Aboutboul portrayed Russian nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel in 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” the third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy. Dr. Pavel is kidnapped by Bane (Tom Hardy) in the movie, which made over $1 billion at the box office.

Alan Aboutboul—who starred as Russian nuclear physicist Dr Pavel in the third chapter of Christopher Nolan’s critically acclaimed superhero trilogy, as well as Sylvester Stallone’s mujahideen sidekick Mousa Ghani in Rambo III —had gone for a morning swim near HaBonim Beach in Tel Aviv Tuesday.