Aylam Orian

Aylam Orian pronounced Eiylahm Oryahn was born in Cleveland Ohio to Israeli parents of Polish Russian and Romanian descent Soon after his birth the family moved back to Israel where he grew up as an artistic kid taking up painting sculpting photography and playing the guitar But it wasnt until after his military service of 45 years that he decided to give art a serious try and enrolled in Tel Aviv University Film School A short film he made there A Nightmare on Bialik Street 1994 a witty homage to the famous Russian film Battleship Potemkin 1925 won several prizes and was later shown at the Cannes Film Festival While acting in his own films Aylam caught the acting bug and so in early 2000 he returned to the US to study acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and later The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York While a student at the Strasberg Institute he was hired to organize and preserve Strasbergs extensive collections of materials on acting a position he held for the next 9 years before starting to teach there Upon graduating he made his TV debut in the AE miniseries Between the Lines 2004 hosted by Robert Downey Jr where he joined the ranks of Hillary Clinton John Goodman and Priscilla Presley in reading unknown letters written by famous people his was no other than a love letter written by a young Adolf Hitler Soon after he played the leading role of a fugitive on the popular Fox show Americas Most Wanted America Fights Back 1988 He also wrote produced and played the leading role in the movementtheatre show and film Beautiful World 2006 Other film and TV roles followed such as in the independent films Color of Truth 2009 Joy Incorporated 2012 Keep the Lights On 2012 and The Cold Winter 2016 the CBS film In Gods Name 2007 and the hit NBC comedy show 30 Rock 2006 before Aylam made his way to Los Angeles There he kicked things into high gear with multiple costar and gueststar roles on such shows as Code Black 2015 NCIS Los Angeles 2009 Shooter 2016 and The Guest Book 2017 while also lending his multilingual skills to ADR on numerous other TV shows and films In 2017 Aylam filmed a supporting role opposite Rosamund Pike in the upcoming thriller The Informer 2019 and the series regular role of the villain in the new installment of the Stargate franchise Stargate Origins 2018