Eyal Podell (pronounced in Hebrew) (born November 11, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-born American actor who can currently be seen as Professor Adrian Korbel on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
After spending the first two years of his childhood in Israel, his family relocated to the United States for a year and then to Hong Kong, China where he lived until the age of eight. Upon his return to the United States, his family settled in to New York's Westchester County. He attended Byram Hills High School in Armonk, NY with fellow actor Sean Maher. He is graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he had a double-major in Government and Theatre.
Since arriving in Los Angeles, Eyal has worked consistently in both film and television. His big-screen debut came playing Al Pacino's son in The Insider. Trained as a classical actor at the National Theater Institute, Eyal has also studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. In addition to his acting talents, he has also penned three screenplays: Homeland; and two with writing partner Jonathon E. Stewart: USONIA (formerly The Space Within) and Made In China.
He is the grandson of the late Odif Podell, co-founder of the modern architectural community, Usonia Homes in Pleasantville, New York. He has been married to wife Ashley since 2004 and together they have one child, daughter Oren Lily, born October 11, 2006.
