Zohar Strauss

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Strauss (front, left) as McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 2012.

Zohar Zalman Strauss (born 4 March 1972 in Haifa) is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Strauss won the Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for his performance in the film Lebanon. He was nominated for the same prize in 2006 and 2012, in recognition of his roles in Things Behind the Sun and Magic Men. He also won the ASSITEJ-Israel Award for Best Actor for the 2009/10 theater season, and the Award for Best Actor in the 2009 Jerusalem Film Festival for his appearance in Eyes Wide Open.

Strauss earned a law degree from the University of Leicester but chose to become an actor, graduating from the Yoram Levinstein Studio in Tel Aviv in 2001. He debuted on the stage of the Herzliya Ensemble Theater and also performed in Habima Theatre. He won praise in 2010, when the Be'er Sheva Theater's staging of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, at which he portrayed Randle McMurphy, won the Israel Theater Award. He also appeared in a variety of film and television productions, including Beaufort, Jellyfish, Kirot, Srugim and Zaguri Imperia.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Eyes Wide Open	Aaron Fleischman
	Lebanon	Gamil
	Kirot
2007	Beaufort

External links

• Zohar Strauss at the Internet Movie Database