Lior Ashkenazi

Acting

Lior Ashkenazi

Born

1968-12-28 (57)

Place of birth

Ramat Gan, Israel

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Lior Ashkenazi (born in Ramat Gan, 1969), is an award-winning Israeli screen and stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lior Ashkenazi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Known for

Eretz Nehederet poster
7.6

An Israeli satire show featuring satirical references to current affairs of the past week through parodies of the people involved, as well as the thoughts of recurring characters. One of the most watched and influential shows on Israeli TV.

Eretz Nehederet

2003

We Were the Lucky Ones poster
7.5

The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.

We Were the Lucky Ones

2024

Hashir Shelanu poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hashir Shelanu

2004

Checkout poster
7.2

A comic series telling the tale of a failing supermarket in a backwards town and following the daily events that take place within the supermarket. The series goes into the details of everything we don’t know about the behind the scenes occurrences in the supermarket – the relationships between the employees forced to work in a place they feel no loyalty for, the customers with their baseless and petty demands, the management’s abusive attitude towards the employees, and the private lives of the workers at the bottom of the employment hierarchy.

Checkout

2018

Hit & Run poster
6.9

A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him.

Hit & Run

2021

7 Days in Entebbe poster
5.8

In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.

7 Days in Entebbe

2018

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Golda poster
6.3

Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.

Golda

2023

Blue Marks poster
NR

A young Israeli women moves to Paris to study fashion. after a chance encounter turns into rape, she faces an unwanted child and seeks revenge against the man who killed her dreams.

Blue Marks

2026

Karaoke poster
6.7

Meir and Tova are a long-married couple living in an upscale high-rise in Tel Aviv. Itzik is their new neighbor, a worldly modeling agent and bachelor. The couple attend Itzik’s karaoke parties and soon become obsessed with him, competing with each other, and other residents of the building, for his attention.

Karaoke

2022

Cat's Luck poster
5.8

Beni and Reuven, childhood friends and brothers-in-law, work together as TV technicians. They are called for a simple repair job in a place they find abandoned and unlocked, with the door wide open. Inside, they are surprised to find a dead body, unaware that the crime scene they have stumbled upon belongs to a known criminal. They make every possible mistake, turning themselves into the prime suspects of the murder case. From this point forward, they try to stay away from both the crime family and the police.

Cat's Luck

2024

No artwork available
NR

Dark comedy based on the story of Eyal Malachi, founder of the "Asufi" foundation. A team of war veterans with PTSD struggles with the realization that the national insurance doesn't give them the proper recognition for their mental traumas. Once one member's condition worsens, they decide to go on an extreme, funny, and emotional journey, where they aim to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations to get their national recognition. Their plan, which goes out of control, will give them a rare chance to have their struggles heard in front of the entire State of Israel.

The Buffalo Effect

2027

One More Story poster
6.0

Yarden Gat is young, brilliant, creative and doesn't really believe in love. However when she decides to go on a date anyway, she soon dicovers herself telling about the time she worked for a newspaper, slept with her married boss and following his order ruined her single romanticist best friend's life, when she sends him on many dates only to write about it humiliatingly in the paper. Maybe not the best story for a first date? depends on the date...

One More Story

2021

The Covenant poster
8.4

Lumo Project Films presents The Covenant, a captivating film rooted in the Torah, bringing to life the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and more. A Word-for word narration of the first five books of the Bible.

The Covenant

2023

Amadeus: Beit Lessin poster
NR

A relentless rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a young, charismatic and vulgar composer and Antonio Salieri, the experienced, wealthy and acclaimed court composer of the Austrian emperor. Salieri sees the genius of the prodigy Mozart, understands his status and position in the court is at risk and driven by jealousy into madness, does everything in his power to impede his growth but is it possible to stop a talent granted by God?

Amadeus: Beit Lessin

2026

גב האומה על הבמה poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

גב האומה על הבמה

2021

2010s · 16 titles

7 Days in Entebbe poster
5.8

In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.

