Lior Ashkenazi

He studied acting at Beit Zvi. After graduating in 1994, he worked for Habima and Beersheba Theater. Simultaneously, he featured at the Beit Zvi Theater in productions like "Job's Passion," "N.B. Your cat is dead," "Brothers in blood," "The one who gets slapped," "Measure against measure," and "Photos." He starred in many plays at Beit Lessin Theater under the direction of Zipi Pines. He also appeared with the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, although Beit Lessin remained his home base. His breakout role came in Late Marriage alongside Ronit Elkabetz in 2001. In 2016 he appeared alongside Richard Gere in the political drama, Norman. Ashkenazi won an Ophir Award for Best Lead Actor for his performance in the 2017 film, Foxtrot, Israel's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. In November 2018 Ashkenazi appeared in Shakespeare's The Tempest, a joint production between the Old Globe Theatre and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2019 Ashkenazi appeared in HBO's show Our Boys, an American-Israeli series. In late 2023, it was announced in Deadline Hollywood that he would play the lead role in Mosolov's Suitcase. Filming completed in the first quarter of 2024. Ashkenazi is also a Hebrew-language dubber. He dubbed Li Shang in the 1998 Disney film Mulan and the 2005 sequel as well as the title character in Bolt.