Itay Tiran

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

Itay Tiran (

The Promise (2011), The Pursuit of Unhappiness [de] (2012), The Dead and the Living [de] (2012), Lauf, Junge, lauf (2013) and Demon
.

Early life

Tiran was born and raised in

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, The King in Rumpelstiltskin, 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, D.C., for his performance as Hamlet in the Tel Aviv Cameri Theater production's world tour.[2][3] The "Israeli Hamlet" performed in Shanghai,[4][5] Cleveland, Gdańsk, Bucharest and Moscow.[6] 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 the Cameri Theater's production of Cabaret featured a dark, scary MC portrayed by Itay Tiran which ultimately won him the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Israeli Theater Awards. In July 2012 the Cameri Theater staged a special project, William Shakespeare's Richard II and Richard III, directed by Arthur Kogan with Tiran in both title roles. The project was a huge critical and commercial success. Tiran's virtuosic performance abilities were awarded at the 2012 Israeli Theater Awards when he won Best Actor for Richard III. The Cameri's "Richards" Project won 7 Awards including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Play. In the summer of 2013 Tiran adapted the book Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada. The play, beautifully directed, earned him huge critical acclaim as a Theater Director, the paper Haaretz even called Tiran the Laurence Olivier of Israeli theater. Tiran's Woyzeck went to the Büchner Festival in Wiesbaden/Germany in the spring of 2013, opening to rave reviews. It was announced that Tiran is to play the title role in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand in late 2013. In 2019 Tiran plays the title role in Shakespeare's Othello at the Staatstheater Stuttgart

Film career

Itay Tiran has played leading roles in award-winning films such as:

66th Venice Film Festival in 2009 and the Discovery Award at the European Film Awards
in 2010. In 2011 the UK
The Promise. Tiran played Paul, an ex-soldier turned Leftist. 2012 was an interesting year for Tiran, he played Thomas Paulson a photographer with dog in the German film production of The Pursuit of Unhappiness [de] directed by Sherry Hormann and Jocquin an Israeli photographer in the Austrian film The Dead and the Living [de
] directed by Barbara Albert.

Personal life

Tiran met German-born Israeli singer and actress Melanie Peres in 2007. They were married by Udi Aloni in Shulamit Aloni's garden on October 31, 2008. They resided in Sitria.

Tiran is a radical left advocate in Israel, pro-Palestinian, and endorses the BDS movement; promoting various forms of boycott against Israel.[7] He also believes that, "Zionism is Racism".[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director
2006 Forgiveness David Udi Aloni
2007 Beaufort Koris Joseph Cedar
2007 The Debt Young Zvi Assaf Bernstein
2008 Homeland Lolek Danny Rosenberg
2009
Lebanon
Assi Samuel Maoz
2011
The Promise
Paul Peter Kosminsky
2012 The Pursuit of Unhappiness [de] Thomas Paulson Sherry Hormann
2012 The Dead and the Living [de] Jocquin Barbara Albert
2013 Lauf, Junge, lauf Moshe Pepe Danquart
2015 Demon Piotr Marcin Wrona

Awards and scholarships

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

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".

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. ^ "Forgiveness (2006) - IMDb". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Technology, Health, Environment, Travel, Culture News from Israel". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. ^ "Staging 'Hamlet' With a Vengeance". Washington Post. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. ^ "HAMLET by Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv, Israel". English.eastday.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  5. ^ here[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Cameri's 'Hamlet' to play in Moscow - Israel Culture, Ynetnews". Ynet.co.il. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  7. ^ "Itay Tiran, Israel's No. 1 theater actor-director: BDS is a legitimate form of resistance". Haaretz.
  8. ^ "Hebrew Hamlet to hit Washington - Israel Culture, Ynetnews". Ynetnews. Ynetnews.com. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  9. ^ "Home". www.gropiusensemble.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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