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Israeli actor (born 1952)

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Shmil Ben Ari
שמיל בן ארי
Ben Ari (right) with Liat Azar in 2008
Born	Shimon Ben-Harush (1952-02-07) February 7, 1952 (age 72) Jerusalem, Israel
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982-present
Children	3

Shmil Ben Ari (Hebrew: שמיל בן ארי; born February 7, 1952) is an Israeli actor.

Biography

Born in Jerusalem, to a Maghrebi Jewish family with parents who emigrated from Morocco and Tunisia. He studied at Beit Zvi.

As an actor, Ben Ari was the star of the award-winning TV series Meorav Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Mix), popular shows such as Hostages, Zinzana, Merhav Yarkon, Our Boys and Rechov Sumsum and films such as An Electric Blanket Named Moshe (for which he received an Israeli Film Academy Best Actor Award), Buzz, Life According To Agfa, Lovesick on Nana Street, Nina's Tragedies and Yana's Friends.

As a voice actor, Ben Ari performed the Hebrew voice of Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda franchise as well as Don Lino in Shark Tale.

From 2016 to 2017, he played a secondary role in the series Metumtemet, which was broadcast on HOT.

Awards

1994 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Leading Actor – An Electric Blanket Named Moshe
2004 Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a drama – Meorav Yerushalmi
2008 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Lost Islands

References

Shmil Ben Ari’s filmography (in Hebrew)
"שמיל בן ארי". www.ishim.co.il. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

External links

Shmil Ben Ari at IMDb

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