British actor
Has two younger brothers.
Rafi was raised in a Jewish household in North London, the son of English-born publisher Simon Gavron and American-born writer Martha Pichey. His paternal grandfather, Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, a millionaire, philanthropist, and Labour Life Peer, was born in London, to an Eastern European Jewish family. Rafis paternal grandmother, Hannah Fyvel, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family that had lived in Germany, Moravia, Belarus, and Lithuania. One of Rafis paternal great-grandfathers, Tosco R. Fyvel (born Raphael Joseph Feiwel), was a prominent writer who had worked with Golda Meir and was a friend of George Orwell. Rafis paternal grandfather was later married to Nicky Gavron , a politician who served as Lord Mayor of London (their daughter, Rafis half-aunt, is director Sarah Gavron ). Rafis maternal grandfather was from a French-Canadian family.
He volunteered at a kibbutz in Israel for six months, in 2008, working with organic fish ponds.
He has dual British and American citizenship.
