Yiftach Klein

Yiftach Klein was born in 1972 in Tel Aviv

Yiftach Klein was born in Tel Aviv on 28 September 1972 and grew up in the moshav Batzra. He is the eldest of three brothers, and the family later moved to Rosh Pinna. He chose acting as a career after he was cast in a high school play.

After combat service in the army, he enrolled in 1993 at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv. During his studies he performed in a play at a festival in Moscow.

He began his career in theater, mostly at the Cameri Theater. In 1998 he gained wider exposure in the TV drama Tironoot, and later appeared in films such as Noodle, Policeman and Fill the Void. In 2015 he became artistic director of a theater in Kiryat Shmona, and in 2016 he wrote, directed and starred in the play Slide Night.

In 2018 he played Ehud Barak in the film 7 Days in Entebbe and appeared in the second season of False Flag. In 2023 he acted in the second season of the crime series The Cops. He is married to screenwriter Shiri Artzi, and they have three children.