Tomer Kapon

Tomer Kapon (also Kappon or Capon, Hebrew: תומר קאפון‎); born July 15,1985)[1] is an Israeli actor. He has starred in popular Israeli exported television such as Hostages and the political thriller television series Fauda. In 2016 he was awarded an Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in One Week and a Day. He stars in When Heroes Fly and in Amazon series The Boys.

Tomer Kapon
Kapon in 2018
BornJuly 15, 1985
Rishon Lezion, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationActor
Known forThe Boys
Partner(s)Ortal Ben-Shoshan (2012–present)

Early life

Kapon was born in Holon, Israel, to a Jewish family. He was raised in the city of Rishon LeZion, as the second-born child of business-owner parents. He is related to the Israeli director Shay Capon. After graduating high school, Kapon was enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces in 2004, where he was a battalion combat soldier and later a squad commander in the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade.[2]

At the age of 26, he resided in Hatikva Quarter, Tel Aviv, where he attended The Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio for a year.

In a 2019 interview, he addressed the spelling of his surname: "It's supposed to be with an 'e' at the end, but we don't want people to read it 'Capone' like the gangster. We don't want any misunderstandings."[3]

Career

He has starred in popular Israeli exports such as Hostages and the political thriller television series Fauda. Kapon also starred in the first season of the Israeli series Taagad (Charlie Golf One). He made his film debut in 2015 in the Natalie Portman-directed film A Tale of Love and Darkness.[4] In 2016 he was awarded an Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in the drama One Week and a Day.[5][6]

He currently stars in the series, When Heroes Fly.[4] He plays a war veteran of a Special Forces unit, reuniting with three friends for one final mission in the Colombian jungle.[7] The thriller series was awarded the prize of Best Series at the CannesSeries festival.[8] The series was recently acquired by Netflix and has been available since early 2019.[9]

In 2018, Kapon was a spokesmodel, along with Shlomit Malka, for the Israeli fashion chain, Fox.[10]

In 2018, Kapon was cast as Frenchie in the Amazon superhero series, The Boys.[11] The series premiered on July 26, 2019.[12] Ahead of the premiere, Amazon renewed The Boys for a second season.[13]

Personal life

Kapon has been in a relationship with Israeli actress Ortal Ben-Shoshan since 2012.[2][14]

In 2017, he was one of several Israeli celebrities who recreated iconic Israeli photos to celebrate the country's 69th year of independence. Kapon recreated the Life cover of Yossi Ben Hanan after the Six-Day War, which showed him as a young IDF troop triumphantly clutching a rifle while standing in the waters of the Suez Canal.[15]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 A Tale of Love and Darkness The Pioneer (Juno)
Wedding Doll Chen
2016 One Week and a Day Zohar Zooler
2018 Entebbe soldier David Cohen
2018 BeMerhak Me'a Meter: Long Distance Gil Television film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Galis Benyamin Berg
2013–2016 Hostages Guy Main role
2015 Dig Nadav 2 episodes
Fauda Boaz Main role; Season 1
2016 Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi Amir Dawud German series
Taagad
(Charlie Golf One)		 Daniel Main role; Season 1
2017 Eretz Nehederet Alin-Lin's Date Episode #15.5
2017–2018 Fullmoon Idan Perry Main role
2018 When Heroes Fly Aviv Danino Main role
2019–present The Boys Serge / Frenchie Main role (Credited as Tomer Capon), 15 episodes

References
  1. פלטי, מאי; ישראלי, מיכל (14 January 2016). "hbtht ayshym: 16 kyshrvnvt shhvlkym lprvts hshnh / Promising personalities: 16 talents that are going to break out this year" הבטחת אישים: 16 כישרונות שהולכים לפרוץ השנה. Time Out (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021. Tomer Kapon (30), actor
  2. "Meet Tomer Capon, the Incredible Israeli Actor from the Amazon Hit 'The Boys'". Kveller. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. "'The Boys' co-star is the Kevin Bacon of Israeli actors". From the Grapevine. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  4. "Tomer Kapon cast in new Amazon series" - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  5. "THE LONG ROAD TO ‘ONE WEEK AND A DAY’" Jerusalem Post. 1 October 2016
  6. One Week and a Day | Film Threat
  7. "Israel’s ‘When Heroes Fly’ Wins Best Series At Canneseries" | Deadline
  8. "'When Heroes Fly' Takes Top Prize at CanneSeries", The Hollywood Reporter. 11 April 2018
  9. TV thriller ‘When Heroes Fly’ acquired by Netflix Times of Israel. 15 October 2018
  10. Tomer Kapon Instagram Instragram. Retrieved on 17 December 2018
  11. TOMER KAPON CAST IN NEW AMAZON SERIES Jerusalem Post. 26 June 2018
  12. Denise Petski (17 April 2019). "'The Boys' Trailer: First Look At Amazon's Superhero Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  13. "The Boys' Renewed for Season 2 by Amazon; Aya Cash Closes Deal as Stormfront". 19 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  14. "מאצו' מן". mako. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  15. "Israeli celebrities re-create iconic photos from country’s history", Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 4 May 2017
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