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person_profile-Raz Degan

Raz Degan Age: 56

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Raz Degan

Date of Birth:

Aug 25, 1968

Country of birth:

Israel

Biography of

Raz Degan

    Raz Degan is an actor, director, and cinematographer, born in a Kibbutz of Sde Nehemia in Israel to Ilan and Adina Degan; he has two brothers who also live and work abroad. At the age of 21, and after three years military service in the Israeli Army, he became a male model and began traveling. He has had exhibitions throughout 2014-2016 in Italy, Israel, and Indonesia.

    Degan was initially discovered in New York City as a male model, and subsequently worked in the film industry. By the mid-1990s, Degan was based in Italy and starred in a series of Italian commercials; he also had roles in several television films and played minor parts in cinematographic films. In 1994 he had a cameo role in Robert Altman's 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter. In 2004, he secured the role of Darius III in Oliver Stone's film Alexander. In 2005 Degan played the lead role in Ermanno Olmi's film One Hundred Nails which opened the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008-2009, he continued to star in various Italian film productions playing different roles including hero and villain. In 2009 he co-starred in Barbarossa, starring Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the title role. During 2010, Degan played in the French film Forces spéciales alongside Diane Kruger and Djimon Hounsou. After filming was completed, Degan continued travelling in Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pamir Mountains range, and then into Tibet and Nepal shooting short documentaries for Italian television. Also in 2010 Degan hosted "Mistero" on Italia for two seasons, making several documentaries.

    In 2013, Degan worked as the director of photography for the documentary The Green Prince, which received several awards including the Audience Award for World Cinema – Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. He was also nominated for several awards for his cinematography. Degan made his directorial debut in 2016 after spending a few years travelling through the Peruvian Amazon working on an international feature documentary called The Last Shaman. The film was executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and was released in 2017.

    Source: Article "Raz Degan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography of

Raz Degan

Found 10 Movies in total

Still Time

Omar ( Actor )

... 2023

Under the Amalfi Sun

David ( Actor )

... 2022

Special Forces

Ahmed Zaief, leader of the hostage takers ( Actor )

... 2011

Barbarossa

Alberto da Giussano ( Actor )

... 2009

Albakiara

Ispettore Castri ( Actor )

... 2008

One Hundred Nails

Il professorino ( Actor )

... 2007

Alexander

Darius III ( Actor )

... 2004

Titus

Alarbus ( Actor )

... 1999

Killer Couple

Vito ( Actor )

... 1998

Squillo

Inspector Tony Messina ( Actor )

... 1996