Itzik Cohen (actor)

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Itzik Cohen
Cohen in 2018
Born	Itzhak Cohen (1968-09-09) 9 September 1968 (age 56) Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation(s)	Actor, filmmaker, and television producer
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Fauda television series
Spouse	Michal Kirshenbaum ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2005)​
Children	2

Itzhak "Itzik" Cohen (Hebrew: יצחק ״איציק״ כהן; born 9 September 1968) is an Israeli actor, filmmaker, and television producer. He is best known for portraying Captain Gabi Ayub in the political thriller television series Fauda.

After serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he received his BA with honors in 1993 from the Department of Theater at Tel Aviv University. In 1996, together with a few of his classmates, he founded the drag band The Daughters of Pesia. The band helped bring drag into the Israeli mainstream, making appearances in the Uri Pasteur-directed musical All is Legend (alongside Michal Yannai), and the educational television program Return of the Sheriff.