Reuven Adiv (Hebrew: ראובן אדיב; 5 June 1930 – 23 December 2004) was a Jerusalem-born Israeli actor, director and drama teacher, most notable as the head of acting at the Drama Centre in London from 1984 to 2004.
[1] Reuven Adiv was born in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) on 5 June 1930, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish background.
[2] His early acting experience came at the Ohel Theatre and the Cameri Theater of Tel Aviv.
He also studied at the film school of New York University before returning to teach at the Lee Strasberg institute.
"...the results emanate from within, owing nothing to make-up or setting..." – Reuven Adiv[3]From 1986 to 1996, he was a guest teacher at the Swedish State Theatre School, Gothenburg and from 2003 he taught at the Forum für Filmschauspiel in Berlin.