Assi Dayan

Assi Dayan was born in 1945 in Nahalal

Assaf Dayan was born in 1945 in Nahalal, the youngest son of Moshe Dayan and Ruth Dayan. His siblings were Yael Dayan and Udi Dayan. He published poetry as a teenager, and in 1962 he was arrested in Cyprus for carrying a pistol and a forged passport.

He served in the IDF in the paratroopers and later in air defense. After his release he studied philosophy and English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He became known as an actor in He Walked Through the Fields in 1967 and acted in foreign films, including one by John Huston. He moved on to writing and directing, making comedies such as Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona and later the films Life According to Agfa, An Electric Blanket Named Moshe and Mr. Baum. He directed 16 films.

From 2005 he played the psychologist Reuven Dagan in the TV series BeTipul. He won several Ophir Awards, including one for lifetime achievement in 2009.

He was married and divorced four times and had four children. In 2009 he was indicted on suspicion of drug use and beating his girlfriend, and in a plea bargain he received a suspended sentence and community work. He died at his home in Tel Aviv in 2014.