Al Pacino and Israeli girlfriend spotted at ‘The Irishman’ premiere
The rumors that have been flying around Hollywood and Tel Aviv are true – Al Pacino has an Israeli girlfriend, and it’s actress Meital Dohan.
The two stepped out together on the red carpet – their first high-profile public appearance – in Los Angeles on Thursday night for the premiere of The Irishman, a fact-based period crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese from Netflix in which 79-year-old Pacino plays labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975 and was believed to have been murdered by mobsters. Robert De Niro has the title role in the much anticipated movie, as a mob hit man and World War II veteran. It marks the fourth time that Pacino and De Niro have appeared in the same film.
The Irishman was shown at the New York Film Festival and will have a limited run in theaters before streaming on Netflix in late November.
Dohan, 39, is a well-known Israeli actress who had a memorable role in the Showtime series Weeds, playing the dean of admissions at a rabbinical academy who was a tough IDF veteran and was into kinky sex. She had a small role in the hit Israeli comedy Mossad, which was released earlier this year, and was nominated for two Ophir Awards for Best Actress: for her role in the offbeat crime drama/comedy Girafot in 2001 and for playing a Jewish woman who has a passionate affair with a Bedouin in Tahara (aka God’s Sandbox) in 2002. She also has a singing career.
Neither Pacino nor Dohan has commented on the relationship.