Amir Banai

Acting

Amir Banai

Born

2003-12-08 (22)

Place of birth

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Known for

Acting

Credits

9 titles

Amir Banai (born 8 December 2003 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli actor and a member of the well-known Banai family. The son of comedian-actress Orna Banai and journalist Aharon Barnea, he began appearing on television as a child, including guest spots on Matzav HaUma and sketches in Eretz Nehederet. After studying acting, he gained prominence in the early 2020s with roles in youth and drama series such as Complex 25 (as Uriya), Infinity, The Lesson, Yaniv (as Matan), and United High. He has continued working steadily in Israeli television and, in 2026, won the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars Israel.

Known for

United High poster
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At the prestigious United High boarding school, students come from diplomat families around the world. Dani, the daughter of a US Embassy driver, manages to join the elite school by posing as the sister of her best friend, Lia, the American ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile, Raphael, heir to the Monaco throne, and his bodyguard Louie are also hiding their true identities. As Dani and Raphael fall in love, unaware of each other's secrets, their relationship faces multiple tests and challenges. As the school year progresses, the students navigate love, secrets, adolescence, and the pressures of growing up in a world of privilege and responsibility.

United High

2024

Dream High poster
NR

A cinematic rock opera and an homage to teen films, adapted from the stage musical with the same name by Amit Ulman, scripted completely in Hebrew rhymes. Yoav, a teenage boy who lives with his single mother, who struggles to finance them, moves to a new city. He joins Magshimim High, where words hit harder than punches, and your rhyming skills determine the food chain. After the "class king" demolishes him in a rap battle, Yoav is determined to prove himself and win the heart of the "class queen", Maya. He encounters Hamorabi, a legendary former rapper who hides under the image of the school's kiosk cashier. With his help, Yoav turns from an outcast to the Star of the Battles. But as he climbs high, he draws apart from the friends who stood by his side, the girl who really saw him when no one else had, and the authenticity taught to him by Hamorabi. In the National Rap Championship, Yoav will have to choose between chasing the shining lights of fame or staying true to himself.

Dream High

2026

The Lesson poster
6.2

In a sleepy high school in Kfar Sava, in a Citizenship class, 12th-grader Lianne and her teacher Amir get into a heated political confrontation that gets out of hand and soon reaches personal and painful places.

The Lesson

2022

Infinity poster
NR

Follows Gaia - a brilliant girl who is determined to win the math competition and be accepted into Project X. Gaia falls in love with Ari, a genius and mysterious boy who sweeps her into investigating the organizers of the competition, and hides from her the fact that he came from the future to investigate her tragic death in an accident.

Infinity

2022

Trust No One poster
8.0

The series follows the life of Itamar Molcho, the head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), during a turbulent month that shakes both his professional and personal worlds. As the drama unfolds, the most severe leak in the agency's history is uncovered, leading to suspicions that cast a shadow over everyone closest to him.

Trust No One

2025

המתחם ה - 25 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

המתחם ה - 25

2022

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

Dream High poster
NR

A cinematic rock opera and an homage to teen films, adapted from the stage musical with the same name by Amit Ulman, scripted completely in Hebrew rhymes. Yoav, a teenage boy who lives with his single mother, who struggles to finance them, moves to a new city. He joins Magshimim High, where words hit harder than punches, and your rhyming skills determine the food chain. After the "class king" demolishes him in a rap battle, Yoav is determined to prove himself and win the heart of the "class queen", Maya. He encounters Hamorabi, a legendary former rapper who hides under the image of the school's kiosk cashier. With his help, Yoav turns from an outcast to the Star of the Battles. But as he climbs high, he draws apart from the friends who stood by his side, the girl who really saw him when no one else had, and the authenticity taught to him by Hamorabi. In the National Rap Championship, Yoav will have to choose between chasing the shining lights of fame or staying true to himself.

Dream High

2026

Top Secret Festigal poster
NR

In the fantastical Pop City, when someone plans to make use of a big song competition for a dangerous scheme, a team of young secret agents has to go on an impossible mission: Within a single month, they'd have to turn into international K-POP stars. There's only one problem: they know how to hack computers, climb buildings, and execute secret missions - but they don't know how to sing or dance. All of a sudden, they'll have to face the most dangerous foe they've ever met: a dancing class. Throughout the training, they'll face strong opponents, feel competitive pressure, and learn the importance of making their voices heard.

Top Secret Festigal

2026

מסע לפולין poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

מסע לפולין

2023

Series credits

United High poster
NR

At the prestigious United High boarding school, students come from diplomat families around the world. Dani, the daughter of a US Embassy driver, manages to join the elite school by posing as the sister of her best friend, Lia, the American ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile, Raphael, heir to the Monaco throne, and his bodyguard Louie are also hiding their true identities. As Dani and Raphael fall in love, unaware of each other's secrets, their relationship faces multiple tests and challenges. As the school year progresses, the students navigate love, secrets, adolescence, and the pressures of growing up in a world of privilege and responsibility.

United High

2024

The Lesson poster
6.2

In a sleepy high school in Kfar Sava, in a Citizenship class, 12th-grader Lianne and her teacher Amir get into a heated political confrontation that gets out of hand and soon reaches personal and painful places.

The Lesson

2022

Infinity poster
NR

Follows Gaia - a brilliant girl who is determined to win the math competition and be accepted into Project X. Gaia falls in love with Ari, a genius and mysterious boy who sweeps her into investigating the organizers of the competition, and hides from her the fact that he came from the future to investigate her tragic death in an accident.

Infinity

2022

Trust No One poster
8.0

The series follows the life of Itamar Molcho, the head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), during a turbulent month that shakes both his professional and personal worlds. As the drama unfolds, the most severe leak in the agency's history is uncovered, leading to suspicions that cast a shadow over everyone closest to him.

Trust No One

2025

המתחם ה - 25 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

המתחם ה - 25

2022