Moni Moshonov

Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov ( he, שלמה "מוני" מושונוב; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.

Early and personal life

Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family that immigrated to Israel from Sofia, Bulgaria. His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles at the Ramla market. Moshonov grew up in Ramla, Israel. He did his military service in an Israel Defense Forces entertainment troupe.

Moshonov is married to Israel actress Sandra Sade, and is the father of opera singer and actress Alma Sadé Moshonov and actor Michael Moshonov. He resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, near Habima Theater.

Career

Acting

After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, he joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years. In 1977 he made his first film appearance in ''Masa Alunkot'' ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov.

In 1978–98, Moshonov starred along with Shlomo Baraba, Dov Glickman, Gidi Gov and many more in the Israeli satirical TV show '' Zehu Ze!'', first on Israeli Educational Television and then Channel 2. He also appeared in the films ''The Man Who Flew in to Grab'' (1981), '' Every Time We Say Goodbye'' (1986) and ''Deadline'' (1987). During the 1980s he starred in five "Festigal" song festivals, performing children's songs. He also starred in Arik Einstein's children's video ''Like Grownups'' in 1991. In 1992 he wrote, produced and starred in the film ''Cables''.

He has appeared in many theater plays in the Cameri Theater, Habima and the Beit Lessin Theater, as well as several entertainment shows with Baraba. In 2006 he directed ''Ideal Wedding'' at Habima and starred in '' The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?''.

Film and television

In 2000 he starred in ''Besame Mucho'' and in Dover Kosashvili's ''Late Marriage'' in 2001, for which he won the Israeli Film Academy Award for best supporting actor. In 2002 he starred in Amos Gitai's '' Kedma''. In 2003 he played in Kosashvili's next film '' Gift from Above'', and starred in ''Year Zero''. In 2004 he joined the sketch show ''Ktzarim'' on the Channel 2, for which he won an Israeli Film Academy Award for best actor in a comedy series, and in 2007 he hosted the Israeli version of ''Thank God You're Here'' on Channel 10. In 2006 he starred in ''Forgiveness'' ("Mechilot") and in '' We Own the Night'' in 2007. In 2008 he joined the cast of the second season of ''Betipul'', and starred in '' Two Lovers''.

In 2012 he played in the Israeli TV series, ''The Gordin Cell'' as Peter Yom-Tov, an old Shin-Bet agent from Bulgaria. He co-starred as Nick in the 2013 movie '' Hunting Elephants''. In the same year, he appeared in ''Shraga Bishgada'', an Israeli TV show.

In 2014 he played in the Bulgarian film '' Bulgarian Rhapsody'', which became the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.

In 2015 he portrayed former Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer in a controversial TV ad campaign for Amir Bramly's Kela fund, which was broadcast in Prime time including the "Golden Break" before the winner announcement in two high rating reality shows.Too late and too little? Because of the investigation, the 2nd TV authority won't allow additional broadcasting of Kela's Fund campaign, ICE, 2015-09-17
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In 2020, he appeared in the reboot of '' Zehu Ze!'' and '' The Jews are Coming''.

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1951 births
Bulgarian Sephardi Jews
Jewish Israeli male actors
Living people
Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent
Israeli male comedians
Israeli Sephardi Jews
Israeli theatre directors
Israeli entertainers
People from Ramla
Israeli male film actors
Israeli male stage actors
Israeli male television actors