Itay Tiran (Hebrew: איתי טיראן; born March 23, 1980) is an Israeli stage and screen actor, director, and a pro-Palestinian advocate in Israel.

Itay studied classical piano in the Petah Tikva Municipal conservatory and later majored in music at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts.

Among his parts were Eilif in Mother Courage, The King in Rumpelstiltskin, Franz Jägerstätter in Yehoshua Sobol's Eye Witness (directed by Paulus Manker), Nicolah in Caviar and Lentils, the title role in Hamlet directed by Omri Nitzan, Christian in Festen and Mozart in Amadeus.

In March 2007, Itay received rave reviews from audiences and media in Washington, D.C., for his performance as Hamlet in the Tel Aviv Cameri Theater production's world tour.

2012 was an interesting year for Tiran, he played Thomas Paulson a photographer with dog in the German film production of The Pursuit of Unhappiness [de] directed by Sherry Hormann and Jocquin an Israeli photographer in the Austrian film The Dead and the Living [de] directed by Barbara Albert.

In 2009 Tiran collaborated with world-renowned German conductor Kurt Masur in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream.

In 2009 Tiran joined the Gropius Ensemble,[9] formed by young conductor Daniel Cohen combining modern classical music and theatrical elements, performing pieces like Kafka's Kofadam and A Soldier's Tale by Stravinsky.

Tiran's directing debut (2010) with Georg Büchner's Woyzeck in which he also played the title role, earned him a well-deserved critical acclaim as a theater director.