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==Early life==
==Early life==
Fehr was born on November 23, 1970, in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], the son of Gila (née Lachmann), a [[day care]] supervisor, and Uri/Ury Ernst Fehr, a [[Jerusalem]]-born geophysicist and marketing executive.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=c29mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22FEHR,+Uri,+US,+geophysicist%22&dq=%22FEHR,+Uri,+US,+geophysicist%22&source=bl&ots=aEVU03Eyec&sig=SLiL99pcN4LKFzDWC-uoMDztpYc&hl=en&redir_esc=y | title = Who's Who in World Jewry: A Biographical Dictionary of Outstanding Jews | first1 = Harry | last1 = Schneiderman | first2 = Itzhak J. | last2 = Carmin | publisher = Pitman Publishing Corporation | year = 1972 | page = 237}}</ref> His parents' families are [[Ashkenazi Jewish]], and had come to [[Israel]] from [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF9AF9D590B3C5A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=He owes it all to `Mummy' | first = Eirik | last = Knutzen | date = November 5, 2001 | work = The Washington Times | page = B5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.jweekly.com/2005/11/25/israeli-actor-plays-muslim-terrorist-in-showtime-s-sleeper-cell/ | title = Israeli actor plays Muslim terrorist in Showtime’s ‘Sleeper Cell’ | location = Los Angeles | date = 25 November 2005 | work = The Jewish News of Northern California | access-date = 19 August 2017}}</ref> He trained at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] in [[England]] after taking a very brief drama class in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]. He served in the [[Israeli Navy]] from 1989 to 1992<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/69_interview_with_oded_.htm | title = Interview with Oded Fehr | work = Somethingjewish.co.uk | date = 1 December 2001 | publisher = JMT Ventures | access-date = 19 August 2017}}</ref> and used to work for security for the Israeli airline [[El Al]] in [[Germany]].{{fact|date=March 2016}}
Fehr was born on November 23, 1970, in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], the son of Gila (née Lachmann), a [[day care]] supervisor, and Uri/Ury Ernst Fehr, a [[Jerusalem]]-born geophysicist and marketing executive.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=c29mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22FEHR,+Uri,+US,+geophysicist%22&dq=%22FEHR,+Uri,+US,+geophysicist%22&source=bl&ots=aEVU03Eyec&sig=SLiL99pcN4LKFzDWC-uoMDztpYc&hl=en&redir_esc=y | title = Who's Who in World Jewry: A Biographical Dictionary of Outstanding Jews | first1 = Harry | last1 = Schneiderman | first2 = Itzhak J. | last2 = Carmin | publisher = Pitman Publishing Corporation | year = 1972 | page = 237}}</ref> His parents' families are [[Ashkenazi Jewish]], and had come to [[Israel]] from [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF9AF9D590B3C5A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=He owes it all to `Mummy' | first = Eirik | last = Knutzen | date = November 5, 2001 | work = The Washington Times | page = B5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.jweekly.com/2005/11/25/israeli-actor-plays-muslim-terrorist-in-showtime-s-sleeper-cell/ | title = Israeli actor plays Muslim terrorist in Showtime’s ‘Sleeper Cell’ | location = Los Angeles | date = 25 November 2005 | work = The Jewish News of Northern California | access-date = 19 August 2017}}</ref> He trained at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] in [[England]] after taking a very brief drama class in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]. He served in the [[Israeli Navy]] from 1989 to 1992<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/69_interview_with_oded_.htm | title = Interview with Oded Fehr | work = Somethingjewish.co.uk | date = 1 December 2001 | publisher = JMT Ventures | access-date = 19 August 2017}}</ref> and used to work for security for the Israeli airline [[El Al]] in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oded Fehr Early Life|url=http://superbhub.com/biography/oded-fehr-movies-early-life-career-personal-life-relationship/|website=SuperbHub|publisher=SuperbHub|accessdate=7 January 2018}}</ref>{{fact|date=March 2016}}


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 07:50, 12 February 2018

Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr in 2016.
Born (1970-11-23) November 23, 1970 (age 54)
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Rhonda Tollefson
​
(m. 2000)​
Children3[1]

Oded Fehr (Template:Lang-he; born on November 23, 1970) is an Israeli actor now based in the United States.[2] He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Oliveira in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Retribution, Faris al-Farik in Sleeper Cell, Antoine in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, the demon Zankou in the TV series Charmed and Eli Cohn on the TV series V. He recently portrayed Eyal Lavin, a Mossad agent on the TV series Covert Affairs, as well as Beau Bronn on the TV series Jane by Design and Mossad Deputy Director Ilan Bodnar on NCIS.

Early life

Fehr was born on November 23, 1970, in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of Gila (née Lachmann), a day care supervisor, and Uri/Ury Ernst Fehr, a Jerusalem-born geophysicist and marketing executive.[3] His parents' families are Ashkenazi Jewish, and had come to Israel from Germany and the Netherlands.[4][5] He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England after taking a very brief drama class in Frankfurt, Germany. He served in the Israeli Navy from 1989 to 1992[6] and used to work for security for the Israeli airline El Al in Germany.[7][citation needed]

Career

Director Stephen Sommers cast Fehr in the films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.[2]

Fehr's screen appearances have included the 2001–02 NBC series UC: Undercover,[8] the 2002–03 CBS series Presidio Med, and the 2004 movie release Resident Evil: Apocalypse (he reprised the role in the sequel, Resident Evil: Extinction). He provided the voice of Doctor Fate in Justice League Unlimited, and played Antoine Laconte, a male prostitute, in Rob Schneider's comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo[2] (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He also acted in the American hit supernatural series Charmed, where he played the evil demon Zankou, the chief villain in that series' seventh season.

Between 2005–2006 Fehr played Farik on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell.[2]

From 2010 to 2014 he portrayed a recurring character, Mossad Agent Eyal Levin on the TV series Covert Affairs. In 2013, he guest starred in the episode "Shiva" of the 10th season of CBS NCIS as an Israeli Mossad assistant director.

Fehr returned to the fifth installment of the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Retribution.[2]

Personal life

Fehr married Rhonda Tollefson, whom he met at a Los Angeles opera, on December 22, 2000. The couple have three children: son Atticus (born January 4, 2003), daughter Finley (born February 26, 2006) and daughter Azelie. Fehr speaks Hebrew, English, and some German.

Credits

Films

Theatrical releases

Television films

Documentaries

  • Game Over: 'Resident Evil' Reanimated (2004) - Himself
  • Game Babes (2004) - Himself
  • Corporate Malfeasance (2004) - Himself

TV series

Animated series

Guest appearances

Video games

References

  1. ^ Katzenberger, Bettina. "About Oded Fehr". Oded Fehr Appreciation Site. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Oded Fehr". International New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Schneiderman, Harry; Carmin, Itzhak J. (1972). Who's Who in World Jewry: A Biographical Dictionary of Outstanding Jews. Pitman Publishing Corporation. p. 237.
  4. ^ Knutzen, Eirik (5 November 2001). "He owes it all to `Mummy'". The Washington Times. p. B5.
  5. ^ "Israeli actor plays Muslim terrorist in Showtime's 'Sleeper Cell'". The Jewish News of Northern California. Los Angeles. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Interview with Oded Fehr". Somethingjewish.co.uk. JMT Ventures. 1 December 2001. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Oded Fehr Early Life". SuperbHub. SuperbHub. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Oden Fehr: from villain to hero on NBC series `UC: Undercover'". Zap2it. The Post-Star. 28 December 2001. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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