1. Lior Ashkenazi is an Israeli actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter.
15 Facts About Lior Ashkenazi
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Lior Ashkenazi has received numerous accolades, including three Ophir Awards.
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Lior Ashkenazi had a breakout role playing Zaza, the son of Georgian Jewish immigrants in Late Marriage.
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Lior Ashkenazi starred in Walk on Water, Footnote and Foxtrot.
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Lior Ashkenazi is known to international audiences for his role in Golda.
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Lior Ashkenazi has appeared on television in Our Boys, Valley of Tears and most recently in Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones.
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Lior Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, and grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood.
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Lior Ashkenazi's parents are Sephardic Jews from Turkey who immigrated to Israel in 1964.
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Lior Ashkenazi's parents spoke Ladino at home, and it was his first language.
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Lior Ashkenazi was first married to Israeli actress Shira Farber, with whom he had his first daughter.
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Lior Ashkenazi appeared with the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, although Beit Lessin remained his home base.
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Lior Ashkenazi won an Ophir Award for Best Lead Actor for his performance in the 2017 film, Foxtrot, Israel's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
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In November 2018 Lior Ashkenazi appeared in Shakespeare's The Tempest, a joint production between the Old Globe Theatre and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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In 2019 Lior Ashkenazi appeared in HBO's show Our Boys, an American-Israeli series.
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Lior Ashkenazi dubbed Li Shang in the 1998 Disney film Mulan and the 2005 sequel as well as the title character in Bolt.