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Itay Tiran
Itay Tiran in The Debt 2007
Born (1980-03-23) 23 March 1980 (age 44)
Petach Tikvah, Israel
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​

Itay Tiran (Hebrew: איתי טיראן) (born March 23, 1980) is an Israeli stage and screen actor, known for his roles in Forgiveness (2006),[1] Beaufort (2007), The Debt (2007), Homeland (2008), Lebanon (2009), and The Promise (2011).

Tiran is one of the most acclaimed Israeli actors of his day. His 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;[2] Best Supporting Actor for his role as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus at the 2009 Israel Theater Awards. Itay was nominated for Best Actor at the Israeli Film Academy Awards for his roles in Forgiveness and The Debt. In 2009 Tiran collaborated with world renowned German conductor Kurt Masur in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. They performed together with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv moving on to Paris to perform with the Orchestre National de France at the St. Denis Festival and at the Musee D'Orsay. In 2009 Tiran joined the Gropius Ensemble [1] 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. Tiran's directing debut (2010) with Georg Büchner's Woyzeck in which he also played the title role, earned him a well-deserved critical acclaim as a theater director. In March 2011 Tiran and Kurt Masur met again, this time in the Davis Symphony Hall of San Francisco together with the San Francisco Symphony for the performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The San Francisco Chronicle called Tiran's impersonations "relevant and virtuosic".

Early life

Tiran was born and raised in Petach Tikvah, a city in central Israel. His father Raffi is a graphics designer who emigrated from Hungary and his mother Monica is an accountant who emigrated to Israel from Sweden. His maternal grandmother Deborah survived Auschwitz. Itay is one of four boys, his youngest brother Alon Tiran is an up and coming Theater director. Itay studied classical piano in the Petach Tikvah Municipal conservatory and later majored in music at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts. In 1999 he enrolled in the Beit Tsvi Acting School, where his talent was immediately recognized. He paid his way through school winning scholarship after scholarship. His roles as a third-year student included Mozart in Amadeus, Nero in Britannicus, King Richard in Richard II and Berger in the musical Hair.

Theater career

Upon completing his studies Tiran joined the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv. Among his parts were Eilif in Mother Courage, Franz Jägerstätter in Yehoshua Sobol's Eye Witness (directed by Paulus Manker), Nicolah in Caviar and Lentils, the title role in Hamlet directed by Omri Nitzan, Christian in Festen, and Mozart in Amadeus. In March 2007, Itay 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.[3][4] The "Israeli Hamlet" performed in Shanghai,[5][6] Cleveland, Gdansk, Bucharest and Moscow.[7] In 2010, Itay played Kittel in Yehoshua Sobol's Ghetto followed by a remarkable directing debut with Georg Büchner's Woyzeck in which he also played the title role. Tiran's Woyzeck was embraced by the critiques making him a theater director to reckon with. In late 2011 he started playing the role of the MC in the critically acclaimed production of Cabaret. In July 2012 he was praised by critics of his performance in Richard II and Richard III as Richard II and Richard III, respectively, by William Shakespeare in the 2012 special project "Shakespear in the Cameri", which was critically acclaimed as well. It was announced later that summer that Tiran will be back to the director position with the play Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada.

Film career

Itay Tiran has played leading roles in award-winning films such as: Forgiveness, presented at the Berlin Film Festival in 2006; Beaufort, which won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at the Berlin 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.

In 2011 the UK Channel 4 screened Peter Kosminsky's mini series The Promise. Tiran played Paul, an ex-soldier turned Leftist.

Personal life

Tiran met singer/actress Melanie Peres in 2007. They were married by Udi Aloni, in ex-Minister of Culture and Education Shulamit Aloni's garden on October 31, 2008. They live in Tel Aviv.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director
2006 Forgiveness David Udi Aloni
2007 Beaufort Koris Joseph Cedar
2007 The Debt Tsvi Assaf Bernstein
2008 Homeland Lolek Dani Rosenberg
2009 Lebanon Assi Samuel Maoz
2011 The Promise Paul Peter Kosminsky
2012 Anleitung zum Ungluecklichsein Thomas Paulson Sherry Hormann
2012 Die Lebenden Jocquin Barbara Albert

Awards and scholarships

Year Group Award Result Film/Show
AICF scholarship The Tsvi Clear Prize for Excellence in Studies Won Eye Witness
from the Mayor of Tel Aviv The Abraham Ben Yosef Award Won
Excellence in the Performing Arts The Gottlieb & Hanna Rosenblum Award Won
2003 Israeli Theater Awards Most Promising Actor Won Eye Witness
Edna Flidel Scholarship Won Hamlet
2005 'Israeli Theater Awards Best Actor Won Hamlet
2006 Israeli Film Academy Awards Best Actor Nominated Forgiveness
2007 Israeli Theater Awards Best Supporting Role Won A Flea in her Ear
2007 Israeli Film Academy Awards Best Actor Nominated The Debt
2008 Israeli Theater Awards Best Actor Nominated Festen
2009 Israeli Theater Awards Best Supporting Role Won Amadeus
2011 Israeli Theater Awards Best Actor Won Cabaret
2012 Israeli Theater Awards Best Actor Won Richard III

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486580/
  2. ^ "Hebrew Hamlet to hit Washington - Israel Culture, Ynetnews". Ynetnews.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. ^ "Technology, Health, Environment, Travel, Culture News from Israel". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. ^ "Staging 'Hamlet' With a Vengeance". Washingtonpost.com. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  5. ^ "HAMLET by Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Israel". English.eastday.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  6. ^ here
  7. ^ "Cameri's 'Hamlet' to play in Moscow - Israel Culture, Ynetnews". Ynet.co.il. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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