Ran Danker

Stage In The Sound of Music he played Rolf the Nazi postman who fell in love with Liesl, the oldest daughter of the von Trapp family. Ran performed in 40 shows until he left for Festigal 2005. In 2015, he played the German lawyer, Hans Litten in the Habima Theatre production of Taken at Midnight. Danker plays a lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of workers during the Weimar Republic. In 2017, he returned to Habima Theatre to play Che in the Israeli production of the hit musical, Evita.

Music In 2007, Danker released his debut album, Shavim (Hebrew: , "equal"), with guitarist Ilai Botner. Danker released a new Hebrew-language album, "Something Different" in 2018.

Yuval Dayan and Ran Danker sing a mash-up of "Let it Be" and an Israeli song called "Lu Yehi". In March 2021, He released "Beit Meshugaim" (In Hebrew: ""), that stayed the most stream Spotify song in Israel for 3.5 months in a row. On top of that, it stayed at the top of the Galgalatz chart for 8 weeks in a row, breaking the record for the most weeks in first place. This was followed in October 2021 by "Hasimla hadasha sheli" (in Hebrew: meaning "My new dress") produced by DEGO.

On July 14, 2022, he performed the song "Lu Yehi" at Beit HaNassi, alongside the singer Yuval Dayan, in front of President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel.

Personal life Danker was previously in a high-profile relationship with fellow HaShir Shelanu star, Ninet Tayeb. Israeli media labelled the pair "Raninet". He also reportedly dated his other HaShir Shelanu co-star, Ania Bukstein as well as the supermodel, Bar Refaeli. Danker and Refaeli's mothers are close friends. Danker and Tayeb remain friends and when asked in a 2019 Ynet interview about his former partner, Danker said that they will soon be in touch and will collaborate. The pair performed together in September 2019.

In July 2015, Danker came out as bisexual. He also stated that he has been in a relationship with a man for three years. In an interview Danker said "I simply fell in love, what's more surprising to me than being in a relationship with a man is that I've been in any relationship for three years. Period". He continued to say that "sexuality is another way for the soul to define itself, it's complicated and combines many components. The total of people is the total of sexual possibilities. I'm attracted to both women and men. Why should we narrow ourselves into a definition? I don't want to define myself".

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 2004–2007 HaShir Shelanu Zohar Lahat/ Rani Aviv Series regular2008 Restless Tzach Amos Kollek film 2009 Eyes Wide Open Ezri 2010 Rabies Michael 2012–2015 The Gordin Cell Eyal 'Alik' Gordin Series regular 2014 Underwater Nir Short film 2015 Amok Party guest/butcher 2017 Doubtful Assi 2018–present Miguel Tom Series regular 2020 Honeymood Noam

Discography Albums Shavim (Hebrew: , meaning "Equal") (2007) (joint with Elai Butner) Something Different (Hebrew: ) (2018)

Soundtrack Our Song (Hebrew: ) - Double album

Singles "Shavim" (Hebrew: ) (2007) "Bo'i Nazov" (Hebrew: , meaning "Let's leave") (2007) "Ani Esh" (Hebrew: , meaning "I am fire") (2007) "Beit Meshugaim" (Hebrew: , meaning "Madhouse") (2021) "Hasimila Hadasha Shelly" (Hebrew: , meaning "My new dress") (2021)