Shmil Ben Ari (; born 7 February 1952) is an Israeli actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, to a

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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 ''

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'', ''Zinzana'', ''Merhav Yarkon'', '' Our Boys'' and ''

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'' and films such as '' An Electric Blanket Named Moshe'' (for which he received an Israeli Film Academy Best Actor Award), '' Buzz'',

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'', '' Lovesick on Nana Street'', '' Nina's Tragedies, '' Lost Islands and'' Yana's Friends''. As a voice actor, Ben Ari performed the Hebrew voice of

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''. From 2016 to 2017, he played a secondary role in the series Metumtemet, which was broadcast on

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Awards

* 1994 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Leading Actor – ''An Electric Blanket Named Moshe'' * 2004 Israeli Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a drama – ''Meorav Yerushalmi'' * 2008 Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – ''Lost Islands''

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* 1952 births Living people Male actors from Jerusalem Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Israeli male film actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male voice actors Israeli Mizrahi Jews Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Ophir Award winners Jewish Israeli male actors 20th-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli male actors 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews 20th-century Mizrahi Jews 21st-century Mizrahi Jews {{Israel-actor-stub