Rafi Gavron
He is best known for his roles in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), as well as the television series Life Unexpected (2010-2011) and Godfather of Harlem (2019-).
Also recorded as Raphael Pichey Gavron
Rafi Gavron

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- Name
- Rafi Gavron
- Birth Name
- Raphael Pichey Gavron
- Born
- 24 June 1989
- Birthplace
- Hendon, London, England
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Languages
- English.
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He is best known for his roles in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), as well as the television series Life Unexpected (2010-2011) and Godfather of Harlem (2019-).
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Rafi Gavron (born 1989) is an actor, film actor and television actor, of British nationality. The actor was born in Hendon. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Rafi Gavron • Birth Name — Raphael Pichey Gavron • Born — 24 June 1989 • Birthplace — Hendon, London, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2006–present
Early life
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
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, Gavron joined Amazon MGM Studios' sci-fi thriller entitled Mercy, an upcoming sci-fi film from director Timur Bekmambetov.
Personal life
Personal life
Gavron was arrested twice in 2013 after being accused of domestic abuse, and driving under the influence.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — Rome — Duro — 3 episodes • 2009 — 24 — Hamid Al-Za — 3 episodes • 2010 — Life Unexpected — Bobby “Bug” Guthrie — Recurring role, 8 episodes • 2011 — CSI: Miami — Sean Moran — 1 episode • 2011 — Parenthood — Troy Quinn — 2 episodes • 2016 — Mary + Jane — #softs3rve — 1 episode • 2016 — From Dusk till Dawn: The Series — Pablo — 1 episode • 2017 — Bones — Benny Pence — 1 episode • 2018 — Homecoming — Rainey — 2 episodes • 2018 — Counterpart — Edgar — 2 episodes • 2019 — Catch-22 — Aarfy Aardvark — Miniseries, 6 episodes • 2019–2021 — Godfather of Harlem — Ernie Nunzi — Main role, 19 episodes • 2020 — Westworld — Roderick — 2 episodes • 2023 — Ghosts of Beirut — Chet — 1 episode
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Raphael Pichey Gavron. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Simon Gavron.
Life and career
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Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1989
Rafi Gavron born at Hendon.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Breaking and Entering — Miro Simic • 2008 — Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist — Dev • Inkheart — Farid • 2012 — Celeste and Jesse Forever — Rupert Bates • The Cold Light of Day — Josh Shaw • Mine Games — Lex • 2013 — Snitch — Jason Collins • 2015 — Tracers — Dylan • 2016 — The Land — Patty Cake • Love Is All You Need? — Stan • 2018 — A Star Is Born — Rez Gavron • 2020 — Books of Blood — Simon • 2026 — Mercy — Holt Charles • The Odyssey — Second Trojan
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- 1.Pratt, Steve. Breaking into Hollywood. The Northern Echo. 11 December 2008.
- 2.Family tree
- 3.accessmylibrary.com. Cengage Learning.
- 4.savannahnow.com. Casting for Miley Cyrus movie under way.
- 5.Wojnar, Zak. Lucy Fry and Rafi Gavron Interview: Godfather of Harlem. ScreenRant. 2019-10-01.
- 6.D'Alessandro, Anthony. Chris Pratt Sci-Fi Pic ‘Mercy’ Adds Rafi Gavron, Chris Sullivan, Kenneth Choi & Kylie Rogers. Deadline. 2024-04-03.
- 7.D'Alessandro, Anthony. 'True Detective' Star Kali Reis Joins Amazon MGM Studios' Chris Pratt & Rebecca Ferguson Sci-Fi Thriller 'Mercy'. Deadline Hollywood. April 1, 2024.
- 8.‘Nick and Norah’s‘ star Rafi Gavron arrested twice in 12 hours.
- 9.'Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist' Star Arrested Twice In 12 Hours. HuffPost. 2013-12-29.
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