52 years old (Born on July 03, 1971)
Israeli, Actor; He is famous from Dr. Marty Pino in CSI: NY; Spenser Wolff in 24.
In recent years, Lotan has become one of the most prominent Israeli actors on American television. Unlike other local celebs who migrated to Los Angeles with much fanfare and then continued to report from there on every tiny scene they appeared in, Lotan, 35, pretty much disappeared from Israeli entertainment columns at the beginning of the decade, only to reemerge once he`d managed to establish a career for himself, with substantial roles in acclaimed series like "24" (as double agent Spenser Wolff) and "CSI." (haaretz.com) Yair Lotan has never met Madonna. The report that he was indirectly connected to her just-announced divorce struck him like a bolt out of the blue. The American magazine Us Weekly reported in its November 3 cover story on the singer`s divorce from British film director Guy Ritchie, and mentioned Ritchie`s new romance with British actress Kelly Reilly, who has a part in his new film, "Sherlock Holmes." But the report omitted one little fact: Reilly is already engaged - to Yair (Jonah) Lotan. The tabloid did, however, run a retraction in this week`s issue, stating: "There is and has been no romantic relationship between Kelly Reilly and Guy Ritchie. We apologize for any embarrassment caused to Ms. Reilly in our original report." (haaretz.com) He has two sisters: The youngest is about to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces, and the other is in the United States pursuing a doctorate in psychology. When he was 12, the family returned to Israel. He graduated from the Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem. Jonah starred in the Keira Knightley film The Jacket. (tv.com) Jonah joined the cast of 24 for it`s fifth season; he plays Spencer, the love interest to fan fave Chloe. (celebrina.com)Jonah Lotan's Best Moments
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Jonah Lotan is an Israeli actor best known for his role as Navy Hm2 Robert Timothy `Doc` Bryan in the Iraq war television mini-series Generation Kill, in 2008. (tvsa.co.za)
In his early twenties, Lotan embarked on a brief modeling career and had several stints as a host on children`s TV shows on Channel 1. As he studied toward a degree in cinema at Tel Aviv University, he also acted in the telenovela "Kesef katlani" ("Lethal Money") and the children`s musical "Hakol agada" ("Everything is a Fairy Tale") with Michal Yanai. "Being in an Israeli telenovela is an experience akin to doing a musical in front of 2,000 people four times a day. It`s experience, regardless of what you think of the content or the level of acting," Lotan notes.
When he is told that the paparazzi were photographing him with Kelly in Tel Aviv, Lotan looks surprised. "I didn`t know they were taking my picture there. The paparazzi in Israel are an imitation of an unnecessary phenomenon from abroad, and it`s ridiculous because the radius here is so much smaller. It`s an intrusion into people`s privacy, just in order to sell papers and to create a false sense of celebrity-hood. I don`t think the public really cares. We lived for years just fine without paparazzi." (haaretz.com)
Jonah previously appeared in the British detective series Foyle`s War, London/New York cross-over show Ny-Lon. (movietome.com)
English-born Jonah is best-known for his current role on 24 as Spencer, Chloe`s boyfriend in season five. Also played in NY-LON (movietome.com)
Jonah Lotan appeared in TV shows such as 24 and CSI: New York and movies including One Night with the King (fancast.com)