Tomer Kapon

Tomer Kapon
Born (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985
Israel
Occupation Actor

Tomer Kapon (Hebrew: תומר קאפון‬; born 28 July 1985) is an Israeli film and television actor. He has starred in popular Israeli exports such as Hostages and the political thriller television series Fauda. In 2016 he was awarded an Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in One Week and a Day. He currently stars in When Heroes Fly and the Amazon series, The Boys.

Early life

Kapon grew up in Holon, Israel, and in Rishon LeZion, to a Jewish family. He is the second son of business-owner parents. He enlisted in the Israeli Defence Forces in 2004, where he was a battalion combat soldier and later a squad commander in the Paratroopers Brigade. He participated in the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and in the 2006 Lebanon War.

Acting career and later life

At the age of 26 he was living in Tel Aviv's Hatikva Quarter, and studied at the Yoram Levinstein's acting school for a year.

He has starred in popular Israeli exports such as Hostages and the political thriller television series Fauda. He made his film debut in 2015 in the Natalie Portman-directed film A Tale of Love and Darkness.[1] In 2016 he was awarded an Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in the drama One Week and a Day.[2][3]

He currently stars in the series, When Heroes Fly.[1] He plays a war veteran of a Special Forces unit, reuniting with three friends for one final mission in the Colombian jungle.[4] The thriller series was awarded the prize of Best Series at the CannesSeries festival.[5]

In 2017 he was one of several Israeli celebrities who recreated iconic Israeli photos to celebrate the country's 69th year of independence. Kapon recreated the Life cover of Yossi Ben Hanan after the Six-Day War, which showed him triumphantly clutching an AK-47 rifle while standing in the waters of the Suez Canal.[6]

In 2018, Kapon was cast in the superhero drama series, The Boys developed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 A Tale of Love and Darkness The Pioneer
Wedding Doll Chen
2016 One Week and a Day Zooler
2018 Entebbe Soilder

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013–2016 Hostages Guy Series regular
2015 Dig Nadav 2 episodes
Fauda Boaz Series regular
2016 Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi Amir Dawud
Combat Medics Daniel Series regular
2017 Fullmoon Idan Perry Series regular
Eretz Nehederet Alin-Lin's Date Episode #15.5
2018 When Heroes Fly Aviv Danino Series regular
2019 The Boys Frenchie Series regular

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomer Kapon cast in new Amazon series" - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  2. ↑ "THE LONG ROAD TO ‘ONE WEEK AND A DAY’" Jerusalem Post. 1 October 2016
  3. ↑ One Week and a Day | Film Threat
  4. ↑ "Israel’s ‘When Heroes Fly’ Wins Best Series At Canneseries" | Deadline
  5. ↑ "'When Heroes Fly' Takes Top Prize at CanneSeries", The Hollywood Reporter. 11 April 2018
  6. ↑ "Israeli celebrities re-create iconic photos from country’s history", Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 4 May 2017
  7. ↑ TOMER KAPON CAST IN NEW AMAZON SERIES Jerusalem Post. 26 June 2018
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