Rafi Gavron

Early life

Gavron was born in Hendon, London, England, the son of writer Martha Pichey and the late publisher Simon Gavron. His mother is American, and his father was British. Gavron was raised in a Jewish family in North London. His paternal grandparents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and Labour life peer, and sociologist Hannah Fyvel, who was born in Tel Aviv and died by suicide at age 29. His great-grandfather was writer Tosco R. Fyvel, who worked with author George Orwell. His half-aunt (his father's half-sister) is director Sarah Gavron. Gavron has two younger brothers – Benjamin (born 1992) and Moses (born 1996). In 2008, Gavron volunteered at a kibbutz in Israel for six months.

Career

In Breaking and Entering, Gavron played Miro, a young burglar who uses techniques from parkour to gain access to the high-tech offices of an urban landscape architect; he performed several difficult physical feats in the film. For his role, Gavron received a nomination for the Most Promising Newcomer award at the British Independent Film Awards.

Gavron played the hired assassin Duro in the second season of HBO's Rome. He also appeared in the 2008 release Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as Dev, the gay lead singer of Nick's band.

In Inkheart, a movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, Gavron played Farid, a character from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, magically brought to life. The film was released theatrically in January 2009.

He guest starred on a few episodes of 24, as Hamid Al-Zarian, the younger brother of an assumed terrorist. He also appeared in JoJo's music video for the song "Disaster" in November 2011. Gavron played Bug (Bobby) in the TV series Life Unexpected. He was chosen as Lux's long known friend and also Lux's boyfriend.

In 2013, he co-starred in Snitch, playing the son of Dwayne Johnson's character. His next film roles were in the action adventure Tracers (2015) and the drama The Land (2016).

In 2019 he joined the cast of Godfather of Harlem in the role of Ernie Nunzi.

In 2024, he was cast in Mercy, an upcoming sci-fi film from director Timur Bekmambetov.

Personal life

Gavron was arrested twice in 2013 after being accused of domestic abuse, and driving under the influence.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

References

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8. (2013-12-29). "'Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist' Star Arrested Twice In 12 Hours".