Netflix’s Fauda star Lior Raz has been married to his wife Meital Berdah since 2008 and the duo have three children. Let’s meet his spouse and kids.
Lior Raz is an Israeli actor and screenwriter.
Often dubbed as the “Israeli James Bond” due to his physique, he is famous for portraying Doron Kabilio in the political thriller television series Fauda and Segev Azulai in Hit & Run.
In a viral video, the Netflix’s Fauda star joined his brave ‘brothers in arms’ on Israel’s frontline to help rescue trapped families near the bombarded town of Sderot after Hamas’ bloody invasion.
Following this, many want to learn more about his personal life, like, who he is married to and if he has any kids. Read on for more.
Who is Lior Raz’s wife?
Lior Raz has been married once to Israeli actress Meital Berdah. Raz and Berdah, who are believed to have first met on set for a movie role, have been together for over a decade and still going strong.
The couple have been blessed with children of their own.
Before Meital, Lior was first dating his girlfriend, Iris Azulai who later died a painful death. Azula was reportedly stabbed to death by a Palestinian Arab with a 15-inch knife in Jerusalem in October 1990. Her murderer was jailed but has since been released from prison in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange in which 1,027 prisoners were released in order to obtain the release from captivity of the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held prisoner by Hamas for five years.
Who is Meital Berdah, Lior Raz’s wife?
Meital Berdah was born on July 15, 1978 in Israel.
Just like her husband, Berdah is also a movie star.
She is best known for her roles in the films Kadosh (1999), Naor’s Friends (2006), and Fauda (2015).
How many children Does Lior Raz have?
Lior Raz is a father of four.
In his close to two decades of marriage to Meital Berdah, the couple shares their four children together.
At the moment, the names, ages, and gender of his children aren’t known to the media as they live private lives.
Raz, his wife Meital as well their kids reside in Ramat Aviv, Israel.
What is known about Lior Raz’s family?
Lior Raz was born on November 24, 1971, in Ma’ale Adumim, an Israeli settlement of 40,000 inhabitants seven kilometers from Jerusalem, where he grew up as well.
While the names and further details about his parents aren’t known, his family 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.
About his educational background, Raz attended a local high school and graduated 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.
In 1993, after his military service, Raz moved to the United States and was hired by a security contracting firm as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodyguard. In an interview with Israel Hayom, he said: “The company turned to me since they knew my military background, for me it was the most glamorous thing, to be the watchdog of Schwarzenegger and his wife”.