Moni Moshonov
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| Moni Moshonov | |||||||
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| Born | Shlomo Moshonov August 18, 1951 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Occupation | Actor | ||||||
| Years active | 1977- | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Sadeh | ||||||
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Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov (Hebrew: שלמה "מוני" מושונוב, born August 18, 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian and theater director.
[edit] Biography
Moshonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951 and immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of four. He grew up in Ramla and later served in an entertainment group in the IDF. He studied acting at Tel-Aviv University and then joined the Haifa Theater staff, where he played for five years.[1] In 1977 he made his first film appearance in Masa Alunkot alongside Gidi Gov.
In 1978, he and Shlomo Baraba began hosting a program named Zehu Ze! on the Israeli Educational Television. The program was later sold to Channel 2 and went off the air in 1998. 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 and Baraba also starred in the five "Fesigal" children festivals, performing several known children songs. He also starred in Arik Einstein's children tape Like grown-ups in 1991. In 1992 he wrote, produced and starred in the film Cables.[1] In 2006 he directed Ideal Wedding at Habima and starred in The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?.[2][3]
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.[2]
He is married to actress Sandra Sadeh and is the father of opera singer Alma Moshonov and actor Michael Moshonov.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Moni and Baraba. Mooma. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. (Hebrew)
- ^ a b Reichman, Alon. "Moni superstar", msn. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. (Hebrew)
- ^ Pinto, Goel. "Curtains up and lights out", Haaretz. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- ^ Ben Ze'ev, Noam. "Almost famous", Haaretz, 2007-05-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
[edit] External links
- Moni Moshonov at the Internet Movie Database
- watched10 (Contributor). Lior Schlein interviews Moni Moshonov. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. Event occurs at 319 seconds. (Hebrew)
- EREZONE69 (Contributor). Moni and Baraba sketch. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. Event occurs at 523 seconds. (Hebrew)
