Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 24 June 1989) is a British actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''

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'' (2006), '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and the series ''

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'' (2010) and '' Godfather of Harlem'' (2019).

Early life

Gavron was born in

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, 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

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family in

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. His paternal grandparents were Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and Labour

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, and sociologist Hannah Fyvel, who was born in

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and committed suicide at age 29. His great-grandfather was writer Tosco R. Fyvel, who worked with author

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. 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

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for six months.

Career

In ''

'', Gavron played Miro, a young

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who uses techniques from

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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

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. Gavron played the hired assassin Duro in the second season of

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's ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', 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 "

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" in November 2011. Gavron played Bug (Bobby) in the TV series ''

''. 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

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'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, he was cast in ''

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'', an upcoming sci-fi film from director

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Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavron, Rafi 1989 births Living people 21st-century English male actors Actors from the London Borough of Barnet English emigrants to the United States English male film actors English male television actors English people of American descent English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent English people of French-Canadian descent English people of Israeli descent English people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent English people of Russian-Jewish descent Rafi Gavron Jewish English male actors Male actors from London People from Hendon