Yuval Semo ( he, יובל סמו; born 20 June 1969) is an Israeli actor and

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. He became well known for his roles in the popular Israeli TV show, '' Eretz Nehederet'' and later for '' Zanzouri'' and ''

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'' (''The Good Cop'').

Biography

Yuval Semo was born in Haifa in 1969. His military service was in the Ordnance Corps, after which he worked at a variety of occupations for a variety of employers including the Israel Electric Corporation, L'Oréal, a garage, catering, newspaper delivery and construction. During this period, Semo attended the acting school, " Beit Zvi". He began his acting career as part of the "Prozac Trio" (שלישיית פרוזאק) with whom he participated in many Israeli TV shows such as " Eretz Nehederet", "Ha-Retzu'a"," Ha-Chaim Ze Lo Hacol", "Shidurey HaMahapecha", "Domino", " Naor's Friends" and " HaPijamot". From 2001–3 Semo played in the Tzavta theater (succeeding

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). He also played secondary roles in several Israeli films such as "Bekarov, Yikre Lekha Mashehu Tov", "

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" and "

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". In 2007 he joined the cast of the Israeli television show " Eretz Nehederet" ( he, ארץ נהדרת, lit. Wonderful Country), a

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comedy about current affairs. Among the characters whom Semo memorably parodied were political commentator

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, musician

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, politician Isaac Herzog,

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leader Hassan Nasrallah, Israel Minister of Justice

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, Israel Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, Israeli politician Uri Orbach and the Queen of the United Kingdom. In 2010 Semo played in the Israeli film ''

'' ( he, זוהי סדום, ''lit.'' "This is

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") together with the rest of the " Eretz Nehederet" cast.Mouse
/ref> Semo is married to actress Dana (nee Abraham) Semo. The couple have a son, Ran Semo.

Filmography

* Yossi & Jagger (2002) * Bekarov, Yikre Lekha Mashehu Tov (2006) * Hapijamot (2006) *

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(Hebrew Dub) (2009) *

(2010) * Zanzouri (2012) * haShoter haTov (TV series) (2015) *

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(2020)

References

External links

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Yuval Semo
at E! Israel (Hebrew) {{DEFAULTSORT:Semo, Yuval Israeli Jews 1972 births Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts alumni Israeli male comedians Israeli male television actors Living people Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Israeli entertainers