Yuval Semo ( he, יובל סמו; born 20 June 1969) is an Israeli actor and

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. He became well known for his roles in the popular Israeli TV show, ''

Eretz Nehederet ''Eretz Nehederet'' ( he, ארץ נהדרת; ) is an Israeli prime-time television satirical sketch comedy show, that premiered on Keshet's Channel 2 in 2003. It features satirical references to current affairs of the past week through parodies ...

'' and later for '' Zanzouri'' and '' Hashoter Hatov'' (''The Good Cop'').

Biography

Yuval Semo was born 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 ...

in 1969. His military service was in the Ordnance Corps, after which he worked at a variety of occupations for a variety of employers including the

Israel Electric Corporation Israel Electric Corporation ( he, חברת החשמל לישראל, abbreviation: IEC) is the largest supplier of electrical power in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The IEC builds, maintains, and operates power generation stations, sub- ...

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, a garage, catering, newspaper delivery and construction. During this period, Semo attended the acting school, "

Beit Zvi Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts, and a Theater ( he, בית צבי) is an acting school, and a theater located in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel, established in 1950. History Beit Zvi is the country's first theater school ...

". He began his acting career as part of the "Prozac Trio" (שלישיית פרוזאק) with whom he participated in many Israeli TV shows such as "

", "Ha-Retzu'a","

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", "Shidurey HaMahapecha", "Domino", "

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" and " HaPijamot". From 2001–3 Semo played in the Tzavta theater (succeeding Hanan Lederman). He also played secondary roles in several Israeli films such as "Bekarov, Yikre Lekha Mashehu Tov", " Yossi and Jagger" and "

Zohi Sdome ''Zohi Sdom'' ( he, זוהי סדום, ) is an Israeli comedy feature film released on August 5, 2010. It was conceived and created by the team behind the television programme, ''Eretz Nehederet'', and directed by Muli Segev and Adam Sanderson. A ...

". In 2007 he joined the cast of the Israeli television show "

" ( he, ארץ נהדרת, lit. Wonderful Country), a

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comedy about current affairs. Among the characters whom Semo memorably parodied were political commentator

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, musician Moshe Ben-Ari, politician

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leader

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, Israel Minister of Justice

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, Israel Attorney General

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, Israeli politician

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and the

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. In 2010 Semo played in the Israeli film ''

'' ( he, זוהי סדום, ''lit.'' "This is Sodom") together with the rest of the "

" cast.Mouse
/ref> Semo is married to actress Dana (nee Abraham) Semo. The couple have a son, Ran Semo.

Filmography

Yossi & Jagger ''Yossi & Jagger'' ( he, יוסי וג'אגר, Yossi VeJagger) is a 2002 Israeli romantic drama film directed by Eytan Fox about soldiers at the Israel–Lebanon border who try to find some peace and solace from the daily routine of war. The film ...

(2002) * Bekarov, Yikre Lekha Mashehu Tov (2006) * Hapijamot (2006) *

Monsters vs. Aliens ''Monsters vs. Aliens'' is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated monster comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman from a screenplay written by L ...

(Hebrew Dub) (2009) *

(2010) * Zanzouri (2012) * haShoter haTov (TV series) (2015) * Aba Metapelet (2020)

References

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Yuval Semo
at E! Israel (Hebrew) {{DEFAULTSORT:Semo, Yuval Israeli Jews 1972 births Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Israeli male comedians Israeli male television actors Living people Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Israeli entertainers