7 Days in Entebbe

2018

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer poster
5.5

A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016

Foxtrot poster
6.7

A troubled family must face facts when tragedy strikes their son's desolate military post.

Foxtrot

2017

Big Bad Wolves poster
6.6

The twisted paths of three very different men brutally collide due to a chain of unspeakable murders: a grieving father who has been doomed to seek vengeance and a police detective who boldly crosses the narrow boundary between law and crime meet a religion teacher suspected of being the murderer.

Big Bad Wolves

2013

Yossi poster
6.8

The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid routine and sends him on a spontaneous pilgrimage to Tel Aviv. It is on the roads of southern Israel that he reignites the fire of his former self.

Yossi

2012

Footnote poster
7.0

Jerusalem, Israel. Professors Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik, father and son, have dedicated their lives to the study of the Jewish scriptures. Eliezer is a stubborn and methodical scholar who has never been recognized for his work; Uriel is a rising star, someone admired and praised by his colleagues. The fragile balance that has kept their personal relationship almost intact is broken in an unexpected way by a simple phone call.

Footnote

2011

Seret Efes poster
8.3

A rude loud-mouthed Israeli tricks "Comedy Central" into giving him a movie budget which in return ruins the lives of everyone around him and descends into chaos. An indie Israeli satire.

Seret Efes

2015

Dear God poster
NR

A poetic Jerusalem told through the eyes of Aaron, a simple Wailing Wall guard that follows a mysterious beautiful woman's notes in the holy stones of Jerusalem.

Dear God

2015

Shelter poster
5.3

Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn.

Shelter

2017

Rabies poster
5.8

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen.

Rabies

2010

Encirclements poster
8.0

When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book around the neighborhood in 'Simchat Torah' celebrations, he feels life is finally about to change for the better. But his selection causes age-old tensions between his parents to surface, and the symbolic happy ritual becomes a life-threatening struggle.

Encirclements

2014

The Dune poster
5.5

Through the course of several accidents and chance encounters, Hanoch and Ruben will meet and each of them will have to face a page of his personal history, a page that they both need to turn for good.

The Dune

2014

Esau poster
3.6

A 40-year-old writer returns to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half a lifetime - to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited their family bakery and married the woman who they both loved.

Esau

2019

Cupcakes poster
4.7

A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb get together to watch Universong, a Eurovision-like television song contest. They gather to watch and are depressed by the lifelessness of the Israeli entry, a parody of many recent offerings, a flashy, grating song about "amour." Realizing that Anat is distraught over the crisis in her marriage, they decide to compose a song to cheer her up. As a lark, they enters their cellphone video of it in next year's contest, and it becomes Israel's entry.

Cupcakes

2013

The Wanderers: The Quest of The Demon Hunter poster
6.0

A hardened vampire hunter and a journalist travel to a village in Transylvania to investigate a mysterious event that happened in Zalesky Castle. The duo are guided by a young Romanian girl and joined by a Korean television reality show team as they attempt to untangle the community’s secrets.

The Wanderers: The Quest of The Demon Hunter

2018

Our Way Back poster
5.0

Uri, a 50 year old family man, has a romantic secret relationship with Oded, a young man from their small town in the south of Israel. During a trip in the desert, the two are forced to deal with the tragic consequences of their type of relationship.

Our Way Back

2018

2000s · 12 titles

Late Marriage poster
6.3

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

Late Marriage

2001

Walk on Water poster
6.9

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.

Walk on Water

2004

The Bubble poster
6.3

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women.

The Bubble

2006

Hello Goodbye poster
5.7

French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?

Hello Goodbye

2008

Only Dogs Run Free poster
7.0

A successful lawyer, who has traumatic memories from his army service, is testifying against his best friend from his unit. His wife, a social-worker, is trying to save a poor family named Siton. The couple's life collapses when the wife get raped by a gang.

