Eli Finish (; born 17 July 1975) is an Israeli actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He is well known for acting in the popular TV show Eretz Nehederet.

Career

After his release from the IDF in 1996, Finish studied acting in the art school HaBustan in

Netanya Netanya () () or Natanya (), is a city in the "Planet Bekasi" Central District (Israel), Setanyahu of Israel, Israel BAB ih, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the Poleg stre ...

. He also appeared in Dudu Topaz's stand-up comedy show called The First in Entertainment with Mariano Idelman in the same year, and signed a 2-year contract with the show. Finish and Idelman continued working together with a stand-up act called ''Ovrim Al HaTzhok'' (a word play on ''Ovrim Al HaHok'', Hebrew for "breaking the law"), and in 2001 created their own show named ''Ahla Seret'' ("A Great Movie"). In 2002 they released a 'best moments' DVD. In the same year, they appeared in a show on Bip called ''Lo Nafsik Litzhok'' ("(We) Won't Stop Laughing") along with Tal Friedman, Asi Cohen and Rotem Abuhav. The first two continued with Finish and Idelman to Eretz Nehederet in 2003. In 2005, Finish played his first non-comic character in the TV series ''Hadar Milhama'' ("War Room"), and continued as an actor in the show ''Lo Hivtahti Lakh'' ("I Didn't Promise You") in 2006.

Eretz Nehederet

Eli Finish began his career starring in Eretz Nehederet in 2003, along with Mariano Idelman, Tal Friedman, Asi Cohen, Orna Banai, Eyal Kitzis, etc. He has parodied numerous real-life persons, including

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, Moshe Katzav and

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Personal life

Finish was married to Lital (Lulik) Gat, and they have one son together. He later had a two-year relationship with actress Dana Frieder. In 2017, he got engaged to his partner, surfing instructor Sheli Lavi. They married on October 6, 2017. On July 2, 2018 they had a daughter together. In August 2020 they separated. Finish resides in

. In February 2023 his house was destroyed in a fire.

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