Yehuda Levi

Early life

Levi was born in Petah Tikva, Israel. His father Yerachmiel Levi was born in Bulgaria and his mother Chaya (née Lichtenstein) was born in Poland. At age four, their family moved to South Africa where his father worked at the time; a decade later, at age fourteen, they moved back to Israel. He graduated from the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in Givatayim, Israel.

During his Israel Defense Forces service, he was a commander of the military band of the Education Corps.

Career

He is an established actor, and came to the attention of the Israeli public through his soap opera roles. The film initially premiered on Israeli television and Levin won the Best Actor award from the Israeli Academy of Television.

In May 2006, HaAlufa (The Champion), a soap opera centered on a soccer team, premiered starring Levi as the main character and captain of the team "Hakoakh Yerushalayim" (Jerusalem Power).

In 2014 he began playing a famous celebrity called Yehuda Levi in the Hot TV series, A Very Important Man. He won two Best Actor awards from the Israeli Academy of Television for his performance in the role.

He also played the lead role as a Mossad trainer in the Channel 2 series, Mossad 101 that began airing in 2015. In 2022, he starred as a Haredi rabbi in Rama Burshtein's television drama series, Fire Dance. For the role, he was awarded the Best Actor award for an international series at Series Mania in France in 2022.

A year later, he starred alongside Rotem Sela in the Israeli surrogacy drama series, A Body that Works. The series was Israel's highest rated drama of 2023.

Additional work

He was the spokesmodel of Israeli fashion brands Fox and Renuar.

On 12 March 2023, Levi was announced as the new host of HaMerotz LaMillion, Israel's version of The Amazing Race, replacing longtime host Ron Shahar.

Personal life

Levi was previously in a relationship with the Israeli model Yael Bar Zohar and acted alongside her in the soap opera, Ramat Aviv Gimel. In 2006, Levi got into a high-profile relationship with Israeli singer and actress Ninet Tayeb, the first winner of the show Kokhav Nolad. Haaretz described them as "Israel's favourite celebrity couple", In 2013, after 8 years together, the couple broke up, stating that the breakup was mutual. He has been described as one of the two most talked-about male stars in Israel (along with Ran Danker), Tayeb's former partner.

In 2017, he married Israeli model Shlomit Malka. They resided in Tel Aviv. On June 6, 2021, the couple announced that they separated. Levi is Dating actress Dana Frieder, they are expecting their first child.

Theater

• 1993: David
• 1995: Carmen
• 2004: Tarzan and Jane - Tarzan
• 2008: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Joseph

Filmography

Film

Television

TV Presenter

Awards and nominations

References

References

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4. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/24/movies/film-review-israeli-officers-in-love-trying-to-elude-death-and-detection.html FILM REVIEW; Israeli Officers In Love, Trying To Elude Death And Detection] ''The New York Times''. 24 September 2003
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8. [https://deadline.com/2022/02/series-mania-fire-dance-rama-burshtein-yes-studios-1234939368/ ‘Fire Dance’: First Trailer For Rama Burshtein’s Series Mania Drama About Forbidden Love In The Orthodox Community] ''Deadline''. 17 February 2022
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10. [https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/keshet-yehuda-levi-kuma-studios-1235559247/ Surrogacy Drama Series ‘A Body That Works’ Debuts Trailer: ‘In Israel, Pregnancy is Public Property’ (EXCLUSIVE)] ''Variety''. 21 March 2023
11. [https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/surrogacy-drama-a-body-that-works-season-2-2-1235918081/ Surrogacy Drama ‘A Body That Works’ Renewed for Second Season (EXCLUSIVE)] ''Variety''. 26 February 2024
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