Film and televisionאיתי טיראן

Itay Tiran

Itay Tiran is an Israeli stage and screen actor and theater director, known for leading roles at the Cameri Theater and in films such as Beaufort and Lebanon.

born 1980Hamlet at the Cameri TheaterDirecting WoyzeckFilms Beaufort and Lebanon

Born: 23 March 1980, Petah Tikva
Occupation: actor, stage actor, film actor, director
Education: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Beit Zvi, Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music

Itay Tiran was born in 1980 in Petah Tikva

Tiran was born in Petah Tikva in 1980. His father emigrated from Hungary and his mother from Sweden, and his maternal grandmother survived Auschwitz. As a child he played classical piano, and he later studied music at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts.

He received an exemption from IDF service for mental health reasons. He studied acting at the Beit Zvi school and graduated in 2002 with the Zvi Klier Prize.

He joined the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv and played roles including Hamlet, Mozart in Amadeus and the MC in Cabaret. He made his directing debut with Woyzeck, also playing the title role, and later adapted and directed Little Man, What Now?. He won several Israeli Theater Awards.

On screen he acted in Forgiveness, Beaufort and Lebanon, and in the British miniseries The Promise. He has expressed left-wing political views. In 2018 he moved to Germany and joined the company of the Staatstheater Stuttgart, where he played Othello in 2019.