Raz Degan
Born
Kibbutz, Sde Nehemia, Israel
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • television personality
  • film director
Years active1994–present

Raz Degan is an actor, director, and cinematographer, born in a Kibbutz of Sde Nehemia in Israel[1] to Ilan and Adina Degan; he has two brothers who also live and work abroad. At the age of 21, and after three years military service in the Israeli Army, he became a male model and began traveling. He has had exhibitions throughout 2014–2016 in Italy, Israel, and Indonesia.

Career

Degan was initially discovered in New York City as a male model, and subsequently worked in the film industry. By the mid-1990s, Degan was based in Italy and starred in a series of Italian commercials; he also had roles in several television films and played minor parts in cinematographic films. In 1994 he had a cameo role in Robert Altman's 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter. In 2004, he secured the role of Darius III in Oliver Stone's film Alexander. In 2005 Degan played the lead role in Ermanno Olmi's film One Hundred Nails which opened the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008-2009, he continued to star in various Italian film productions playing different roles including hero and villain. In 2009 he co-starred in Barbarossa, starring Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the title role. During 2010, Degan played in the French film Forces spéciales alongside Diane Kruger and Djimon Hounsou. After filming was completed, Degan continued travelling in Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pamir Mountains range, and then into Tibet and Nepal shooting short documentaries for Italian television. Also in 2010 Degan hosted "Mistero" on Italia1 for two seasons, making several documentaries.

In 2013, Degan worked as the director of photography for the documentary The Green Prince, which received several awards including the Audience Award for World Cinema – Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. He was also nominated for several awards for his cinematography. Degan made his directorial debut in 2016 after spending a few years travelling through the Peruvian Amazon working on an international feature documentary called The Last Shaman. The film was executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and was released in 2017.[2]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Prêt-à-Porter Unknown Uncredited
1996 Squillo Inspector Tony Messina
1998 Coppia omicida Vito
1999 Titus Alarbus
2001 Giravolte Beau
2004 Alexander Darius III of Persia
2007 One Hundred Nails The Professor
2008 Albakiara: Il film Alessandro Castri
2009 Barbarossa Alberto da Giussano
2011 Forces spéciales Zaief
2012 Omamamia Silvio
2022 Under the Amalfi Sun David

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Sorellina e il principe del sogno Demian Miniseries
2005 Camera Café Raz Episode: "Regalo per Patti"
2010 Ballando con le Stelle Contestant Dance talent show (season 6)
2010–2011 Mistero Host Divulgation program (seasons 3–4)
2017 L'Isola dei Famosi Contestant Talent show (season 12)
2021 Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco Benallal Matou Episode: "Spaghetti all'assassina"

References

  1. ↑ "Raz Degan". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. ↑ Schlager, Nick (May 12, 2017). "The Last Shaman Review: An Overly Stylized Documentary Odyssey". Variety. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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