Jonah Lotan

Yair "Jonah" Lotan (; born July 3, 1973) is an Israeli actor best known for appearing in Hostages, Foyle's War and 24.

Early life and education Lotan was born Yair Zlotogorsky in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 3, 1973, and grew up in Jerusalem and the U.S. state of New York. His family returned to live in Jerusalem when he was twelve years old and he attended Hebrew University Secondary School. His father is a psychologist and his mother is a physician. He served for three years in the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1990s. In his early 20s, he embarked on a modelling career and appeared as a host of children's shows on Channel 1. He graduated with a degree in cinema from Tel Aviv University. Lotan then moved to London to pursue a master's degree at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He also appeared in the 2006 television film, The Beyond, centering on NASA scientists at a jet propulsion laboratory during a global crisis. Lotan was also in the 2008 HBO historical war drama Generation Kill, as Robert Timothy Bryan, a U.S. Navy corpsman. He was also cast for the lead role in David Milch's HBO pilot Last of the Ninth.

In 2012, he appeared in the second season of Showtime alongside Mandy Patinkin in the espionage thriller series, Homeland.

Between 2013 to 2016, he starred as the protagonist, Adam Rubin, of the Israeli hostage drama series, Hostages on Channel 10. The series was broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.

In September 2017, Yair Jonah Lotan appeared as Joel Singer in the play Oslo by J. T. Rogers at Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Stage. The production was scheduled to transfer to the West End Harold Pinter Theatre in October 2017.

Personal life Lotan was previously engaged to the British actress, Kelly Reilly.

Filmography Year Title Role Other notes 1997 Itha L'Netza Film (as Yair Lotan) 1997 Kachol Amok Rif TV 1998 Domino Yuval TV 1998 Joice T.V. (as Yair Lotan) 2001 Swimming Pool Chris Film 2001 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis David Armstrong Computer game 2002 Relic Hunter Tobar TV 2002 Bnot Brown Yuval Kraus Mini-series 2004 NY-LON Kenny TV 2005 The Jacket Intern #1 Film 2005 The Festival Rick Film 2005 The Tiger and the Snow American soldier Film 2006 Beyond Matterhorn T. Gooley TV 2006 Foyle's War Joe Farnetti TV 2006 24 Spenser Wolff TV 2005-2009 CSI: NY Dr. Marty Pino TV 2006 One Night with the King Jesse Film 2008 Generation Kill HM2 Robert Timothy 'Doc' Bryan, U.S.N. Mini-series 2009 Last of the Ninth Joe Dalton TV 2012 Homeland Rudy McCoy TV 2013-2016 Hostages Adam Rubin TV 2017 Fearless Logan Bradley TV 2023 Nobody's Shadow Short film