Yoni Tabac (born 21 April 1980) is an

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n descent who is best known for his role in the

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''Polanski''.

Life

Tabac was born and raised in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Tabac received a

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in acting, specializing in

lighting design In theatre, a lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text while keeping in ...

and technical direction in Israel. He toured with the Israeli Repertory Theatre while also working as a technician and

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for the University Theatre in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

. During this period, Tabac also working with several production houses to introduce

classical drama Ancient Greek theatre was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, was its centre, where the theatre was ...

and

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theater productions to Israel. After completing Israeli military duty in 2002, Tabac migrated to

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, United States. In Los Angeles, Tabac has worked within several different

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actor, actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The p ...

projects, including becoming a member of the

Beverly Hills Playhouse The Beverly Hills Playhouse is an acting school with theaters and training facilities in Beverly Hills, California, and also in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City. It is one of the oldest acting schools and theatres in Los Angeles Cou ...

. Founded by

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and

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

teacher,

Milton Katselas Milton George Katselas (December 22, 1933 – October 24, 2008) was an American director and producer of stage and film, as well as a Hollywood acting instructor and coach who trained under Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg at the acclaimed '' Ac ...

, the Beverly Hills Playhouse is one of Los Angeles' oldest acting schools.

Movies

* ''The Bait'' * ''Dockweiler'' * ''Nic & Tristan Go Mega Dega'' * ''Shrink'' * ''Babycakes'' * ''Man Stroke Woman'' * ''Wild Girls Gone'' * ''All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos'' * ''A Thousand Words'' * ''I'm Not Gay'' * ''The Forgotten Jewel''

References

External links

*
Stand-up comedy routine by Yoni Tabac
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabac, Yoni 1980 births Living people Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Israeli male film actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli emigrants to the United States Male actors from Los Angeles Actors from Haifa