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Raphael Pichey Gavron (born June 24, 1989), known simply as Rafi Gavron, is a British-American actor.
Rafi Gavron is known for his supporting roles in films like Nick and Noah’s Infinite Playlist, Breaking Bad and A Star Is Born.
He also appeared in “Godfather of Harlem” and the TV series “Life Unexpected.”
British actor
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Name: | Raphael Pichet-Gavron |
stage name: | Rafi Gavron |
Date of Birth: | June 24, 1989 (35 years old) |
place of birth: | Hendon, London, UK |
Country of Citizenship: | UK, US |
parents: | Simon Gavron, Martha Piche |
Children: | not applicable |
high: | 1.85m |
Brothers and sisters: | Benjamin Gavron, Moses Gavron |
Girlfriend • Wife: | Claire Holt (former) |
Profession: | Actor • Television personality |
net worth: | $8 million |
early life
Rafi Gavron was born on June 14, 1989, and his full name is Raphael Pichey Gavron.
He was born in Hendon, London, England.
He is the son of the late Simon Gavron, a renowned British publisher.
However, Rafi Gavron’s mother is American and he grew up in a Jewish family in North London.
Therefore he holds dual British and American citizenship.
Rafi Gavron has two younger brothers, Benjamin Gavron (born 1992) and Moshe Gavron (born 1996).
His grandmother’s parents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, Labour life peer and philanthropist, and the late Hannah Fewell, who was born in Tel Aviv and committed suicide at the age of 29.
His great-grandfather was also a writer named Tesco R. Fyvel who worked alongside legendary author George Orwell (author of Animal Farm).
His father’s half-sister (half-aunt) is a veteran director named Sarah Gavron.
educate
Although Rafi Gavron had no interest in studying, he enrolled in a private school.
Therefore, he dropped out of school at the age of 15 and chose to make his first major film during that time.
Profession
Rafi Gavron rose to fame in the romantic crime drama “Breaking the Door” directed by the late Anthony Minghella in 2006. He also played the role of the thief “Milo” in the film starring Jude Law, Robin Wright and Juliette Binoche.
His outstanding performance earned him a nomination for the 2006 British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer and a nomination for the 2006 Thames South Bank Breakthrough Award for Most Exciting New Face.
In 2008, Rafi Gavron played a gay singer named Dave in the comedy film Nick and Noah’s Infinite Playlist, alongside Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. He starred as Farid in the New Line fantasy film Inkheart, alongside Paul Bettany, Brendan Fraser and Helen Mirren. The film was released in the United Kingdom in 2008 and in the United States in 2009.
In the second half of 2012, Rafi played the role of Rupert Bates in the romantic comedy film Celeste & Jesse Forever, starring Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones. He also played the son of Dwayne Johnson’s character in the 2013 action film The Informer, directed by Roman Varger.
Likewise, he starred in the action film Tracer in 2015, just as Dylan and Patty Cake starred in the drama Land in 2016. Rafi Gavron played Rez Gavron on the big screen in Bradley Cooper’s critically acclaimed musical romance blockbuster A Star Is Born, starring alongside legendary superstars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals and was nominated at several award ceremonies. Rafi Gavron made his television debut in 2007 in the second season of the HBO historical drama Roma.
In 2009, he also guest-starred as Hamid Alzarian in the Fox action drama 24 alongside Kiefer Sutherland. In 2010, he also played the role of Bug/Bobby in the teen drama Life Unexpected.
In early 2011, Rafi Gavron played Troy Quinn in the NBC comedy series Parenthood. He also appeared in Mary & Jane, From Dusk Till Dawn and Bones. In 2018, he played Rainey in the Amazon psychological thriller web series Homecoming, alongside Julia Roberts and Bobby Cannavale. The series was nominated for several awards.
Additionally, Rafi Gavron played the role of Party in Hulu’s World War II series Catch-22 in 2019 alongside Kyle Chandler and George Clooney.
Social Media
Despite his fame and attention, Rafi Gavron is not an active participant on social media.
However, the American actor still has an impressive fan following, especially on his Instagram, which has 826 followers. He also has a following on Facebook, but not on Twitter.
- Instagram: @rafi_gavron
- Facebook: Rafi Gavron
Personal life
Rafi Gavron is an actor with a muscular body, no wonder he has an athletic body, weighing 84 kg (185 lbs) and standing at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m). His dark brown hair and brown eyes make him look extremely handsome.
Regarding his love life, Rafi Gavron dated Australian television actress Claire Holt in 2009, and the relationship lasted until early 2010. However, the reason for their premature breakup has never been made public.
In December 2013, Rafi Gavron suffered an unprecedented setback when he was arrested twice within 12 hours. The first time was for driving under the influence, or DUI, and the second time was because his girlfriend refused to give him money, so he kicked and hit his girlfriend and was charged with domestic violence.
He was subsequently indicted and pleaded “no contest” to domestic violence charges in February 2014 and was sentenced to five years’ probation.
net worth
Rafi Gavron is one of the very few richest and most powerful actors. This is probably due to his wealthy background, explaining his estimated net worth of $8 million.
However, the American is only known as an actor.
Filmography
Rafi Gavron made his debut in the thriller Breaking And Entering in 2006. His talent and extensive knowledge enabled him to act in many more films and TV series.
Raphael Pichey Gavron’s filmography is quite interesting.
movie
- 2006 The Great Reversal as Miro Simic
- 2008 Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist as Dev
- 2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever as Rupert Bates
- Josh Shaw
- My Game as Lex
- 2013 Snitch as Jason Collins
- 2015 The Chaser as Dylan
- 2016 “Land” as Patty Cake
- Is Love All You Need? as Stan
- 2018 A Star Is Born as Rez Gavron
- 2020 Book of Blood as Simon
TV Shows
- 2007 Roma as Duro (3 episodes)
- 2009 24 as Hamid Al-Za (3 episodes)
- 2010 Life Unexpected as Bobby “Bug” Guthrie (8 episodes)
- 2011 CSI: Miami as Sean Moran (1 episode)
- 2011 Parenthood as Troy Quinn (2 episodes)
- 2016 Mary + Jane as #softs3rve (1 episode)
- 2016 From Dusk Till Dawn as Pablo (1 episode)
- 2017 Bones as Benny Pence (1 episode)
- 2018 Homecoming as Rainey (2 episodes)
- 2018 Rivals as Edgar (2 episodes)
- 2019 Catch-22 as Aarfy Aardvark (6 episodes)
- 2019-Present Godfather of Harlem plays Ernie Nunzi
- 2020 Westworld as Roderick (2 episodes)