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Michael Moshonov (; born ) is an Israeli actor, rapper, musician and TV host. Moshonov won the Ophir Award, Ophir Award for Best Actor twice, for ''Lost Islands (film), Lost Islands'' and for ''The Human Resources Manager''. He is also known professionally as Mike Mushon.


Life and career

Moshonov was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a father of Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian-Jewish descent, and a Romanian Jews, Romanian-born Jewish mother. He is the son of actors Moni Moshonov and Sandra Sade, and is the brother of opera singer Alma Moshonov. Moshonov's first appearance on television was in 1990 at the age of four, when he participated in the Israeli children show . In 1991, at the age of five, Moshonov played along with his father in the Israeli children film along with Arik Einstein. In 1992 at the age of six, Moshonov participated along with his father and sister in the successful Israeli comedy film ''Kvalim''. In 2001 at age 15 he played in the film ''Late Marriage'' alongside his father. Moshonov studied at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in Tel Aviv and in 2004 he played in the Israeli film ''Itzik''. In 2005 Moshonov became a host of the Israeli youth TV show ''Exit'' ('':he:אקזיט, אקזיט'') alongside Ofer Shechter, Shiri Maimon and others. Through the years Moshonov played in stage productions, films and many television series, including the Israeli drama series "Parashat Ha-Shavua" and the Israeli film ''Dead End (2006 film), Dead End''. In addition, he played in Orna Porat stage production "Colors in the sand" (צבעים בחול), which is based on the life story of the Israeli painter Nahum Gutman. In 2006, Moshonov played the title role in Raphael Nadjari's film ''Tehilim (film), Tehilim'', which was also nominated for the Palme d'Or prize in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007, Moshonov played in Reshef Levi, Reshef Levi's film ''Lost Islands (film), Lost Islands''. For his performance in this film Moshonov was awarded an Ophir Award in the "Best Actor" category. In 2008, Moshonov received a leading role in the Israeli Sci-Fi TV series Deus (TV series), ''Deus''. That same year he played the movie "Lebanon (2009 film), Lebanon", directed by Samuel Maoz. In 2010, he played in Guy Nattiv's movie ''Mabul (film), Mabul'' (also known as ''The Flood''). For his performance in this film Moshonov was awarded an Ophir Award in the "Best Supporting Actor" category. In 2018, Moshonov appeared as Matthew the Apostle in Helen Edmundson's film ''Mary Magdalene (2018 film), Mary Magdalene''. Moshonov is also a member of the Israeli hip-hop group "Cohen@Mushon" (כהן@מושון), in which performs along with his friend Michael Cohen (Israeli musician), Michael Cohen.


Garden City Movement - Move On (Music Video)

On March 24, 2014 the first music video that Moshonov directed with Lael Utnik, Mayan Toledano and edited by Gal Muggia was released on Stereogum. The music video was selected for Los Angeles Film Festival.


Filmography


Discography


Cohen@Mushon


Studio albums


Mixtapes


Music videos

* "Move On", Garden City Movement (2014)


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moshonov, Michael 1986 births Israeli male film actors Israeli television presenters Israeli male stage actors Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Ophir Award winners 21st-century Israeli male singers Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio alumni Living people 21st-century Israeli male actors 20th-century Israeli male actors Israeli male child actors Israeli rappers Jewish rappers