Only Dogs Run Free

2007

Ultimatum poster
3.3

A young French couple deals with ramifications of world events on their relationship as Saddam Hussein threatens to launch SCUD missiles on Israel.

Ultimatum

2009

Gift From Above poster
5.1

A story with a bit of despair: six or seven families who live in the same blocks that surround a parking lot. And they are all involved in each other’s lives.

Gift From Above

2003

Salt of the Earth poster
8.0

They were four friends in heart and soul. Blood Brothers that were that were bound together by their army experience. They were good people and decent citizens. They had love, careers, hopes, a future - but they wanted more. And they wanted to commit the perfect crime...

Salt of the Earth

2006

haneelam poster
3.5

“The Vanished” was a full-length feature film produced nearly twenty years ago by the IDF Spokesperson’s Film Unit. It was an exceptionally ambitious and elaborate production, with an estimated budget of around one million dollars. The IDF invested generous resources—hundreds of extras, tanks, helicopters, and more were made available—and some of Israel’s top film professionals joined (or were enlisted) to take part in its creation. Nevertheless, at the very last moment, the IDF decided to shelve the film. “The Vanished” was never publicly screened, and to this day, the reason for its suppression remains unclear.

haneelam

2001

Rutenberg poster
7.8

Cohen takes an elliptical approach in telling the story of Pinchas Rutenberg, a visionary, complex, and larger-than-life figure, who, amongst other things, brought electricity to Jewish Palestine in the early 20th century by building a hydroelectric power station in Nahararyim.

Rutenberg

2003

Sima Vaknin A Witch poster
6.6

Sima Vaknin is a widow who wants to build a small residantial unit in her backyard but meets a strong resistance from her neighbor Wasserman. Sima angry curses him and curse becomes true. The rumor spread quickly and suddenly mass pilgrims are at Sima's door to receive a blessing or order a curse.

Sima Vaknin A Witch

2003

Eli & Ben poster
6.5

The life of the Yassif family becomes almost impossible when the father who is the city architect, is charged with taking bribes.

Eli & Ben

2008

Series credits

Eretz Nehederet poster
7.6

An Israeli satire show featuring satirical references to current affairs of the past week through parodies of the people involved, as well as the thoughts of recurring characters. One of the most watched and influential shows on Israeli TV.

Eretz Nehederet

2003

We Were the Lucky Ones poster
7.5

The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.

We Were the Lucky Ones

2024

Hashir Shelanu poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hashir Shelanu

2004

Checkout poster
7.2

A comic series telling the tale of a failing supermarket in a backwards town and following the daily events that take place within the supermarket. The series goes into the details of everything we don’t know about the behind the scenes occurrences in the supermarket – the relationships between the employees forced to work in a place they feel no loyalty for, the customers with their baseless and petty demands, the management’s abusive attitude towards the employees, and the private lives of the workers at the bottom of the employment hierarchy.

Checkout

2018

Hit & Run poster
6.9

A happily married man's life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv. Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for his wife's killers, who have fled to the U.S. With the help of an ex-lover, he uncovers disturbing truths about his beloved wife and the secrets she kept from him.

Hit & Run

2021

The Policeman's Daughter poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Policeman's Daughter

2020

BeTipul poster
9.0

BeTipul is an Israeli television drama revolving around the personal and professional life of an Israeli psychologist, Reuven Dagan, played by Assi Dayan. The series portrays a psychologist who treats patients at his clinic five days a week and then seeks psychological treatment for himself. Filmmaker Ari Folman served as the head writer of the series.

BeTipul

2005

Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil (2024) poster
8.0

Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil is a beloved culinary series hosted by renowned Israeli chef Haim Cohen, bringing the flavors of home, tradition, and curiosity to the screen. Each episode explores ingredients, family recipes, and the cultural stories behind the food we eat. Through cooking, tasting, and conversation, the show delves into identity, values, and what truly brings people together around a table. The series continues to blend cooking, storytelling, and education in a joyful, accessible way, deeply rooted in Israeli diversity. From local markets to community kitchens

Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil (2024)

2024

Valley of Tears poster
7.5

On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.

