Yair "Jonah" Lotan (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output
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3, 1973) is an Israeli actor best known for appearing in Hostages,
Foyle's War and 24.Lotan was born Yair Lotan in Jerusalem, Israel, on
July 3, 1973, and grew up in Jerusalem and the U.S. state of New York.
His family returned to live in Jerusalem when he was twelve years-old
and he attended Hebrew University Secondary School. His father is a
psychologist and his mother is a physician. He served for three years
in the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1990s. In his early 20s he
embarked on a modelling career and appeared as a host of children's
shows on Channel 1. He graduated with a degree in cinema from Tel Aviv
University. Lotan then moved to London to pursue a master's degree at
the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.Lotan starred as Joe
Farnetti in Foyle's War, a British drama set around real-life war
stories in which characters must wage personal war amid the chaos of
an actual war. He stated that his character in Foyle's War reminded
him of a friend in the military who had an ability to see humor in any
given situation. He voiced the lead role in the 2001 video game
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, as David Armstrong, a U.S. Army
soldier serving in the Cold War. He appeared in the 2001 film, The
Pool as Chris, played Kenny in the 2004 television series NY-LON, and
acted next to Keira Knightley as an intern in 2005 film, The Jacket.
Lotan also had a role in the fifth season of 24, as Spenser Wolff, and
appeared in four episodes of CSI: NY as Marty Pino, a
doctor/serial-killer. Lotan played Jesse in the 2006 film, One Night
with the King, and was in the 2006 television film, The Beyond,
centering on NASA scientists at a jet propulsion laboratory during a
global crisis. Lotan was also in the 2008 HBO historical war drama
Generation Kill, as Robert Timothy Bryan, a U.S. Navy corpsman. He was
also cast for the lead role in David Milch's HBO pilot Last of the
Ninth.In September 2017, Yair Jonah Lotan appeared as Joel Singer in
Oslo (play) by J. T. Rogers at Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton
Stage. The production was scheduled to transfer to the West End Harold
Pinter Theatre in October 2017.
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3, 1973) is an Israeli actor best known for appearing in Hostages,
Foyle's War and 24.Lotan was born Yair Lotan in Jerusalem, Israel, on
July 3, 1973, and grew up in Jerusalem and the U.S. state of New York.
His family returned to live in Jerusalem when he was twelve years-old
and he attended Hebrew University Secondary School. His father is a
psychologist and his mother is a physician. He served for three years
in the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1990s. In his early 20s he
embarked on a modelling career and appeared as a host of children's
shows on Channel 1. He graduated with a degree in cinema from Tel Aviv
University. Lotan then moved to London to pursue a master's degree at
the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.Lotan starred as Joe
Farnetti in Foyle's War, a British drama set around real-life war
stories in which characters must wage personal war amid the chaos of
an actual war. He stated that his character in Foyle's War reminded
him of a friend in the military who had an ability to see humor in any
given situation. He voiced the lead role in the 2001 video game
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, as David Armstrong, a U.S. Army
soldier serving in the Cold War. He appeared in the 2001 film, The
Pool as Chris, played Kenny in the 2004 television series NY-LON, and
acted next to Keira Knightley as an intern in 2005 film, The Jacket.
Lotan also had a role in the fifth season of 24, as Spenser Wolff, and
appeared in four episodes of CSI: NY as Marty Pino, a
doctor/serial-killer. Lotan played Jesse in the 2006 film, One Night
with the King, and was in the 2006 television film, The Beyond,
centering on NASA scientists at a jet propulsion laboratory during a
global crisis. Lotan was also in the 2008 HBO historical war drama
Generation Kill, as Robert Timothy Bryan, a U.S. Navy corpsman. He was
also cast for the lead role in David Milch's HBO pilot Last of the
Ninth.In September 2017, Yair Jonah Lotan appeared as Joel Singer in
Oslo (play) by J. T. Rogers at Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton
Stage. The production was scheduled to transfer to the West End Harold
Pinter Theatre in October 2017.
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