Guri Weinberg

Guri Weinberg was born in Israel in August of 1972, one month before the tragic murder of his father – wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg – at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Weinberg moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980's to follow his dreams of becoming an actor.  This was no simple task – in addition to learning the English language, he was challenged to lose his Israeli accent altogether to expand the number of roles for which he could audition.  As a testament to this goal, Weinberg has portrayed Americans in roles for such industry notables as screenwriter Roger Avery (Pulp Fiction), George Lucas in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," and in the Patrick Dempsey pilot "Odd Jobs."

Throughout the years, Weinberg has also continued to advocate for a moment of silence at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on behalf of the 11 Israeli athletes slain in 1972.  In a bizarre twist of fate, in 2005 Weinberg was offered the role of his father in the Steven Speilberg drama Munich. Weinberg personally and artistically triumphed with a haunting performance of his father's last hours alive.  In addition to finding closure for the events that befell his father, Weinberg's performance in Munich led to major guest roles on prominent television shows such as "The Closer," "Cane," "The Good Guys," and "Burn Notice," as well as supporting roles in the LL Cool J pilot "The Man" and the Adam Sandler feature film You Don't Mess with the Zohan.

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