Yuval Segal

Yuval Segal was born in 1971 in Yuval

Yuval Segal was born in Afula, and his family later moved to Kfar Saba. His grandfather was the poet and translator Eliezer Kagan, and his aunt is the actress T'hia Danon. He is named after his uncle, corporal Yuval Shmueli, who died in the sinking of the submarine INS Dakar.

In his youth he competed in fencing. In the mid-1990s he worked as a model for clothing companies and appeared in commercials. In 1996 he won the model of the year award.

In 1997 he began studying at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio and got his first television role in Deep Blue. He played Roei Mamman in Tironut and acted in many plays at Habima and Beit Lessin. His role in the 2003 film Matana MiShamayim earned him an Ophir Award nomination for Best Actor.

He created and wrote the series Taxi Driver, in which he played Yigal Levi. From 2015 he played Moreno, a commander of a Mista'arvim unit, in Fauda. He also appeared in Zero Motivation, Metim LeRega and Nehama, and in Leumi Card advertising campaigns from 2008.

Segal is married to Maya Yisraeli, and they have 3 children.