Lior Ashkenazi

Lior Ashkenazi, 2006

Lior Ashkenazi (born in Ramat Gan, 1969), is an award-winning Israeli screen and stage actor.

Biography

Lior ("Louis") Ashkenazi was born 12/28/1968 to Sephardi Jewish immigrants from Turkey who moved to Israel in 1964. He grew up in the Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood in Ramat Gan. His father, Shmuel, worked as a printer. His mother, Victoria, was a housewife. His parents spoke Ladino at home, and it was his first language. At the age of 16, in the wake of problems in school, he moved to Kibbutz Regavim.

In the Israel Defense Forces, he served as a paratrooper. He studied acting at Beit Zvi. After graduating in 1994, he worked for Habima and Beersheba Theater. He starred in many plays at Beit Lessin Theater under the direction of Zipi Pines, one of his teachers at Beit Zvi. He also appeared with the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, although Beit Lessin remained his home base.

Ashkenazi is married to Maya Amsellem (12/26/2011 - ) and was previously married to actress Shira Farber. They have a daughter, Ali. After his divorce, he had a long relationship with playwright and screenwriter Sigal Avin, which also broke up.

Partial filmography

• Footnote (2011)
• Bolt] (2008) (Hebrew Dub)
• The Bubble (HaBuah, 2006)
• BeTipul (2005)
• Mulan II (2005) (Hebrew Dub)
• Home on the Range (Mered Hachayot, 2004) (Hebrew Dub)
• Walk on Water (Lalechet Al HaMaim, 2004)
• Rutenberg (Ish HaHashmal, Electricity Man, 2003)
• Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret, 2001)
• Tarzan (1999) (Hebrew Dub)
• Mulan (1998) (Hebrew Dub)
• Pocahontas (1996) (Hebrew Dub)

Awards and nominations

Award of the Israeli Film Academy

2004

Won

• Best Actor—Walk on Water

2001

Won

• Best Actor—Hatuna Meuheret

Nominated

• Best Supporting Actor—Ish HaHashmal

External links

• Lior Askenazi at the Internet Movie Database
• Lior Ashkenazi – An Actor's Actor from Jew Central