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name: "Chaim Jeraffi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chaim-jeraffi"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 September 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T08:35:19.105839+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Chaim Jeraffi

Actor. Born 15 September 1953 in Israel.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 September 1953, Israel
- **Also known as:**  Haim Gerafi, Haim Giraffi, Haim Girafi, Chaim Jerrafi, Chaim Girafi
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107640208, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320581/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59350

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Waterworld*](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) (61)

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## Biography

Chaim Jeraffi is an Israeli actor. He trained at Beit Zvi in Tel Aviv and has appeared in numerous film and television roles since the 1980s, often under variant spellings such as Haim Gerafi.

He is known for his performance as a drifter in *Waterworld* (1995), as well as roles in *Black Adam* (2022) as Djau, *Just Like Heaven* (2005) as the dry cleaner, episodes of *Seinfeld* (1989) as the Jiffy Park guy, *CSI: Miami* (2002) as Avi Golan, and *The Chosen* (2019). Other credits include *Quantum Leap* (1989), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984) and upcoming appearances in *Superman* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com, chaim-jeraffi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Waterworld* (1995), Fi1m 61, as Drifter — [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Superman* (2025), as Jarhanpurian Villager #2 — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/superman.md)
- *Ironheart* (2025), series, as Junkyard Jim
- *Black Adam* (2022), as Djau
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, as Car Salesman
- *The Chosen* (2019), series, Actor
- *Layover* (2012), as Taxi Driver
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as The Retreat Doctor
- *Just Like Heaven* (2005), as Dry Cleaner
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Avi Golan
- *More Dogs Than Bones* (2000), as Raj Lukla
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Arabic Wallah (voice)
- *Gun* (1997), series, as The Turk
- *Waterworld* (1995), as Drifter — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)
- *The Patriots* (1994), as Guy at Israeli Embassy
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Jiffy Park Guy, Jiffy Dump Guy — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Ali
- *The Beast of War* (1988), as Moustafa
- *The Impossible Spy* (1987), as Salloum
- *Death Before Dishonor* (1987), as Zabib
- *Photo Roman* (1987), as אלכס
- *The Ambassador* (1985), as Saika Officer
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Insp. Omar Halim

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