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Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. As an actress, Gadot is known for her role, which began in 2009, as "Gisele" in "The Fast and the Furious" film series, and for the role of "Diana Prince / Wonder Woman" in the DC Extended Universe, starting with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

Gadot played "Wonder Woman" in the movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and is signed for two future sequels, which include the Justice League and a solo Wonder Woman film. Gadot received swordsmanship, Kung Fu kickboxing, Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in preparation for the role. As a result, Gadot's performance as the superhero, which is the first time for the character on film, was hailed as one of the best parts of the, otherwise, poorly-received film.

Yuval Gonen was born on 3 July 1993 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress, known for Gladiator II (2024), The Missing (2016) and The Station (2019).

Tsahi Halevi was born on 12 March 1975 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is an actor, known for Bethlehem (2013), Fauda (2015) and Line in the Sand (2021). He has been married to Lucy Aharish since 10 October 2018.

Yehuda Levi was born in 1979, and grew up in the city of Hertzeliya. He is a charismatic actor and a kind person in real life. His noticeable breakthrough was in TV-series Lechayey Ha'ahava (2001), and he is much admired by plenty (mostly girls), maybe to his displeasure, since he is not left alone lately. He attended the "Telma-Yalin" High school of stage art, and graduated with excellence.

Noa Koler was born on 24 June 1981 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress and writer, known for The Wedding Plan (2016), Chazarot (2020) and Checkout (2018). She is married to Tom Vaisman. They have two children.

Simcha Jacobovici was born on 4 April 1953 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is a producer and director, known for Deadly Currents (1991), Impact of Terror (2004) and Tales from the Organ Trade (2013).

Rotem Keinan was born on 2 November 1979 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is an actor, known for Big Bad Wolves (2013), The Operative (2019) and Suicide (2014).

Shani Cohen is an Israeli actress known from the Dramas "line on the sand", "unknowns", "clues" and more. She is also one of the leading comedians in Israel and starring in the biggest satire show in Israel "wonderful country" 14 years in a row. Shani also played in the National Theater of Israel "Habima". One of her roles was "Eliza Doolittle" in the famous musical "My fair lady" directed by Moshe Kepten.

Menahem Einy was born on 27 October 1949 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He was an actor, known for Zohar (1993), The Delta Force (1986) and The Band (1978). He was married to Sharon Einy. He died on 3 December 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Adi Havshush was born on 1 February 1987 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress, known for Sisters (2016), Sirens (2014) and Od Sipur Echad (2021).

Talya Lavie was born in 1978 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is a writer and director, known for Zero Motivation (2014), Hayelet Bodeda (2006) and Shibolet Bakafe (2004).

Sigal Shachmon was born on 13 June 1971 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress, known for Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim (1999), Kacha Ze (2018) and Bloody Murray (2022).

Tikva Aziz was born on 6 September 1937 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress, known for Rambo III (1988), Merhav Yarkon (1997) and Azit Hakalba Hatzanhanit (1972).

Award-winning filmmaker and Penn State associate professor Boaz Dvir tells the stories of ordinary people who, under extraordinary circumstances, transform into trailblazers and game changers. For instance, his PBS film, A Wing and a Prayer, recounts a World War II flight engineer's transformation into the leader of a secret operation to save newborn Israel.

Dvir, who wrote a critically acclaimed book for Rowman & Littlefield about this 1948 operation ("Saving Israel"), is in post-production on Cojot, a feature documentary that tells the story of a French banker who set out to kill former Nazi officer Klaus Barbie and ended up playing a pivotal role in Israel's 1976 Operation Entebbe.

Dvir's award-winning films also include Jessie's Dad, which captures an uneducated truck driver's transformation into a national child-protection activist.

Dvir teamed up with Retro Report to produce a short documentary, "How Special Ops Became Central to the War On Terror," for The New York Times.

Lifetime and Investigation Discovery have incorporated footage from Dvir's documentaries into their programs. His films have received coverage by such media as the Huffington Post, Haaretz, MSNBC, the New York Post, The Miami Herald, Stars and Stripes, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Florida magazine.

Dvir's films have won several prestigious awards. For instance, A Wing and a Prayer won Best Documentary in the 2016 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Dvir has also taught journalism and documentary filmmaking at the University of Florida. He has written for many publications, including New York's Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald, the Tampa Bay Times, the Las Vegas Sun, the Jerusalem Post, The Satirist, Scripps Howard's Treasure Coast Newspapers, the Times of Israel and Explore magazine.

Dvir served as editor of the Jacksonville Business Journal and managing editor of the South Florida Business Journal, which are part of the Newhouse-owned American City Business Journals. For several years, he appeared on "Week in Review" and wrote commentaries for WJCT, Jacksonville's NPR/PBS station.

Dvir created a documentary short about PALS, which helped the nonprofit that aids troubled teens receive an official nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants.

