Aki Avni

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Aki Avni
Born
Yitzhak Avni

(1967-04-27) 27 April 1967 (age 56)
Occupation(s)Actor, host
Spouses
Children3

Yitzhak "Aki" Avni (

24
.

Early and personal life

Yitzhak ("Aki") Avni was born and raised in

Sephardic Jewish parents. While in school he began performing in various shows in his home town. When growing up he had a modeling career. He performed his military service in 1987–1988 in the Israeli Air Force and was discharged with the rank of sergeant.[1] He was married to Israeli model and actress Sendi Bar. They resided for several years in Los Angeles with their child. They separated after returning to Israel in 2008.[citation needed] Avni married Nicole Miller in 2014. They have 2 children, and reisde in Herzliya
, Israel.

Entertainment and acting career

Aki Avni in The Fifth Heaven

Following his military service, he joined an

television program.[citation needed
]

In 1992 he co-starred in the musical Lelackek T'toot (Licking the Strawberry), alongside Aviv Geffen in Naarei Hachof (The Beach Boys) and played a young homosexual man in Amos Guttman's last film, Chesed Mufla (Amazing Grace). In 1993 he appeared in the film Zarrim Balaila (Strangers in the Night).[citation needed]

In 1994, with the launching of

West Side Story alongside Noa Tishby
. He has hosted the Miss Israel Pageant and other beauty pageants.

In February 2012, Avni led Israel's Public Diplomacy Ministry's Faces of Israel mission around the English-speaking world. This comprises 100 Israelis including "settlers, Arabs, artists, experts in national security, gay people, and immigrants from Ethiopia [...] [to] represent and defend the state".[2]

In 2019 he appeared alongside

Nicole Raidman as her love interest in two music videos.[3][4]

Filmography

Musical Theatre

References

External links

Media offices
Preceded by
Nir Levy
Ophir Award Best Actor
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss Israel host
2001–2002
Succeeded by