Nir Strauss is an Israeli actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, poet, theatre creator, cultural entrepreneur and producer working across theatre, television and film.
His work moves between repertory theatre, independent creation, screen acting and original stage projects developed from text through production.
Selected acting credits
Theatre: A Few Days at the Cameri Theatre; The Seagull at Tmuna Theatre as Kostya, directed by Oded Kotler; Outsider; Three Days and a Child.
Television: Galis, Miller Junction, On the Spectrum, The Class.
Film: Hila, Black Balloons, The King Came Here Tonight.
Theatre, writing and creation
Strauss writes, directs, performs and produces original work, with a recurring focus on intimate theatre, solo performance and comedy rooted in personal material.
- Chemistry – playwright, director and producer.
- Outsider – writer, creator and performer.
- My Grandfather, the Chief of Staff – writer and performer.
- Holding Pisa – writer, director and performer.
- Taking the Girl Out – playwright.
- My Brother Beri – playwright and performer.
- The Poets' Writing Room – producer and performer.
- The Seagull – initiator, producer and performer.
Selected awards
Best Actor Award at the Haifa International Children's Theatre Festival; Best Production and Best Actor at the Aviv Festival 2024; the Yitzhak Navon Award for emerging theatre creators from Israel's Ministry of Culture and Sport, presented in the presence of the President of Israel.
Education
B.A. in Theatre Directing and Teaching, Kibbutzim College; certificate in Cultural Institutions Management, Tel Aviv University.
