Shlomi Elkabetz
Shlomi Elkabetz (; born 5 December 1972) is an Israeli actor, writer and director. He is known for playing Simon in HBO's Our Boys. Early life Elkabetz' were Moroccan Jews who immigrated to Israel. His mother was a hairdresser and his father was a postal employee. He was the youngest of four children, and his older sister was the late actress Ronit Elkabetz. Career Elkabetz is best known for his Vivian Amsalem trilogy comprising the films, To Take a Wife, Shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. Elkabetz co-wrote and co-directed the films with his older sister, Ronit Elkabetz, who also starred in the films as Viviane Amsalem, an unhappy Israeli housewife trapped in a marriage with a pious man she cannot stand. The films were loosely based on the relationship between the Elkabetz's parents. Elkabetz also directed the 2011 film, Edut, which again starred his sister. In 2016 he produced the film In Between. Elkabetz made his acting debut as the lead in the 2019 series, Our Boys. Personal life Since the age of 21, Elkabetz splits his time between Tel Aviv and Paris. He lives in Tel Aviv with his partner Yuval, and is the father of a daughter, Rene Lilian Elkabetz Dori, co-parenting with the singer Dikla. Awards and recognition References External links 1972 births Living people Israeli male television actors Israeli film directors Israeli male screenwriters Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent 20th-century Moroccan Jews Academic staff of Sapir Academic College Israeli expatriates in France Israeli gay writers Israeli gay actors Israeli gay artists Israeli LGBT film directors Israeli LGBT screenwriters Gay Jews Gay screenwriters