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3Lior Ashkenazi (Hebrew: ליאור אשכנזי‎;) is an UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}i actor, born 28 December 1969 in Ramat Gan.
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5[[AllJewsAreAshkenazi As his surname does not indicate]], his parents are Sephardi Jews who moved from Turkey. He served as a paratrooper in the [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israel Defense Forces]] and starred in many stage plays at the Beit Lessin Theater under the direction of Zipi Pines.
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7His [[StarMakingRole breakthrough role]] on film was Zaza in ''Late Marriage'', a 31-year-old man who is caught between [[ArrangedMarriage obliging to his family's Orthodox tradition when it comes to marry]] and his love for Judith (played by Creator/RonitElkabetz), a 34-year old divorced woman.
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9He has also dubbed a few Creator/{{Disney}} animated characters in Hebrew.
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11!!Selected filmography:
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13* ''Late Marriage'' (2001) as Zaza
14* ''Rutenberg'' (2003) as Leonard
15* ''Film/WalkOnWater'' (2004) as Eyal
16* ''[=BeTipul=]'' (2005) as Yadin Yerushalmi [[note]]The Israeli psychoanalysis series that inspired {{Foreign Remake}}s such as ''Series/InTreatment''.[[/note]]
17* ''Film/{{The Bubble|2006}}'' (2006) AsHimself (cameo)
18* ''Hello Goodbye'' (2008) as Yossi
19* ''Ultimatum'' (2009) as Gil
20* ''Film/{{Rabies}}'' (2010) as Danny
21* ''Film/{{Footnote}}'' (2011) as Uriel Shkolnik
22* ''Nesuim Plus'' (2012) as Shuki Avrahami [[note]]Israel's ForeignRemake of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.[[/note]]
23* ''Yossi'' (2012) as Moti
24* ''Film/TheDune'' (2014) as Hanoch
25* ''Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'' (2016) as Micha Eshel
26* ''Foxtrot'' (2017) as Michael Feldmann
27* ''7 Days in Entebbe'' (2018) as Yitzhak Rabin
28* ''Film/{{Golda}}'' as Chief of Staff David "Dado" Elazar
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30!!Dubbing works in Hebrew:
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32* ''Series/KittyCats'' as Willie
33* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' as Kocoum
34* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' as Captain Lee Shang
35* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' as Tarzan
36* ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' as Buck Horse

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