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Uri Zohar is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer Israelien born on 4 november 1935 at Tel Aviv (Israel)

Uri Zohar

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Nationality Israel
Birth 4 november 1935 (88 years) at Tel Aviv (Israel)

Uri Zohar (Hebrew: אורי זוהר‎, b. November 4 1935) is a former Israeli film director, actor, and comedian who left the entertainment world to become a rabbi.

Biography

Uri Zohar was born in Tel Aviv in November 4 1935. In 1952, he graduated high school and did his military service in an army entertainment troupe. His first marriage ended in divorce.

By 1956, he was a popular stand-up comedian. In 1960, he studied philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was sentenced to three months of community service on charges of marijuana possession. In the 1960s, he directed and starred in Israeli films, among them Hole in the Moon, Three Days and a Child, Every Bastard a King, Big Eyes and Metzitzim. He was the first filmmaker to win the Israel Prize, which he declined.



In the late 1970s, Zohar turned to religion, becoming a Haredi Orthodox Jew and a rabbi. In 1977, he began wearing a kippa on the television game show he was hosting. He is active in the movement to attract secular Jews to religious orthodoxy, and uses his entertainment skills to promote this objective. In the 1992 Israeli elections, Zohar directed the television broadcasts for Shas.

In 2005, he was voted the 48th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.

Usually with

Arik Einstein
Arik Einstein
(1 films)
Oded Kotler
Oded Kotler
(2 films)
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman
(1 films)
Yehoram Gaon
Yehoram Gaon
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Uri Zohar (7 films)

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Actor

Peeping Toms, 1h30
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Arik Einstein, Uri Zohar
Roles Gute
Rating70% 3.5292953.5292953.5292953.5292953.529295
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who dont want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
The Big Dig, 1h35
Directed by Ephraim Kishon
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Actors Shaike Ophir, Mosko Alkalai, Uri Zohar, Ephraim Kishon
Roles Orchestra Conductor
Rating76% 3.827623.827623.827623.827623.82762
A lunatic with a digging compulsion (Blaumilch) escapes from an asylum, steals a jackhammer and proceeds to open up a main street and traffic artery in Tel Aviv (Allenby Street). Rather than question his actions, the police, as well as city officials, assume he is operating under the municipality’s orders and aid him as much as they can. Complaints from local residents, whose lives become a living hell due to the noise and traffic jams, lead to infighting amongst city departments. To speed up the work, so that it would be completed before the start of the municipal elections, the city sends armies of construction workers and heavy equipment to help the lone compressor, turning a mere annoyance into a full blown disaster.

Director

Peeping Toms, 1h30
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Arik Einstein, Uri Zohar
Rating70% 3.5292953.5292953.5292953.5292953.529295
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who dont want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
Bloomfield
Bloomfield (1970)
, 1h37
Directed by Richard Harris, Uri Zohar
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Association football films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Richard Harris, Romy Schneider, Maurice Kaufmann, Yossi Yadin, David Heyman, Mosko Alkalai
Rating52% 2.632092.632092.632092.632092.63209
Lorsqu'un footballeur sur le déclin se voit proposer un pot-de-vin pour truquer un match, son fan dévoué de 12 ans est déterminé à le remettre sur le droit chemin.
Three Days and a Child, 1h30
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Oded Kotler
Rating68% 3.4183153.4183153.4183153.4183153.418315
Eli (Oded Kotler) is a young graduate student in math who lives with his girlfriend in Jerusalem. He agrees to babysit Zvi (Illi Gorlitzky), the young son of his beloved former girlfriend, Noa (Judith Solé), and her husband. Eli and Zvi spend three days touring Jerusalem, as Eli relives painful memories of his life with Noa on the kibbutz and her subsequent rejection of him. Uncertain if he is the child's father, Eli's feelings towards Zvi are ambivalent and for unexplained reasons (perhaps resentment, anger, jealousy, alienation, boredom, or guilt) he plays dangerous games with the boy.
Every Bastard a King, 1h40
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehoram Gaon, Oded Kotler, Pier Angeli, William Berger
Rating65% 3.2780953.2780953.2780953.2780953.278095
The story focuses on an American reporter who visits Israel with his girl friend. While there,

Scriptwriter

Peeping Toms, 1h30
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Arik Einstein, Uri Zohar
Roles Writer
Rating70% 3.5292953.5292953.5292953.5292953.529295
Gote and Eli are two aging friends who dont want to age. Gote is a lifeguard who's fighting peepers on the Tel-Aviv beach. Eli is a guitar player who dreams of building a night club in altman's restaurant.
Three Days and a Child, 1h30
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Oded Kotler
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4183153.4183153.4183153.4183153.418315
Eli (Oded Kotler) is a young graduate student in math who lives with his girlfriend in Jerusalem. He agrees to babysit Zvi (Illi Gorlitzky), the young son of his beloved former girlfriend, Noa (Judith Solé), and her husband. Eli and Zvi spend three days touring Jerusalem, as Eli relives painful memories of his life with Noa on the kibbutz and her subsequent rejection of him. Uncertain if he is the child's father, Eli's feelings towards Zvi are ambivalent and for unexplained reasons (perhaps resentment, anger, jealousy, alienation, boredom, or guilt) he plays dangerous games with the boy.
Every Bastard a King, 1h40
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehoram Gaon, Oded Kotler, Pier Angeli, William Berger
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2780953.2780953.2780953.2780953.278095
The story focuses on an American reporter who visits Israel with his girl friend. While there,

Producer

Every Bastard a King, 1h40
Directed by Uri Zohar
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yehoram Gaon, Oded Kotler, Pier Angeli, William Berger
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2780953.2780953.2780953.2780953.278095
The story focuses on an American reporter who visits Israel with his girl friend. While there,