Oded Fehr (Hebrew: עודד פהר; born (1970-11-23)23 November 1970) 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.
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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.
