18 Facts About Itay Tiran

Itay Tiran is an Israeli stage and screen actor, director, and a pro-Palestinian advocate in Israel.

Itay Tiran's father Raffi is a graphics designer who emigrated from Hungary and his mother Monica is an accountant who emigrated to Israel from Sweden.

Itay is one of four boys, his youngest brother Alon Tiran is an up-and-coming Theater director.

Itay Tiran studied classical piano in the Petah Tikva Municipal conservatory and later majored in music at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts.

Itay Tiran was exempted from conscription into the Israel Defense Forces for mental health reasons.

Itay Tiran paid his way through school winning scholarship after scholarship.

In March 2007, Itay Tiran received rave reviews from audiences and media in Washington, DC, for his performance as Hamlet in the Tel Aviv Cameri Theater production's world tour.

In 2010, Itay Tiran played Kittel in Yehoshua Sobol's Ghetto followed by a remarkable directing debut with Georg Buchner's Woyzeck in which he played the title role.

Itay Tiran's Woyzeck was embraced by the critiques making him a theater director to reckon with.

In 2019 Itay Tiran plays the title role in Shakespeare's Othello at the Staatstheater Stuttgart.

Itay Tiran has played leading roles in award-winning films such as: Forgiveness, presented at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006; Beaufort, which won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007 and was later nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Category for 2008; and Lebanon, which won the Golden Lion Award at the 66th Venice Film Festival in 2009 and the Discovery Award at the European Film Awards in 2010.

Itay Tiran met German-born Israeli singer and actress Melanie Peres in 2007.

Itay Tiran is a radical left advocate in Israel, pro-Palestinian, and endorses the BDS movement; promoting various forms of boycott against Israel.

Itay Tiran's performances have gained him various awards and nominations in Israeli theater and film, winning the award for Most Promising Actor in Israel Theater in 2003, Best Actor in 2005 for his performance as Hamlet in the Israeli Cameri Theater production of the Shakespeare play; Best Supporting Actor for his role as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus at the 2009 Israel Theater Awards.

Itay Tiran was nominated for Best Actor at the Israeli Film Academy Awards for his roles in Forgiveness and The Debt.

In 2009 Itay Tiran collaborated with world-renowned German conductor Kurt Masur in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream.

In 2009 Itay Tiran joined the Gropius Ensemble, formed by young conductor Daniel Cohen combining modern classical music and theatrical elements, performing pieces like Kafka's Kofadam and A Soldier's Tale by Stravinsky.

Itay Tiran's directing debut with Georg Buchner's Woyzeck in which he played the title role, earned him a well-deserved critical acclaim as a theater director.