<sod>He played the [[Irgun]] leader (and Ari Ben Canaan's estranged uncle) in [[Otto Preminger]]'s 1960 film ''[[Exodus (1960 film)|Exodus]]''. In 1967, Opatoshu played Morris Kolowitz, the father of the main character David ([[Reni Santoni]]), in [[Carl Reiner]]'s directorial debut ''[[Enter Laughing (film)|Enter Laughing]]''. In the 1977 film, ''[[Raid on Entebbe (film)|Raid on Entebbe]]'', he played the part of [[Menachem Begin]], a film based on the actual [[Operation Entebbe]] and the freeing of hostages at [[Entebbe Airport]] in [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]] on July 4, 1976.<eod>
<sod>He played the [[Irgun]] leader (and Ari Ben Canaan's estranged uncle) in [[Otto Preminger]]'s 1960 film ''[[Exodus (1960 film)|Exodus]]''. In 1967, Opatoshu played Morris Kolowitz, the father of the main character David ([[Reni Santoni]]), in [[Carl Reiner]]'s directorial debut ''[[Enter Laughing (film)|Enter Laughing]]''. In the 1977 film, ''[[Raid on Entebbe (film)|Raid on Entebbe]]'', he played the part of [[Menachem Begin]], a film based on the actual [[Operation Entebbe]] and the freeing of hostages at [[Entebbe Airport]] in [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]] on July 4, 1976. Ironically, he'd played Begin's fictional counterpart in [[Exodus]].<eod>