Moni Moshonov

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ramla, Isralele, 1951-08-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	The Father		70
2	1977	Paratroopers		58
3	1986	Every Time We Say Goodbye	Nessim	61
4	1987	Deadline	Donny	45
5	1991	Like Adults - Part One		0
6	1991	Like Adults - Part Two		0
7	1992	Cables	Cable Technician	61
8	2001	Late Marriage	Yasha	62
9	2002	Kedma	Klibanov	48
10	2003	Gift From Above	Giogy	49
11	2004	Year Zero	Eddie	65
12	2006	Forgiveness	Jakoov	48
13	2006	The Belly Dancer	Deby's Dad	35
14	2007	We Own the Night	Marat Buzhayev	67
15	2008	Two Lovers	Reuben Kraditor	69
16	2009	Jaffa	Reuven Wolf	59
17	2009	Ultimatum		33
18	2011	Mrs. Moskowitz and the Cats	Shaul Cohen	70
19	2013	Hunting Elephants	Nick	60
20	2013	The End		0
21	2013	Venice 70: Future Reloaded	Old Man	52
22	2013	Sweets		52
23	2013	A Strange Course Of Events		53
24	2014	מעל הגבעה		0
25	2014	Bulgarian Rhapsody	Moiz	64
26	2014	The Dune	Fogel	59
27	2015	Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive	Dad (Voice)	0
28	2015	A Tale of Love and Darkness	Old Amos (voice)	57
29	2021	Legend of Destruction	Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (voice)	57
30	2022	Hummus Full Trailer	Solomon Saloniki	67
31	2022	All I Can Do		70
32	2022	America	Moti	55

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Zehu Ze	Host	90
2	2004	Shorts (Ktzarim)		100
3	2012	The Gordin Cell	Peter Yom-Tov	80
4	2014	The Jews Are Coming		85
5	2015	Imported	Meir Meyuhas	70
6	2016	The Exchange Principle	Guzman	73
7	2019	The Spy	Jacob Shimoni	74
8	2021	ערב עם שי שטרן		40