Shlomi Elkabetz

Israeli film director and screenwriter
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Shlomi Elkabetz is an Israeli actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Simon in HBO's Our Boys.

The Elkabetzes were Moroccan Jews who immigrated to Israel. His mother was a hairdresser, and his father was a postal employee. He was the youngest of four children, and his older sister was the late actress Ronit Elkabetz. Elkabetz is best known for his Vivian Amsalem trilogy comprising the films, To Take a Wife, Shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. Elkabetz co-wrote and co-directed the films with his older sister, Ronit Elkabetz, who also starred in the films as Viviane Amsalem, an unhappy Israeli housewife trapped in a marriage with a pious man she cannot stand. The films were loosely based on the relationship between the Elkabetz's parents.

Elkabetz also directed the 2011 film Edut, which again starred his sister.

In 2016, he produced the film In Between.

Elkabetz made his acting debut as the lead in the 2019 series Our Boys.

Date of Birth5th December 1972
Age52 Years
Zodiac SignSagittarius
CountryIsrael
Birth PlaceBeersheba
ReferenceIMDB
SiblingsYechiel Elkabetz