Valley of Tears

2020

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

Traitor poster
6.8

After a flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok vanishes in mid-air, with no signs of an explosion, crash or hijacking, the entire world is left mesmerised. Yonatan Georgy is a recently blind intelligence officer returning to work, tasked with investigating the plane's disappearance - with his wife and children on board. At the same time, families of the passengers start realising they didn't know their loved ones as well as they thought.

Traitor

2022

Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil

1998

Shabatot VeHagim poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shabatot VeHagim

2000

Mishpacha Tova poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mishpacha Tova

2014

The Exchange Principle poster
7.3

A police forensics officer, traumatized by the horrors he has seen and processed, leaves his job, wife and son and lives on the streets as a homeless wanderer. Try as he does he is unable to completely forget the past and finds himself in a struggle to unlock its secrets and see that justice is done.

The Exchange Principle

2016

Significant Other poster
7.0

Two neighbors in their late 40s – a single woman and a newly separated man – find themselves living door- to- door in the same apartment building, and embark on enter a hesitant, obstacle-filled romantic relationship.

Significant Other

2018

Nesuim Plus poster
NR

Israeli remake of the popular American sitcom "Married... with Children (1987-1997)".

Nesuim Plus

2012

The Conductor poster
9.0

World renowned musician and orchestra conductor, Noah Gamliel, abandons fame and fortune to return home, tend to his ailing father and take over the local choir. Unbeknownst to his family and closest friends he is actually facing the toughest challenge in his personal and professional life.

The Conductor

2018

When will we kiss poster
NR

Shira (Adi Ezroni, "Prisoners of War") is a successful art director in an advertising agency. She is blonde, beautiful, intelligent and complicated like the rest of us. She just wants someone normal to share her life with. Yuval (Lior Ashkenazi, "Valley of Tears") is a florist with a fascinating past and a lot of money. He also wants to find that special one, so they go on a date together - a date that starts very badly but evolves in a completely different direction. Suzie (Yael Sharoni, "Srugim") is a beautician at a laser institute and married to Mickey (Lior Raz, "Fauda") - a businessman who mostly gives the impression of a busy person, but all that keeps him busy are his side stories.

When will we kiss

2007

The Brown Girls poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Brown Girls

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

חרטטוני!

2024

אבידות ומציאות poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

אבידות ומציאות

2007

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Dark comedy based on the story of Eyal Malachi, founder of the "Asufi" foundation. A team of war veterans with PTSD struggles with the realization that the national insurance doesn't give them the proper recognition for their mental traumas. Once one member's condition worsens, they decide to go on an extreme, funny, and emotional journey, where they aim to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations to get their national recognition. Their plan, which goes out of control, will give them a rare chance to have their struggles heard in front of the entire State of Israel.

The Buffalo Effect

2027

No artwork available
NR

Dark comedy based on the story of Eyal Malachi, founder of the "Asufi" foundation. A team of war veterans with PTSD struggles with the realization that the national insurance doesn't give them the proper recognition for their mental traumas. Once one member's condition worsens, they decide to go on an extreme, funny, and emotional journey, where they aim to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations to get their national recognition. Their plan, which goes out of control, will give them a rare chance to have their struggles heard in front of the entire State of Israel.

The Buffalo Effect

2027

Perfect Strangers poster
7.2

Seven childhood friends with a history and shared experiences from their past, meet for dinner to see together a rare lunar eclipse. This bourgeois and routine event takes a turn as they start playing a game that will change their lives: every message, call or alert they receive on their phone is exposed to the eyes of everyone. Betrayals, lies, secrets and accounts that are 20 years old rise and float to the surface and question the long-standing friendships and internal relationships in it.

Perfect Strangers

2021