Served in the Israeli special forces and was a member of an elite counter-terrorist unit that dispatches operatives to catch wanted terrorists while undercover dressed as Arabs.
Was cast, opposite Channing Tatum and Gina Carano, to play one of the main operatives in Steven Soderbergh's film, Haywire (2011). When Soderberg found out about his special ops background, he was also hired to consult on the script and train all the actors for the film.