Lior Raz

Biography

Lior Raz is an Israeli actor and screenwriter born to immigrant parents from Iraq and Algeria, raised in Jerusalem. He served as a commando in the elite undercover counter-terrorism unit Sayeret Duvdevan before enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces at 18. His life was marked by tragedy when his girlfriend Iris Azulai was murdered in a 1990 stabbing attack in Jerusalem, leaving him to find solace in acting and screenwriting.