Actor, director and independent theater producer. Graduate (with honors) of Tel Aviv University's Department of Theatre and Shakespearean acting studies at RADA, London.

Engel has acted in many theatres, among them Haifa Theatre, The Yiddispiel Theatre, Tmuna, Hasimta, Malinky and Ruth Kanner's Theatre Ensemble. Among his various roles are: Hamlet in "Hamlet", Raskolnikow in "About a Sin", Didi in "Waiting for Godot", Yoram in "Children of the Shadow", Zand in "Mistress of the Palace" and David in "Silence of Sailors".

He directed, produced and took part in "Youth & Will", a show based on Shakespeare's plays, which won great acclaim at Edinburgh Theatre Festival and in London and in the play "Falstaff & Son", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV", which premiered at the RADA Festival in London. His other directorial projects include: "The Lesson" an opera based on the play by Ionesco (The Music Feast Festival) and the musical show "Playing with Love" (Yiddispiel Theatre).

Creator and producer of the shows: "The Trial" (based on the novel by Kafka, adaptation and direction), "Love and Money" (Israeli premiere of Dennis Kelly's play) and his monodrama "Now I Am Alone" (Shakespeare's outsiders – Teatronetto Monodrama Festival, Tmuna Theatre and Bread & Roses Theatre in London).