tel Aviv with his wife and two daughters, in the 2013 elections he strongly supported Da'am Workers Party.^[1]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ishai Golan.

• Ishai Golan at the Internet Movie Database
• profile on 'edb.co.il' (Hebrew)