He is known for his theatre work, earning an affiliate Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and his roles in the Canal+ series The Bureau (2016) and the ITV drama Honour (2020).
He attended City and Islington College,[2] where he pursued a Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts from 2010 to 2012.
After appearing in short films and Bola Agbaje's web series Hot Pepper, Bar-El made his television debut in 2016 when he joined the main cast of the French Canal+ political thriller The Bureau for its second season as Shapur Zamani.
[8] In 2020, Bar-El played Karim in the first season of the Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran and starred as Rahmat Sulemani in the ITV drama Honour.
He had recurring roles as Reece in the 2022 Amazon Prime science fiction series The Peripheral and Artem in the 2023 BBC One crime drama Better.