Alon Moni Abutbul (or Aboutboul, Hebrew: אלון מוני אבוטבול; born 28 May 1965) is an Israeli actor.
[3][4] Abutbul was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, to a Mizrahi Jewish family from Egypt and Algeria.
In 1985 Abutbul starred in the movie Bar 51 directed by Amos Guttman[6] alongside Mosko Alkalai and Smadar Kilchinsky, and took part in the Israeli film Battle of the Chairmanship in which he played alongside the popular Israeli comedy group HaGashash HaHiver.
In 1995, Abutbul produced Gur Bentwich's film Ha-Kochav Hakachol in which he played the leading role.
In 2003, Abutbul played in the Israeli film Nina's Tragedies alongside Ayelet Zurer and Yoram Hatab.
In 2007 Abutbul played alongside Mili Avital and Anat Waxman in the film Noodle directed by Ayelet Menahemi and starred in the Israeli film Rak Klavim Ratzim Hofshi alongside Lior Ashkenazi, Ayelet Zurer and Assi Dayan.
In 2009 Abutbul starred in Yigal Burstein's film Hand of God alongside Moshe Ivgy and Dorit Bar-Or.
In 2016, Abutbul co-starred in the film London Has Fallen, as the arms dealer turned terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi, alongside Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman.
That same year he starred alongside Rivka Michaeli in the Israeli TV film Im Hukim.
Since 1999 Abutbul began playing in the award-winning Israel drama series Shabatot VeHagim, alongside Dror Keren, Merav Gruber, Lior Ashkenazi and Yael Abecassis.
In 2010, Abutbul made guest appearances in several American television series, including NCIS, Fringe, The Mentalist and Castle.
In 2012, Abutbul made an appearance in several more American television series, including Burn Notice and the season 2 finale of Homeland.
In 2022 he appeared as Pavel Novikoff in FBI: International Season 1 Episode 21 Today, Abutbul lives in Los Angeles with his longtime girlfriend Israeli director Shir Bilya, with whom he has four children.