Dvir received a Lilly Endowment grant from the Religion News Service to research spiritual aspects of the Holocaust. He served as an officer and a military journalist in the Israel Defense Forces, where he gathered vital information during 1991 Gulf War, providing material to foreign correspondents, James Baker's office and then Israeli spokesman and current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Polishuk was born in Petah Tikva and studied at Brenner High School in Petah Tikva . He is a nephew of former MK Mali Polishuk-Bloch . After his military service he worked as a wedding photographer and studied acting at Beit Zvi .

In 1995 he was a guest on the series " Nice Butterfly ".

In 2001 he participated as a guest actor in the series " Sun " in the role of a thousand lions, and later, in 2003 , in the role of Stotzman, owner of the burger "Golden Burger" which competes in the Empire of Sun. In 2002, he starred in the TV series " Dawn " as the sports teacher Sharon Schneider. In 2004 he played a guest role (for several episodes) in the series " Our Song " as Yotam, the private investigator that Givon hired.

From 2003 to 2015 , Polishuk participated in the " Pajamas " series and played the character of Gary Mandelbaum - the owner of a failed restaurant called "Hamburger". In 2009 he began to play the character, and this time as the main character, in the daughter series " Mandelbaum Private Detective ". He also continued to play the character in the other subsidiary series of "The Pajamas": " Coffee Ker-Sol " and " The Dove's Show ". There he continued to play Gary.

In 2005 , Polishuk participated in the Festigal as the school's principal, who also performed the first song performed by Oshri Cohen and the second song performed by Rotem Abohav and Roi Bar Natan . In 2007 , Polishuk played a regular role in the science fiction series "The Elephants " as Assaf Chen, the deputy security officer.

In 2010 he participated in a guest role in the series " 15 Minutes ", and played in the program " What about the shark? " As Tosia, the ship's announcer and the slave of Gabi, the ship's captain.

In 2011 , together with Robbie Duanias, he created the series " Sabri Mernan " which is broadcast on Channel 12 , and since then he has also played Itamar Rosen. That same year he participated in HOT 's " Green Project " programs , was a guest on the " Sabba Bennett " program, and the " Real Place " program on the children's channel .

In 2013 , together with Robbie Duanias and Yamit Sol, he created and wrote the series " Control Family ", which aired in 2014 , and even hosted it in the fourth season.

In 2016 he participated in the TV special "The Program " on Channel One .

Yael Reuveny was born in 1980 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is a writer and director, known for Promised Lands (2021), Farewell, Herr Schwarz (2014) and Die Abmachung (2015).

David Fisher was born on 14 October 1956 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is a director and producer, known for Mostar Round-Trip (2011), Six Million and One (2011) and Street Shadows (2015).

Omri Aloni was born in 1984 in Petah Tikva, Israel. Omri is a cinematographer, known for The Cakemaker (2017), Tiger Girl (2017) and Ducks, an Urban Legend (2022).

Osnat Vishinski was born on 21 October 1961 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is an actress, known for The Delta Force (1986), Alouette (2016) and City Tower (2001). She was previously married to Moti Giladi and Shlomo Vishinsky.

Born in 1979, Amit Itzcar grew up in Givatayim, a small town outside Tel-Aviv. He served in the IDF in the communication corps for 3 years. After his service, Amit went to study art and film at "Minshar For Art" while working in a video store for 6 years. Among his classmates in film school were acclaimed Israeli directors: Asaf Korman ("Next to Her"), Meni Yaesh ("God's Neighbors") and Hagar Ben-Asher ("The Slut"). He directed several short films, video-arts and some music videos to Israeli bands such as The Girls, Punkache, Lo Dubim, Caveman , Bad Date and others. "The Safety in Rubber" is his graduation film from "Minshar For Art" school and center. At 2013 he was approached by former film school classmate Udi Kagan to act in his new web-series that he developed at the time called "Messiah". Amit played the character of Ziv, Messiah's sidekick.The show became an instant hit and was developed to a full series on Israeli prime time TV and premiered in 2018. Between 2015-2016 he created and co-hosted with Yoav Tal a late night talk show called "Hatihot" at the Halalit.TV web channel. The show introduced many Avant Garde Israeli artists.

Liran Ben Levi was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is an actor, known for Rough Diamonds (2023), Kugel (2024) and Friday, 1st of July (2023).

Eliezer Oren was born in 1938 in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Raz zvi is an Israel born actor. He was born in petah tikva and grew up both in petah tikva and kfar saba. .he joind the Israely army in 1997 and served three years of mandatory service at both military engineering & Air force he appeared in several films, guest roles in Television shows, appeared in commercials and music videos

Filipp Litman was born on 18 September 2000 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is an actor, known for Osenyu 41-go (2016), The Partner (2017) and Territoriya (2020).

Hilla Michowiz Setton was born on 26 November 1981 in Petah Tikva, Israel. Hilla Michowiz is an editor, known for iLove (2013), Valentina's Mother (2008) and Shadya (2005).