Oded Fehr (Hebrew: עודד פהר; born on November 23, 1970) is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States. 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, 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.
Israeli Mossad agents and other government agents.
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When I left drama school, I had very long hair, and I just cut it a year and a half ago. Now [nobody recognizes me] and I have a comfortable anonymity.
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Has played Mossad operatives on Covert Affairs (2010) and The Blacklist (2013), and the Mossad Deputy Director on NCIS (2003).
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His father, Ury Ernst Fehr, a geophysicist and marketing executive, was born in Jerusalem, of German Jewish descent. His mother, Gila (Lachmann), a day care supervisor, was born in Kiryat Chaim, Haifa, of Dutch Jewish and German Jewish descent.
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Has a strong aversion to guns.
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Second child, a daughter named Finley, born February 26, 2006.
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Trained in Hapkido.
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He speaks English, Hebrew and a bit of German.
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Son Atticus was born January 4, 2003. He was named after the main character in To Kill A Mockingbird, Oded's favorite book.
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Worked for security for the Israeli airlines in Germany.
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Trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England after taking a very brief drama class in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Has an older brother and sister plus a younger half sister.
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