The Spy

The Spy is an Israeli political drama miniseries created by Gideon Raff. The series is based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen, who is portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Summary
"In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad."

- Netflix Synopsis

The series is inspired by the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.

Cast and Characters

 * Sacha Baron Cohen as Eli Cohen / Kamel Amin Thaabet
 * Noah Emmerich as Dan Peleg
 * Hadar Ratzon Rotem as Nadia Cohen
 * Alexander Siddig as Ahmed Suidani
 * Waleed Zuaiter as Colonel Amin al-Hafiz
 * Nassim Lyes as Ma'azi Zaher al-Din


 * Yael Eitan as Maya
 * Moni Moshonov as Jacob Shimoni
 * Alona Tal as Julia Schneider
 * Tim Seyfi as Mohammed bin Laden
 * Uri Gavriel as sheikh Majid al-Ard
 * Arié Elmaleh as Michel Aflaq

Episodes

 * Season One


 * The Immigrant
 * What's New, Buenos Aires?
 * Alone in Damascus
 * The Odd Couples
 * Fish Gotta Swim
 * Home