Avraham Aviv Alush

In 2018 he collaborated with Elai Botner on the single,“Hachi Karov Elayeich” (“Closest to You”) with Tablet magazine naming it the “Hottest Israeli Song of the Summer” In March 2019 the duo released a new single and music video

Prior to his role in the American film The Shack in 2017, he had only played in Israeli films and television. With the making of this film, he is also the first Israeli actor to play Jesus in an English-language film.

He has also appeared as a stage actor, appearing in the Habima Theater production of Dangerous Liaisons in 2016. He previously appeared in the theater's 2012 production of The Merchant of Venice where he played Gratiano.

In 2012 he was cast as a series regular in the Ran Danker-starring psychological series, The Gordin Cell. In 2013 he began appearing in Beauty and the Baker alongside Rotem Sela. In Israel the series was positively reviewed by Haaretz newspaper. In 2017 Amazon acquired global rights of the first two seasons of the show to stream them worldwide on Amazon Prime Video.

In 2011, he married his wife Nofar a lawyer. The couple has 3 kids , a daughter and two sons.

Alush was enlisted as an Infantry combat soldier in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defence Forces, where he served from 2000 to 2003.

Aviv Alush is an Israeli actor of Tunisian heritage. He was born in 1982 in Northern Israel, and grew up in Karmiel. After 3 years in the army he moved to Tel-Aviv and started building his acting career.