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Shmil Ben Ari
Ben Ari (right) with Liat Azar in 2008
Born
Shimon Ben-Harush

(1952-02-07) February 7, 1952 (age 71)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationActor
Years active1982-present
Children3

Shmil Ben Ari (Hebrew: שמיל בן ארי; born February 7, 1952) is an Israeli actor.[1]

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.

Awards

References

  1. ^ Shmil Ben Ari’s filmography (in Hebrew)

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