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Eliyahu Yatzpan (; born June 6, 1965) is an Israeli
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and comedian, best known as the host of the Channel 3 late-night
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''Yatzpan'' between 2001 and 2006.


Biography


Early life

Yatzpan was born on June 6, 1965, in
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,
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. He is the fifth of eight children in an
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i-Jewish family. His father, Huji, was a tailor and his mother, Ungel, was a nanny. While he attended the vocational school,
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in the
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in the early 1980s, he became known for his impressions and high jinks especially for coming into school dressed as
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on random occasions. His schoolmates nicknamed him, "juha". After graduating, he was drafted into the
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first into a course for quartermasters because they didn't believe him when he said that he could sing. Luckily for him he was moved to the "mafhash" (
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: מפח״ש) entertainment troop (along with later to be Israeli celebrities such as
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and
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, then known as Orna Cohen).


Television career

His first television appearance was in the Israeli children's science fiction mini-series ''Hatsatskanim'' (1989) which was broadcast on the Israeli educational channel. he played the role of the alien Shemesh, the technician of the rocketship. In 1990 he appeared in the entertainment show ''Motzash'' (Saturday night) in Channel 1 helped earn Yatzpan a little bit of name recognition but when in 1992 he joined
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's hidden camera show, '' Fisfusim'' () on
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he exploded on screen playing many different characters, tricked many people in Israel and abroad and gained celebrity status in
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. Between the years 1996 and 1997 Yatzpan hosted his own entertainment night show on Friday nights on Channel 2 in which he interviewed celebrity guests. Between the years 1998 and 1999 Yatzpan's night show moved to Saturday nights and was remade to include more skits (which most of them he performed without any help from other actors). Between the years 2001 until 2006 he hosted his own night show on Channel 3 for which he received many awards. In 2007 he started hosting his own night show on Channel 2 called ''Shalom and Good Evening''.


Movie career

In 1988, Yatzpan landed a role in the movie '' Fictional Marriage'' (), where he played Bashir, an Arab waiter. After that Yatzpan played in several films such as '' Ehad MiShelanu'' (One of Us) (1989), ''
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'' (Max and Morris) (1994) and (1994)


Theater career

After discharge, he joined a Jewish performance tour of the United States. When he arrived back, he joined an acting group and auditioned for various acting roles at Tel-Aviv's famous
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theatre. In 1990, he appeared with Sefi Rivlin in the theatre show ''My wife, a choice of fine'' (×שתי, ברירת קנס). By the mid-1990s he raised an entertainment with Meir Suisa called "Suisa VeYatspan first" (סוויסה ויצפ×ן תחילה). In 1999 they performed in a new show called ''Suisa VeYatspan, second pulsation'' (סוויסה ויצפ×ן, פעימה שנייה). A year later he appeared in the children's musical ''The Siam king'' (based on the book '' Anna and the King of Siam''), and in 2004 he played in the children's musical ''
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''. In 2007, Yatzpan played in the children's musical based on
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's book ''
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''.


Personal life

Yatzpan met his wife Galit when she was in the kindergarten of Ruth Suissa, the wife of the actor Meir Suissa. At their wedding
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was their guest of honor. Yatzpan has three children, Ido, Noa and Neta. Yatzpan lives in
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yatzpan, Eli 1965 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Male actors from Tel Aviv Israeli male film actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli male comedians Israeli male entertainers Israeli military musicians