India, July 30 -- Alon Aboutboul, one of Israel's most familiar actors and a face international audiences may remember from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, died on Monday after collapsing in the water near Haifa. He was 60. According to E! News, Aboutboul was pulled from the sea off HaBonim Beach after suffering what appeared to be a medical episode while swimming. Paramedics were called and CPR was attempted, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no official confirmation on the cause of death as of Tuesday. Witnesses said he was alone when he entered the water.

While Americans may recognize him as the Russian nuclear physicist Dr. Pavel from Christopher Nolan's 2012 Batman film, Aboutboul's career went far beyond...