Roy Nik

Roy Nik (Hebrew: רועי ניק; born 8 June 1992) is an Israeli film, television and stage actor. In 2021, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Noam Ashkenazi in the HOT series, Normali. In 2023, he won the Ophir Award for Best Actor for his role as Yair Kaplan, a Haredi owner of a computer store in Benny Fredman's Home (Beit).

He was born and raised in Herzliya in the central coast of Israel. After his military service with the Israel Defense Forces, he studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv. His second cousin is the actor, Yehuda Levi. Levi connected him with the agent, Zohar Jacobson, and he was cast in children's series.

He had early roles in television drama series' Another Life (Chaim Acherim) in 2010 and 2.3 BeShavua the following year.

In 2012, he was cast as Elkana, a series regular in Euphoria (Oforia). The series was later adapted into the smash hit American version.

In 2017–2018, he played the lead role of Amram in Kipat Barzel, a drama series about Haredi military recruits in a special unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

In 2020, he starred in the French-Israeli thriller series, Possessions on HBO Max. In the same year he played the lead role in the series Normali, receiving a nomination for International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Noam Ashkenazi in the HOT series.

In 2023, he won the Ophir Award for Best actor for his performance as Yair Kaplan, a Haredi owner of a computer store in Benny Fredman's Home (Beit).

In 2024, he began starring in the crime drama series, Ha-Emet (The Truth) on Kan 11, reuniting him with his Euphoria director, Dafna Levin He will also be appearing in another new series on Israeli television led by Niv Sultan.