Michael Aloni | |
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| Born | 31 January 1984 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, writer, television presenter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Michael Mark Aloni (or Alony; Hebrew: מיכאל אלוני; born 31 January 1984) is an Israeli actor, director, writer and television presenter.
Aloni was born in Tel Aviv, to a secular Jewish family. His mother is an attorney and his father is an accountant. During his military service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served as a Gadna commander in the Marva training program of the Education Corps.
He studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio between 2006–2009. He also appeared in a number of advertising campaigns as a male model.[1]
He is known for starring in Shtisel, Out in the Dark[2] and the 2017–2018 series, When Heroes Fly, produced by Keshet. In April 2018 it won the best series at Canneseries and has been commissioned for a second season.[3] Aloni also hosts the popular reality TV show The Voice Israel. He was cast as Gabriel in The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.[4] In December 2022, it was announced that Aloni will play the lead character in a TV adaptation of We Were the Lucky Ones, a book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, which tells the true life story of the Kurc family in Poland who survived the Holocaust.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2007 | HaShminiya | Adam Halevi | Series regular |
| 2006 | Out of Sight | Tomer the Lifeguard | Original title: Lemarit Ain |
| Ha-Alufa | Eddy Franco | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Ruin | Ben | |
| 2010 | Infiltration | Benny | Original title: Hitganvut Yehidim |
| 2011 | Policeman | Nathanael | Original title: Ha-shoter |
| 2012 | Keshet Beanan | Short | |
| Out in the Dark | Roy Schaffer | ||
| 2013 | A Place in Heaven | Frenchie | Original title: Makom beGan Eden |
| 2013-2016, 2020 | Shtisel | Akiva Shtisel | Series regular |
| 2014 | Keep it Cool | Uri | Short |
| Shovrei Galim | Noam | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Antenna | ||
| Lucid | Short | ||
| 2017 | Naor's Friends | Raz Hita | Episode #4.10 |
| Metim LeRega | Lev Alexander | Episode #2.1 | |
| And Then She Arrived | Dan | Original title: VeAz Hi Hegiaa | |
| 2018 | Virgins | Journalist | |
| When Heroes Fly | Dotan 'Himler' Friedman | Series regular | |
| 2019 | Happy Times | Michael | Post-production |
| 2019 | Our Boys | Itzik | |
| 2019-2020 | Greenhouse Academy | The Client/Jason Osmond (alter ego version) | seasons 3 & 4 |
| 2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Poli | Episode: "In the Middle of the Night, in a Dark House, Somewhere in the World" |
| 2021-2022 | The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem | Gabriel |
