Early life

Podell was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. After spending the first two years of his childhood in Israel, Eyal and his family relocated to the United States for a year and then moved 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 with fellow actors Sean Maher and David Harbour. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Career

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. He was trained as a classical actor at the National Theater Institute, part of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Most recently, Eyal has been recurring on NCIS: New Orleans as Dr. Samuel Wilkns. In addition to his acting talents, he is also an emerging writer. With co-writer Jonathon E. Stewart, he penned a biopic about Theodor Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss, that landed atop the 2012 Hollywood Blacklist.

Personal life

He is the grandson of the late Odif and Judy Podell, co-founders of the modern architectural community, Usonia Homes in Pleasantville, New York and is currently working on adapting the story of USONIA to film.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Players	Barry Decker	Episode: "Con-undrum"
1999	Deep Blue Sea	Boy #1
1999	MTV's Undressed	Joel	6 episodes
1999	The Insider	Lowell's Son
2000	Time of Your Life	Aaron	2 episodes
2000	The Chaos Factor	Johnny Hall
2001	Ally McBeal	Mr. Whoople	Episode: "Getaway"
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	Petty Officer Kennedy
2002	The Division	Ricky	Episode: "Brave New World"
2002	Manual Labor	Charles	Short
2002	Con Express	Rudy	Video
2002	Unconditional Love	Officer Romilly
2002	The West Wing	Michael Gordon	Episode: "Debate Camp"
2002	ER	Unnamed	Episode: "Walk Like a Man"
2002	JAG	Petty Officer Holt	Episode: "The Killer"
2003	Without A Trace	Stanton	Episode: "There Goes the Bride" (Uncredited)
2003	Charmed	Roland	2 episodes
2003	Miss Match	Glenn Cooper	Episode: "Something Nervy"
2003-05	Everwood	Justin	2 episodes
2004	Blowing Smoke	Bob	TV movie
2004	Angel	Samuel Lawson	Episode: "Why We Fight"
2004	Sucker Free City	Stephan Cashen	TV movie
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kevin Stern	Episode: "Crow's Feet"
2005	Tides of War	Petty Officer Murray	TV movie
2005	Eyes	Jack Armstrong	Episode: "Wings"
2005	Pizza My Heart	Joe Montebello	TV movie
2005-06	Commander in Chief	Eli Meltzer	6 episodes
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Ensign David Barnes	Video
2006	Mystery Woman: At First Sight	Dr. Ben Stafford	TV movie
2006	E-Ring	Wilson	Episode: "Hard Cell"
2006	Hard Scrambled	Scotty
2006	Crossing Jordan	Jason Hartzman	Episode: "Death Toll"
2006	Lost	Young Man	Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone" (Uncredited)
2006	NCIS	Namir Eschel	Episode: "Shalom"
2006-08	The Young and the Restless	Adrian Korbel	Role held: September 18, 2006 - August 5, 2008
2008	House	Yonatan	Episode: "Don't Ever Change"
2008-09	The Game	Joe	3 episodes
2009	CSI: NY	Colin Clark	Episode: "Help"
2009	Defying Gravity	Dr. Evram Mintz	13 episodes
2009	24	Ryan Burnett	4 episodes
2010	The Event	Dr. Taylor	Episode: "For the Good of Our Country"
2010	The Forgotten	Perry Hughes	Episode: "Designer Jane"
2011	Harry's Law	Carl Thomas	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
2011	Bones	Burt Iverson	Episode: "The Pinnochio in the Planter"
2011	Private Practice	Zach	Episode: "Remember Me"
2011	Valediction	Adam Thomas	Short
2012	Touch	Professor Logan Coteweiler	Episode: "Noosphere Rising"
2012	Lake Effects	Tyler	TV movie
2012	NCIS: Los Angeles	The Passenger	Episode: "Sans Voir, Part II"
2012	Liz & Dick	Henry Wynberg	TV movie
2013	Monday Mornings	Mark Widgeway	3 episodes
2013	The Mentalist	Ian Percy	Episode: "Red Letter Day"
2014	Criminal Minds	Charlie Hosswell	Episode: "A Thousand Suns"
2014-present	NCIS: New Orleans	Dr. Samuel Wilkins	2 Episodes

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