Ami Mandelman ( he, עמי מנדלמן; born ) is an Israeli actor, voice actor and singer.

Biography

Mandelman was born in Haifa, Israel to

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parents who immgirated and fled to Israel in the 1930s. Having grown up during the austerity period, his parents could not afford music lessons, so they sent him to study musical instruments with a private tutor, mainly the accordion and the guitar. Mandelman became more engaged in music during his teen years and was highly influenced by The Beatles. In 1975, Mandelman formed the band Hakol Over Habibi alongside Shlomit Aharon, Kiki Rothstein and Yuval Dor, which was active until 2002. Mandelman is also heavily active as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Hebrew voices of Vegeta in

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and Dragon Ball Super, Pumbaa in '' The Lion King'' and

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in '' SpongeBob SquarePants''. He also dubbed some characters in '' Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'' until 2003 when these roles were passed on to

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in the follow-up series. Other roles include dubbing

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since 1989 and some of the major ''

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'' characters since '' Space Jam''. He has also served as a dubbing director for the Hebrew dubbing of films such as '' Shrek''. As an actor, Mandelman has appeared in television shows such as '' Shemesh'' and '' A Wonderful Country''. His character was portrayed by

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in a television parody about Hakol Over Habibi. He has narrated on productions and projects in the Hebrew language, such as Popiz (Alongside Tzili Yanko) & Cuddlies (Alongside Bobby Lax) for

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Personal life

Mandelman is married, and has three children who are also active in voice dubbing.

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