Yehuda Levi

Yehuda Levi is an Israeli actor and model, known for roles in Yossi & Jagger, The Arbitrator and Very Important Person.

born 1979Starring in Yossi & JaggerNadav Feldman in The ArbitratorThe series Very Important PersonHosting HaMerotz LaMillion

Born: 29 June 1979, Petah Tikva
Occupation: actor, model, stage actor, film actor
Education: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts

Yehuda Levi was born in 1979 in Petah Tikva

Levi was born in Petah Tikva in 1979 to a father born in Bulgaria and a mother born in Poland. At age 4 the family moved to South Africa for his father's work, and there he trained in karate. The family returned to Israel when he was 14.

In Israel he joined a youth theater troupe. He studied drama at the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts.

In the IDF he served in the Education Corps band and was its commander.

His breakthrough came in 2001 with the telenovela Lechayey Ha'ahava. In 2002 he starred in the Eytan Fox film Yossi & Jagger and won an Israeli Academy of Television acting award. He later starred in HaAlufa, The Arbitrator and Very Important Person, a series loosely based on his own life.

In 2022 he played a Hasidic rabbi in Fire Dance and won an acting award at Series Mania in France. He starred with Rotem Sela in A Body That Works in 2023 and became host of HaMerotz LaMillion. In 2025 he played the head of the Shin Bet in HaRosh.