Avraham "Avi" Kornick (; born 2 May 1983) is an Israeli

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and is famous as a protagonist of the Israeli television series ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Kornick grew up in

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, a prestigious neighborhood in

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, where he lived together with his

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parents. He attended Alliance High School in Tel Aviv. He began acting at the age of 14 and appeared in several TV advertisements. At 18 he planned to study at the

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, however his mother suffered from cancer, so he stayed in Israel. She died when Kornick was 19 years old. After working for the army he took part in several theatre plays. One of these theatre plays was Black Box, which is based on the book by

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. Since 2005 he is playing the main character ''Avi Moskovich'' in ''

'' who is a computer specialist. From 2009 to 2012 he played one of the main character in the Israeli television series

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Avi Kornick
at Ishim (Israeli film data base) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kornick, Avi 1983 births Jewish Israeli male actors Living people Male actors from Tel Aviv Israeli male television actors 21st-century Israeli male actors Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent