Rafi Gavron

Raphael Pichey Gavron (born June 24, 1989) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Breaking and Entering, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), as well as the television series Life Unexpected (2010-2011) and Godfather of Harlem (2019-).

Early life Gavron was born in Hendon, London, England, the son of writer Martha Pichey and the late publisher Simon Gavron. His mother is American, and his father was British. Gavron was raised in a Jewish family in North London. His paternal grandparents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and Labour life peer, and sociologist Hannah Fyvel, who was born in Tel Aviv and died by suicide at age 29. His great-grandfather was writer Tosco R. Fyvel, who worked with author George Orwell. His half-aunt (his father's half-sister) is director Sarah Gavron. Gavron has two younger brothers – Benjamin (born 1992) and Moses (born 1996). In 2008, Gavron volunteered at a kibbutz in Israel for six months.

Career In Breaking and Entering, Gavron played Miro, a young burglar who uses techniques from parkour to gain access to the high-tech offices of an urban landscape architect; he performed several difficult physical feats in the film. For his role, Gavron received a nomination for the Most Promising Newcomer award at the British Independent Film Awards.

Gavron played the hired assassin Duro in the second season of HBO's Rome. He also appeared in the 2008 release Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as Dev, the gay lead singer of Nick's band.

In Inkheart, a movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, Gavron played Farid, a character from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, magically brought to life. The film was released theatrically in January 2009.

He guest starred on a few episodes of 24, as Hamid Al-Zarian, the younger brother of an assumed terrorist. He also appeared in JoJo's music video for the song "Disaster" in November 2011. Gavron played Bug (Bobby) in the TV series Life Unexpected. He was chosen as Lux's long known friend and also Lux's boyfriend.

In 2013, he co-starred in Snitch, playing the son of Dwayne Johnson's character. His next film roles were in the action adventure Tracers (2015) and the drama The Land (2016).

In 2019 he joined the cast of Godfather of Harlem in the role of Ernie Nunzi.

In 2024, Gavron joined Amazon MGM Studios' sci-fi thriller entitled Mercy, an upcoming sci-fi film from director Timur Bekmambetov.

Personal life Gavron was arrested twice in 2013 after being accused of domestic abuse, and driving under the influence.

Filmography Film

Year Title Role Notes 2006 Breaking and Entering Miro Simic 2008 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Dev Inkheart Farid 2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever Rupert Bates The Cold Light of Day Josh Shaw Mine Games Lex 2013 Snitch Jason Collins 2015 Tracers Dylan 2016 The Land Patty Cake Love Is All You Need? Stan 2018 A Star Is Born Rez Gavron 2020 Books of Blood Simon 2026 Mercy Holt Charles The Odyssey Second Trojan

Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Rome Duro 3 episodes 2009 24 Hamid Al-Za 3 episodes 2010 Life Unexpected Bobby “Bug” Guthrie Recurring role, 8 episodes 2011 CSI: Miami Sean Moran 1 episode 2011 Parenthood Troy Quinn 2 episodes 2016 Mary + Jane #softs3rve 1 episode 2016 From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Pablo 1 episode 2017 Bones Benny Pence 1 episode 2018 Homecoming Rainey 2 episodes 2018 Counterpart Edgar 2 episodes 2019 Catch-22 Aarfy Aardvark Miniseries, 6 episodes 2019–2021 Godfather of Harlem Ernie Nunzi Main role, 19 episodes 2020 Westworld Roderick 2 episodes 2023 Ghosts of Beirut Chet 1 episode