Yehonatan Vilozny

Yehonatan Vilozny (; born 9 December 1995) is an Israeli film, television and stage actor.

Early life He was born and raised in Tel Aviv in Israel. His father Shmuel Vilozny, is an actor and married to Yehonatan's mother, Iris. He also has three siblings; Michael, Shira and Maya. His grandfather was among the "Tehran children", a group of Polish Jewish that escapes Nazi-occupied Poland. They found temporary refuge in the Soviet Union and then in Tehran in Iran, before settling permanently in then-Mandatory Palestine in 1943.

As a conscript in the Israel Defense Forces, Vilozny served with the Israeli military ensembles. After his service he studied acting at the Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio in Tel Aviv for one year. In 2021, he was part of the supporting cast in Nadav Lapid's drama film, Ahed's Knee.

In 2022, he played Yosef, a closeted young Haredi man in Fire Dance. He appeared alongside Yehuda Levi in the drama series, created by Rama Burshtein.

In 2023, he had a lead role in the 1970s-set kibbutz coming of age drama film, Kissufim.

In 2024, he began starring in the play "Eros and Melancholia" at Beit Ziyonei America in Tel Aviv. The play was written by Yoav Rinon, Head of the Department of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Rinon wrote it as a classical tragedy, according to the models of ancient Greece. It centres on the love triangle between three men at a Jerusalem university.

Filmography

Personal life He is currently in a relationship with Alex Sloin, a university student, studying psychology.

In response to the Gaza war hostage crisis, Vilozny has given his support to the hostages by joining demonstrations in Tel Aviv for their return to Israel.