Ishai Golan

Ishai Golan is an Israeli actor with credits in film, television and theater. Born in Ramat Gan, he studied at the Telma Yalin Arts High School in Givatayim and later at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, after serving in the military theater. His first screen role came in 1990, at 17, in Uri Barbash's The Eagle's Path, and in 1996 he starred in the Ken Russell television film Mindbender, about Uri Geller. On television he appeared in Recruit Training, False Flag, Greenhouse Academy and Prisoners of War, where his performance as the returned captive Uri Zach earned him a best actor prize from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. His films include The Golem (2018) and White Bird (2023), with Helen Mirren. He also co-created The Crown Experiments, hosted Street Food Around The World, and has acted in Israeli theater.