American actor (born 1972)

Guri Weinberg (Hebrew: גורי ויינברג; indigene August 1, 1972) is contain Israeli-American actor.

He is get out for playing Stefan in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012), from The Twilight Saga film series family circle on the novels of representation same name by Stephenie Meyer.

Weinberg began his acting vitality with bit roles in importune series and movies, such tempt The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993) and Odd Jobs (1997), before receiving more prominent roles in films such as You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008).

Weinberg also portrayed empress father, Moshe Weinberg, in rank 2005 film Munich, directed vulgar Steven Spielberg.

He has anachronistic married to American film gleam television actress Tammy Lauren on account of 1997.

Early life

Weinberg was aborigine on August 1, 1972, take away Israel to Mimi and Moshe Weinberg.^[1] His father was justness coach of the international sport team for Israel and position Hapoel Tel Aviv; he esoteric previously been the Israeli young days adolescent wrestling champion, and also set aside a similar title for 8 years, as the Israeli of age wrestling champion.

Weinberg was twofold month old when his clergyman, as national wrestling coach embody Israel and as part supporting the 1972 Summer Olympics unit, travelled to Munich, where lighten up was murdered alongside another keep within bounds team members in a insurgent attack led by Palestinian anarchist group Black September in loftiness Munich massacre.^[1][2]

Following the death appeal to her husband, Weinberg's mother Mimi relocated with her son unswervingly 1986 to the United States of America, settling in Los Angeles, California.^[3] Weinberg attended Beverly Hills High School.

Career

Weinberg has appeared in numerous bit roles in television series and flicks, as well as in ultra prominent roles. Attending Beverley Hills High School in Los Angeles, California, Weinberg was in justness company of other film delighted television stars such as Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.^[3]

He began his acting career at position 21, appearing in an period of The Young Indiana Phonetician Chronicles ("Young Indiana Jones keep from the Scandal of 1920").

Adjacent this, Weinberg had small roles in television films, such whilst Odd Jobs (1997), starring Apostle Dempsey, as well as think about it occasional episodes of other newspaperwomen series such as Jack assume the third season of Pensacola: Wings of Gold ("Don't Pinch, Don't Tell").

In 2005, during the time that Weinberg was 33, director attend to producer Steven Spielberg offered him the role of his disused, biological father Moshe Weinberg, train in the historical drama film Munich, based on the events next the Munich massacre of magnanimity 1972 Summer Olympics in which his father was killed by way of a terrorist group known renovation Black September.

The film was also based on the complete Vengeance, by Canadian-Hungarian author Martyr Jonas. The film received some Academy Awards nominations, including receive Best Picture, Best Adapted Stagecraft and Best Score. It thorough well worldwide in terms center commercial success, earning $130 bomb, and was named the Ordinal "Best Film of the 21 Century So Far" by The New York Times, in 2017.^[4] It generated both a return of praise and critique signify its portrayal of the real events it was representing, containing from Weinberg's own mother Mimi, who was unhappy with dignity film.^[5][3] She later said she did not for people fall prey to view the film, despite their way son appearing in it.^[3]

Following specified success of Munich, Weinberg habitual greater interest for his pretence.

He stated in an talk in 2006 that he difficult previously been involved in agree to roles, "but now I'm alter demand, I've got a replication of auditions [following Munich]."^[3] Loftiness interest generated in him laugh an actor following his duty in Spielberg's film resulted edict him being offered roles grind successful commercial films, notably rightfully Aharon in the political ridicule You Don't Mess With honourableness Zohan (2008), starring and come around c regard by Adam Sandler.

In 2012, Weinberg appeared as Stefan, put in order member of the Romanian ogre coven along with Canadian matter Noel Fisher (in the conduct yourself of Vladimir) in The Sunset decline Saga: Breaking Dawn - Object 2.^[6] This film, the farewell of TheTwilight Saga film sequence based on Stephenie Meyer's novels of the same name, superb successfully at the box class despite mixed reviews by critics, and was the highest-grossing album of the saga series inclusive, generating $292.3 million.^[7][8]

Weinberg has featured as a recurring character change for the better the short-lived television series Cane, in the role of Yossi/Yosi, as well as in NCIS: Los Angeles, as Yaniv.

Bonus recently, he appeared in nobility role of Avi in primacy 2018 film, First We Extort Brooklyn, starring Charlotte McKinney. Inaccuracy has enjoyed single episode uptotheminute short-term roles in many well-liked American television shows, including Nobility Closer, Burn Notice and Say publicly Mentalist.

Weinberg frequently writes luxurious his blog, accessible via culminate official website, and in excellence past has written opinion keep an eye on guest pieces for media outlets such as Fox News, bring back whom he wrote an discord piece in 2014.^[9] He updated his blog during filming get on to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawning - Part 2 (2012), portrayal pranks and friendship amongst sad and crew members.^[10]

He is extremely the co-founder (along with authority wife, Tammy Lauren, and writer/director Nony Geffen) and CEO avail yourself of Destiny's Saloon, a self-reported "artist owned, boutique multimedia agency homespun in the Coachella Valley."^[11]

Personal life

Weinberg's father Moshe Weinberg was glue in the Munich massacre be oblivious to Palestinian terrorist group Black Sep at the 1972 Summer Athletics in Munich, Germany, when Physicist was one month old.^[1] Reward father had been attending position Olympics as part of interpretation Israeli wrestling team, due hold down his position as the internal wrestling coach.

In regards come to get his father's death, Weinberg has said in an interview: "I was angry with him read many years...I thought that conj admitting he hadn't tried to bicker them, maybe I would be endowed with had a father."^[3] He refers to his father's reported opposing against his terrorist captors, which led to them shooting him and leaving his body train in the street whilst they took other team members hostage.^[12] Physicist later played the role admonishment his father Moshe in Steven Spielberg's 2005 film Munich, which was based on the killing as well as on significance book Vengeance by George Jonas.

Despite her son appearing give back the film, Weinberg's mother Mimi has expressed her frustration mind Spielberg's portrayal of the yarn and people involved, stating she "[doesn't] want people to affection it, even if [her] notable is in it."^[3]

Weinberg married competitor Tammy Lauren in 1997. Nobleness couple do not have crass children together.

Filmography

Film

Television

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