Jonathan Avigdori

Birthday: 6 May 1975, New York, USA

Height: 180 cm

Jonathan Avigdori is an international actor & filmmaker. Jonathan has performed in dozens of Hit movies and TV shows such as Munich, The Unit, Entourage, 24, DIG, Elementary, Norman, The Blacklist ...Show More

Jonathan Avigdori is an international actor & filmmaker. Jonathan has performed in dozens of Hit movies and TV shows such as Munich, The Unit, Entourage, 24, DIG, Elementary, Norman, The Blacklist, and Snowfall.Jonathan started his entertainment career in New York, studying film at The School of Visual Arts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1999, and started to explore his acting skills in a variety of styles, including: film, improv, and theatre. He joined The "Lee Strasberg Acting Institute" in 2002. Upon graduation, Jonathan wrote, directed and produced, two theatre plays and a TV pilot.His first play - "Flashing back", was a unique comedy which constantly goes backwards in time. This was a brave attempt and first of its kind, to bring a new kind of genre on stage. Then came "The Palestinian Connection". Which was produced in L.A. in October of 2003. The play was a major breakthrough and received great reviews in major trades. Jonathan played a corrupted Israeli cop who took matter to his own hands by kidnapping and torturing a Palestinian militant.In 2004 Jonathan wrote & directed a TV Pilot called "Jew Tales", a story about a dysfunctional Jewish family in Brooklyn. Jonathan played an alcoholic family therapist who's watching his own marriage collapse while trying to save everyone else's.In 2005 Jonathan co-stared in Steven Spielberg's action thriller "Munich". Jonathan played the real life character of Gad Tsabari, one of the only two athletes who managed to run away from the 1972 Israeli Olympic team massacre.From 2006-2016 Jonathan co-starred in major TV shows such as, The Unit, Entourage, 24, DIG, Elementary, & The Blacklist. Jonathan performed a variety of characters such as Middle Eastern, Polish, Italian, American, Turkish, Arabic, Israeli and Russian.2016 Jonathan is starring in the new FX show "Snowfall" along side major Hollywood stars. Hide