Moni Moshonov

Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov (; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.

Early life Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Bulgarian Jewish family that immigrated to Israel from Sofia, Bulgaria. His father, Moshe, who studied law in Sofia, sold textiles at the Ramla market. Moshonov grew up in Ramla, Israel. He did his military service in an Israel Defense Forces entertainment troupe.

Career Acting After studying drama at Tel Aviv University, he joined the Haifa Theater, remaining with the group for five years. In 1977 he made his first film appearance in Masa Alunkot ("Journey of Stretchers") alongside Gidi Gov. In 2006 he directed Ideal Wedding at Habima and starred in The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?.

Film and television The 1992 Israeli parody film Cables was scripted by Arik Einstein, Moni Moshonov, and Zvi Shissel. It is a collection of sketches, with the frame story being a guy (played by Einstein) flipping cable TV channels.

In 2000 he starred in Besame Mucho and in Dover Kosashvili's Late Marriage in 2001, for which he won the Israeli Film Academy Award for best supporting actor. In 2002 he starred in Amos Gitai's Kedma. In 2003 he played in Kosashvili's next film A Gift from Above, and starred in Year Zero. In 2004 he joined the sketch show Ktzarim on the Channel 2, for which he won an Israeli Film Academy Award for best actor in a comedy series, and in 2007 he hosted the Israeli version of Thank God You're Here on Channel 10. In 2006 he starred in Forgiveness ("Mechilot") and in We Own the Night in 2007. In 2008 he joined the cast of the second season of Betipul,

In 2020, he appeared in the reboot of Zehu Ze! and The Jews are Coming.

Personal life Moshonov has been married since 1977 to actress Sandra Sadeh, and is the father of opera singer and actor and musician Michael Moshonov.

He resides in Tel Aviv.