Yedidia Vital (; born 2 October 1984) is an Israeli actor. Known for portraying the protagonist of the Israeli television series ''

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Biography

Yedidia Vital was born on 2 October 1984 at a hospital in

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- Israeli parents. He grew up in

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, Israel. However he moved to Tel Aviv to become an actor. At first he has lived off of temporary work to pay the rent. Then attended the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv, where he was trained as an actor. From 2009 to 2012 he played one of the main character in the Israeli television series

. Since 2005 he plays the lead role in

(). Next to television series and films Yedidia has also appeared in several theatre plays. In 2012 he played a main role in the theatre play ''World Cup Wishes'' (). In 2013 he took part in the one man play ''I never'' (). In 2014 he could be seen in the theatre play ''Tribes'' ().

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

In 2018 Vital married Erez Brenholtz, who was his boyfriend for 11 years. They are raising two children.

External links

*
Yedidia Vital
at Ishim (Israeli film data base)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vital, Yedidia 1984 births Living people People from Pardes Hanna-Karkur Israeli male film actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli gay actors Jewish Israeli male actors Gay Jews 21st-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli LGBTQ people 21st-century Israeli Jews