Oded Fehr

Oded Fehr
Oded Fehr in 2016.
Born	(1970-11-23) November 23, 1970 Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Rhonda Tollefson (m. 2000)
Children	3

Oded Fehr (Hebrew: עודד פהר‎‎; born on November 23, 1970) is an Israeli film and television actor now based in the United States.^[1] He is known for his appearance as Ardeth Bay in the 1999 remake of The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as Carlos Oliveira in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Retribution, Faris al-Farik in Sleeper Cell, the demon Zankou in the TV series Charmed and Eli Cohn on the TV series V. He recently portrayed Eyal Lavin, a Mossad agent, on the TV series Covert Affairs, as well as Beau Bronn on the TV series Jane by Design and Mossad Deputy Director Ilan Bodnar on NCIS.

Early life

Fehr was born on November 23, 1970, in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of Gila (née Lachmann), a day care supervisor, and Uri/Ury Ernst Fehr, a Jerusalem-born geophysicist and marketing executive.^[2] His parents' families are Jewish, and had come to Israel from Germany and the Netherlands.^[3][4] He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England after taking a very brief drama class in Frankfurt, Germany. He served in the Israeli Navy from 1989 to 1992^[5] and used to work for security for the Israeli airline El Al in Germany.

Career

Director Stephen Sommers cast Fehr in the films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.^[1]

Fehr's screen appearances have included the 2001–02 NBC series UC: Undercover,^[6] the 2002–03 CBS series Presidio Med, and the 2004 movie release Resident Evil: Apocalypse (he reprised the role in the sequel, Resident Evil: Extinction). He provided the voice of Doctor Fate in Justice League Unlimited, and played Antoine Laconte, a male prostitute, in Rob Schneider's comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo^[1] (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He also acted in the American hit supernatural series Charmed, where he played the evil demon Zankou, the chief villain in that series' seventh season.

Between 2005–2006 Fehr played Farik on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell.^[1]

In 2013, he guest starred in the episode "Shiva" of the 10th season of CBS NCIS as an Israeli Mossad assistant director.

Fehr returned to the fifth installment of the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Retribution.^[1]

Personal life

Fehr married Rhonda Tollefson, whom he met at a Los Angeles opera, on December 22, 2000. The couple have three children: son Atticus (born January 4, 2003), daughter Finley (born February 26, 2006) and daughter Azelie. Fehr speaks Hebrew, English, and some German.

Credits

Films

Theatrical releases

• Kiss of Fire (1998)
• The Mummy (1999) - Ardeth Bay
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) - Antoine Laconte
• Texas Rangers (2000) - Anton Marsale
• Bread and Roses (2000) - Himself (Party Guest)
• The Mummy Returns (2001) - Ardeth Bay
• Bulletproof Monk (2003)
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) - Carlos Olivera
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) - Antoine Laconte
• Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) - Prince Sadir
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) - Carlos Olivera
• The Betrayed (2008) - Alek
• Drool (2009) - Cheb Fleece
• For the Love of Money (2011) - Levi
• Super Hybrid (2011) - Ray
• Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) - Carlos Olivera
• Inescapable (2013)

Television films

• Killer Net (1998) - Victor
• Cleopatra (1999) - Egyptian Captain
• Arabian Nights (2000) - Robber #2
• Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) - Amahl Ali Akbar
• Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants (2016) - Mr. Freeze

Documentaries

• Game Over: 'Resident Evil' Reanimated (2004) - Himself
• Game Babes (2004) - Himself
• Corporate Malfeasance (2004) - Himself

TV series

• The Knock (1994–2000)
• UC: Undercover (2000) - Frank Donovan
• Presidio Med (2002–2003) - Dr. Nicholas Kokoris
• Charmed (2004-2005) (As a recurring special guest star playing the demon Zankou, the main villain of the show's seventh season)
• Sleeper Cell (2005–2006) - Faris al-Farik
• Burn Notice (Episode: "Scatter Point")(2008)
• Eleventh Hour (Episode: "Containment") (2008)
• Medium (Episode: "Pain Killer") (2009)
• Three Rivers (Episode: "Case Histories") (2010)
• Covert Affairs (11 episodes) (2010-2014) - Eyal Lavine
• Law & Order: Los Angeles (Episode: "Hollywood") (2010)
• V (2011) - Eli Cohn
• Jane by Design (Episode: "The Birkin & The Getaway") (2012)
• NCIS (3 episodes) (2013) - Ilan Bodnar
• Stitchers (2015) - Leslie Turner
• The Blacklist (2015) Levi - Mossad Agent
• Once Upon a Time (2016) - Jafar

Animated series

• Justice League
  • "The Terror Beyond" (Parts 1 and 2) (2003) - Dr. Fate
• Justice League Unlimited
  • "The Return" (2004) - Dr. Fate
  • "Wake the Dead" (2004) - Dr. Fate
  • "The Great Brain Robbery" (2005) - Dr. Fate
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  • "Mystery in Space!" (2009) - Equinox
  • "When OMAC Attacks!" (2009) - Equinox
  • "The Fate of Equinox!" (2009) - Equinox
  • "Time Out for Vengeance!" (2011) - Equinox
• Young Justice
  • "Inflitrator" (2011) - Ra's al Ghul (credited as L-2)
  • "Targets" (2011) - Ra's al Ghul
  • "Auld Acquantices" (2012) - Ra's al Ghul
  • "Darkest" (2012) - Ra's al Ghul
  • "Summit" (2013) - Ra's al Ghul
• Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters - The Choten
• Ultimate Spider-Man - The Living Mummy
• Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. - The Living Mummy

Guest appearances

• American Dad! (Episode: "Stan of Arabia" [Part 2]) (2005) - Kazim
• Medium (2009) - Dr. Thomas Statler
• The Blacklist (Episode: "Zal Bin Hassan") (2015) - Mossad Agent
• Quantico (Episode: "Guilty") (2015) - Griffin Wells

Video games

• Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest (2005)

References

External links

• Oded Fehr at the Internet Movie Database