Eyal Podell ( in Hebrew) (born November 11, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-born American actor who is known for his portrayal of Professor Adrian Korbel on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Podell currently plays the role of Dr. Evram Mintz on the ABC sci-fi drama series Defying Gravity.

Early life

After spending the first two years of his childhood in Israel, Eyal and his family relocated to the United States for a year and then moved to Hong Kong, China, where he lived until the age of eight. Upon his return to the United States, his family settled in to New York's Westchester County. He attended Byram Hills High School in Armonk, NY with fellow actor Sean Maher. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he had a double-major in Government and Theatre.

Career

Since arriving in Los Angeles, Eyal has worked consistently in both film and television. His big-screen debut came playing Al Pacino's son in The Insider. He was trained as a classical actor at the National Theater Institute, part of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. In addition to his acting talents, he has also penned three screenplays. One is Homeland. He co-wrote the other two with Jonathon E. Stewart: USONIA (formerly The Space Within) and Made In China.

Personal life

He is the grandson of the late Odif Podell, co-founder of the modern architectural community, Usonia Homes in Pleasantville, New York and is currently working on adapting the story of USONIA to film. He has been married to wife Ashley since 2004 and they have one child, daughter Oren Lily, born October 11, 2006.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Players	Barry Decker
1999	Deep Blue Sea	Boy #1
	MTV's Undressed	Joel
	The Insider	Lowell's Son
2000	Time of Your Life	Aaron
	The Chaos Factor	Johnny Hall
2001	Ally McBeal	Mr. Whoople
	Behind Enemy Lines	Petty Officer Kennedy
2002	The Division	Ricky
	Manual Labor	Charles
	Con Express	Rudy
	Unconditional Love	Officer Romilly
	The West Wing	Michael Gordon
	ER	Unnamed
	JAG	Petty Officer Holt
2003	Without A Trace	Stanton	Uncredited
	Charmed	Roland
	Miss Match	Glenn Cooper
	Everwood	Justin
2004	Blowing Smoke	Bob
	Angel	Lawson
	Sucker Free City	Stephan Cashen
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kevin Stern
2005	Tides of War	Petty Officer Murray	(See also: USS Poseidon: Phantom Below)
	Eyes	Jack Armstrong
	Everwood	Justin
	Pizza My Heart	Joe Montebello
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Ensign David Barnes
	Mystery Woman: At First Sight	Dr. Ben Stafford
	E-Ring	Wilson
	Hard Scrambled	Scotty
	Crossing Jordan	Jason Hartzman
	Lost	Young Man	Uncredited
	Commander in Chief	Eli Meltzer
	NCIS	Namir Eschel
	The Young and the Restless	Adrian Korbel	(2006-2008)
2008	House	Yonatan
2009	Defying Gravity	Dr Evram Mintz
	24	Ryan Burnett

References

1. " American daytime TV gets an Israeli face"
2. " About The Writers"
3. " Soap star Eyal Podell welcomes a daughter"

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