Oded Fehr
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Oded Fehr ( ; born ) is an Israeli actor based in the United States. He is best known for portraying Ardeth Bay in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001), Carlos Olivera in the Resident Evil series, and Antoine Laconte in the Deuce Bigalow films. On television, Fehr has starred as Faris al-Farik in Sleeper Cell, the demon Zankou in Charmed, Eyal Lavin in Covert Affairs, and Fleet Admiral Charles Vance in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Oded Fehr ( ; born ) is an Israeli actor based in the United States. He is best known for portraying Ardeth Bay in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001), Carlos Olivera in the Resident Evil series, and Antoine Laconte in the Deuce Bigalow films. On television, Fehr has starred as Faris al-Farik in Sleeper Cell, the demon Zankou in Charmed, Eyal Lavin in Covert Affairs, and Fleet Admiral Charles Vance in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Early life
Fehr was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, the son of Gila (née Lachmann), a day care supervisor, and Uri Ernst Fehr, a Jerusalem-born geophysicist and marketing executive. His parents come from European Jewish families. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England after briefly taking a drama class in Frankfurt, Germany. He served as a sailor in the Israeli Navy from 1989 to 1992 and used to work security for the Israeli airline El Al.
Career
]] Director Stephen Sommers cast Fehr in the films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Fehr's screen appearances have included the 2001–02 NBC series UC: Undercover, the 2002–03 CBS series Presidio Med, and the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse (he reprised the role in the sequel, Resident Evil: Extinction). He provided the voice of Doctor Fate in Justice League and its sequel Justice League Unlimited, and played Antoine Laconte, a male prostitute, in Rob Schneider's comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He also acted in the American hit supernatural series Charmed, where he played the demon Zankou, the chief villain in that series' seventh season. Between 2005 and 2006, Fehr played Farik on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell. From 2010 to 2014, he portrayed a recurring character, Mossad Agent Eyal Levin on the TV series Covert Affairs. In 2013, he guest starred in the episode "Shiva" of the 10th season of CBS NCIS as an Israeli Mossad assistant director. Fehr returned to the fifth installment of the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Retribution. In 2019, Fehr appeared in the CBS drama Blood & Treasure, and began an ongoing role as Admiral Vance in Star Trek: Discovery. In 2026, Fehr was announced to return as Ardeth Bay in the fourth installment of The Mummy franchise.
Personal life
Fehr married Rhonda Tollefson, whom he had met at the Los Angeles Opera, on 22 December 2000. The couple have three children.
Filmography
Film
Documentaries
Television
Video games
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