Roy Assaf (actor)

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| native_name = רועי אסף

| name = Roy Assaf

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rishon LeZion, Israel

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| native_name_lang = he

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 2000-present

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Roy Assaf ({{langx|he|רועי אסף}}; born 2 January 1979) is an Israeli actor.{{cite news |last=Anderman |first=Nirit |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/extreme-violence-in-the-service-of-god-1.5265252 |title=Extreme Violence in the Service of God: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You |work=Haaretz |date=2012-07-09 |accessdate=2018-04-02 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/theater/1.4648344 |title=רועי אסף: "החלום שלי הוא שנשים ינהיגו את העולם" |language=Hebrew |work=Haaretz |date=2017-11-30 |accessdate=2018-04-02 }} He appeared in more than twenty films since 2000.

Biography

Asaf began studying acting at a young age in theater director and acting israeli teacher Dr. Deborah Miller's drama workshop. He studied at the Reali High School in Rishon LeZion. He was accepted into the IDF Theater and served as an actor and theater commander. After his military service, he studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv. During his studies, he received an excellence scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-28 |title=רועי אסף: "חשבתי שאם לא אהיה שחקן, אין לי סיבה לחיות" - וואלה! תרבות |url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/2857728 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=וואלה! |language=he}}{{Cite web |title="הילד" קורע את המסכות |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/47/ART1/855/978.html |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}

He lives in Tel Aviv with his partner, actress Ornella Bass.{{Cite news |last=גזית |first=יעל |date=2016-05-29 |title=מהשטיח האדום של קאן ועד החתונה בישראל |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4809202,00.html |access-date=2023-11-07}}

Filmography

(Selective)

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\|2009 \|Jaffa \| \|
The Assassin Next Door \| \|
2012 \|God's Neighbors \| \|
rowspan="3" \|2015 \|The Kind Words \| \|
Wedding Doll \|Omir \|
False Flag (Kfulim) \|Yuval \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2|2009

|Jaffa

The Assassin Next Door

2012

|God's Neighbors

rowspan="3" |2015

|The Kind Words