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Raz Degan
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Raz Degan
Homepage
http://www.razdegan.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-08-25,Kibboutz Sde Nehemia, Israel
Gender
Male
Biography
Raz Degan is an actor, director, and cinematographer, born in a Kibbutz of Sde Nehemia in Israel 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. 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 Italia 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. Source: Article "Raz Degan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

6

Alexander
2004-11-21

One Hundred Nails

6

One Hundred Nails
2007-03-30

6.4

Titus
1999-12-25

6.724

Still Time
2023-03-16

5.3

Barbarossa
2009-10-09

2.2

Albakiara
2008-10-28

1.5

Killer Couple
1998-03-20

4.444

Omamamia
2012-11-01

Under the Amalfi Sun

5.7

Under the Amalfi Sun
2022-07-13

6.7

Special Forces
2011-11-02

2.2

Squillo
1996-10-25

0

Giravolte
2001-11-17

Alisea and the Dream Prince

5.2

Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996-01-02

Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna

0

Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
1998-02-10

7.3

Belve
2018-03-14