Roy Nik

Roy Nik was born in 1992 in Herzliya

Roy Nik was born on 8 June 1992 in Herzliya, where he grew up. He studied in the theater track at Hayovel High School and performed with the Al HaBama troupe in Herzliya. The actor Yehuda Levi is his second cousin.

He served in the IDF at a base in Glilot and was recognized as an active artist. After his service he studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv.

His television work began with Another Life in 2010, followed by roles in The Dreamers, Euphoria and Virgins. He played the lead in Kipat Barzel, about Haredi soldiers, and in Normali, which earned him a 2021 International Emmy nomination. In film he starred in Rock the Casbah, Six Times and Valley, and won the Ophir Award for playing Yair Kaplan in Home.

He is married to the actress and musician Lihi Kornowski, whom he met on the set of Kibbutzniks. He owns and runs Jaffa Cinema, where he screened a film by Yahav Winner, who was murdered in Kfar Aza on October 7, and donated the proceeds to his family.