Lior Raz

Lior Raz (Hebrew: ליאור רז; born 24 November 1971) is an Israeli actor and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying Doron Kabilio in the political thriller television series Fauda and Segev Azulai in Hit & Run. Raz was born in Ma'ale Adumim, a town of 40,000 inhabitants seven kilometers from Jerusalem, where he grew up as well. His parents immigrated to Israel from Iraq and Algeria. His father served in Israel in Shayetet 13 and in Shin Bet before later running a plant nursery. His mother is a teacher. His native language is Hebrew, although Raz grew up also speaking Arabic with his father and grandmother at home, and with some Arab workers, who were his playmates, at his father's plant nursery. After Raz graduated from high school at the age of 18, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and became a commando in the elite undercover counter-terrorism unit known as Sayeret Duvdevan. He also served in the Duvdevan Unit in the reserves for 20 years.