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Shlomo (Moni) Moshonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four. His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles in the Ramla market.[1] Moshonov grew up in Ramla. He did his military service in an IDF entertainment troupe. After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, he joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years.[2] In 1977 he made his first film appearance in Masa Alunkot ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov.[1] In 1978–98, Moshonov and Shlomo Baraba hosted the 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.[2] He appeared in many theater plays in the Cameri Theater, Habima and the Beit Lessin Theater, as well as several entertainment shows with Baraba.[3] In 2006 he directed Ideal Wedding at Habima and starred in The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?.[4][5] 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 Ktsarim 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,[4] and starred in Two Lovers.[1] Moshonov is married to actress Sandra Sadeh and is the father of opera singer Alma Moshonov and actor Michael Moshonov.[6] He lives in Tel Aviv, near Habima Theater.[7] In 2005, he was voted the 66th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[8] In 2012 he played in Israeli TV Series, "The Gordin Cell" as Peter Yom-Tov, an old Shin-Bet agent, from Bulgaria.

A Tale of Love and Darkness ( 2015) | IMDb: 6

Drama

The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.

Starring:

Natalie Portman , Makram J. Khoury , Shira Haas , Neta Riskin , Gilad Kahana , Yonaton Shiray

Directed by:

Natalie Portman

Produced by:

Keith Kjarval , Ram Bergman , Michal Graidy

Hunting Elephants ( 2013) | IMDb: 6.3

Comedy , Crime

In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.

Starring:

Moni Moshonov , Patrick Stewart , Sasson Gabai , Yaël Abecassis , Moshe Ivgy , Zvika Hadar

Directed by:

Reshef Levi

Produced by:

Ehud Bleiberg , Moshe Edery , Leon Edery

Two Lovers ( 2008) | IMDb: 7

Drama , Romance

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

Starring:

Joaquin Phoenix , Gwyneth Paltrow , Vinessa Shaw , Isabella Rossellini , Moni Moshonov , Elias Koteas

Directed by:

James Gray , Francisco Ortiz , Anthony Pettine

Produced by:

Agnès Mentre , Douglas Aibel , Mike Upton

We Own the Night ( 2007) | IMDb: 6.8

Crime , Drama , Thriller

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

Starring:

Joaquin Phoenix , Mark Wahlberg , Eva Mendes , Robert Duvall , Alex Veadov , Paul Herman

Directed by:

Patrick McDonald , James Gray , Veronica Lupu

Produced by:

Barbara Harris , Kathi Scharer , Joaquin Phoenix

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Biography