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Amit Rahav (Hebrew: עמית רהב; born 9 August 1995) is an Israeli actor. He is best known for his role as Yanky Shapiro in the 2020 Netflix miniseries Unorthodox.[1]

Amit Rahav
עמית רהב
Born	(1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 27) Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present

Early life

Rahav was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to a British mother and Israeli father, and he grew up in an English-speaking household.[2] His parents are divorced.[3] He was raised as a secular Jew and continues to define himself as such.[4]

At 18, he began serving a three year term in the Israel Defense Forces in the theater and entertainment troop.[1] He was a drama counselor in Clayton, Georgia at Camp Ramah Darom for three months in summer 2016 through the Jewish Agency for Israel.[5][6][7]

Career

Since he left the military, Rahav has appeared in various movies and television shows. His first significant role was on the Israeli TV show, Mishpacha Sholetet, and he has since acted in various other Israeli shows.[5] In 2015, he appeared in two episodes of the American thriller TV series Dig.[8]

In 2016, he appeared in Flashback, an Israeli show for teenagers. Rahav's portrayal of Aviv, a student who comes out as gay on the show, made history as Aviv was the first gay character in an Israeli children's show.[9]

In 2020, Rahav starred as Yanky Shapiro in the German-American Netflix original miniseries Unorthodox.[10] In April 2020, he signed with talent agency Lighthouse Management & Media.[11]

Personal life

Rahav is currently a second year student at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in Tel Aviv. He took time off school to film Unorthodox and had to re-audition to continue attending.[5] He is openly gay.[5]

Rahav and his Unorthodox co-star Shira Haas have been friends for 10 years, after meeting at a party at age 15. The two are neighbors in Tel Aviv.[4][12]

He speaks fluent Hebrew and English,[2] and he is a vegetarian.[13]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014-2016	Mishpacha Sholelet	Hanan	Occurring character	[14]
2015	Dig	Aaron	2 episodes USA Network TV series	[8]
2015	L'Hitgaber		Israeli teen TV series	[15]
2015	Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race	Mickey	Hebrew voiceover	[15]
2016	Wild Horses	Nadav	1 episode	[15]
2016	Flashback	Aviv	Israeli teen TV series	[15]
2018	Trening	Stav	Israeli children's series	[5]
2020	Cash Register	Michael Eshet Bloom	1 episode	[8]
2020	Unorthodox	Yanky Shapiro	Main role Netflix miniseries	[5]

Film

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2018	The Damned	Israeli film	[8]

Awards

Year	Organization	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2021	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series	Unorthodox	Won

References

External links

• Amit Rahav at IMDb 

На других языках

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[ru] Рахав, Амит

Амит Рахав (ивр. ‏עמית רהב‏‎; род. 9 августа 1995; Тель-Авив, Израиль) — израильский актёр театра и телевидения.

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