Lior Ashkenazi

Acting

Lior Ashkenazi

Born 1968-12-28 · Ramat Gan, Israel

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.    

Acting credits

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

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

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

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

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

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

Foxtrot poster
6.7

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

Foxtrot

2017

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

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

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

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

The Bubble poster
6.2

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

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

No artwork available
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

Yossi poster
6.9

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

Esau poster
3.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mosolov's Suitcase poster
NR

The life of Ukrainian-Soviet avant-garde composer Alexander Mosolov inspires three stories about creation and individualism in the face of state power, set against the Great Purge of the 1930s and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Mosolov's Suitcase

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