Yakov Cohen

Acting

Yakov Cohen

Born

1958-09-27 (68)

Place of birth

Meknes, Morocco

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Our Boys poster
7.3

Three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, leading to the retaliatory killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdeir and a conflict that forever changes the lives of Jews and Arabs alike.

Our Boys

2019

Six Zeros poster
8.0

What happens when millions fall on you without any preparation? 6 new lottery winners are surprised to learn the will not get the money immediately. A new low mandates them to take a workshop to prepare them to their new lives as millioners.

Six Zeros

2023

Scaffolding poster
5.6

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

Scaffolding

2017

Cables poster
6.5

A comedy about changes in the life of Israeli family after they get a cable TV with a lot of channels.

Cables

1992

One Draw to the Dream poster
7.0

This is a period family drama that takes place in Jerusalem right before the political uprising of 1977

One Draw to the Dream

2012

Sh'Chur poster
7.0

A Jewish Moroccan immigrant family living in Israel is nearly destroyed by conflicts resulting from generational differences in this arresting Israeli drama. It begins as Cheli, a successful but emotionally troubled talk show host who has been unable to deal with her traumatic childhood is traveling to attend her father's funeral. She is accompanied by her mentally ill sister Pnina and her adopted estranged daughter. It is a hellish trip and as they travel, flashbacks chronicle their painful youth. Rachel had always wanted to break away from her family's Moroccan heritage and so spent much time trying make herself fit in with her Israeli peers. She was humiliated by her poor, ignorant family. Her father was an overbearing, blindly religious fanatic and their mother was a witch who manipulated the family by casting spells. She feared her mother, and despised her insane sister, to whom she was very cruel.

Sh'Chur

1994

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

1990s · 4 titles

Cables poster
6.5

A comedy about changes in the life of Israeli family after they get a cable TV with a lot of channels.

Cables

1992

Sh'Chur poster
7.0

A Jewish Moroccan immigrant family living in Israel is nearly destroyed by conflicts resulting from generational differences in this arresting Israeli drama. It begins as Cheli, a successful but emotionally troubled talk show host who has been unable to deal with her traumatic childhood is traveling to attend her father's funeral. She is accompanied by her mentally ill sister Pnina and her adopted estranged daughter. It is a hellish trip and as they travel, flashbacks chronicle their painful youth. Rachel had always wanted to break away from her family's Moroccan heritage and so spent much time trying make herself fit in with her Israeli peers. She was humiliated by her poor, ignorant family. Her father was an overbearing, blindly religious fanatic and their mother was a witch who manipulated the family by casting spells. She feared her mother, and despised her insane sister, to whom she was very cruel.

Sh'Chur

1994

Sh'Chur poster
7.0

A Jewish Moroccan immigrant family living in Israel is nearly destroyed by conflicts resulting from generational differences in this arresting Israeli drama. It begins as Cheli, a successful but emotionally troubled talk show host who has been unable to deal with her traumatic childhood is traveling to attend her father's funeral. She is accompanied by her mentally ill sister Pnina and her adopted estranged daughter. It is a hellish trip and as they travel, flashbacks chronicle their painful youth. Rachel had always wanted to break away from her family's Moroccan heritage and so spent much time trying make herself fit in with her Israeli peers. She was humiliated by her poor, ignorant family. Her father was an overbearing, blindly religious fanatic and their mother was a witch who manipulated the family by casting spells. She feared her mother, and despised her insane sister, to whom she was very cruel.

Sh'Chur

1994

Bonfire Night poster
9.0

Mentally handicapped Maurice is enthusiastically preparing for his brother's wedding. The family, however, dreads that Maurice's unpredictable behavior will spoil the occasion.

Bonfire Night

1998

Series credits