Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi Lior Ashkenazi (; born 28 December 1969) is an Israeli screen and stage actor. Ashkenazi was born in Ramat Gan, and grew up in its Neveh Yehoshua neighborhood. His parents are Sephardi Jewish emigrants from Istanbul, Turkey, who moved to Israel in 1964. His father, Shmuel, worked as a printer. His mother, Victoria, was a housewife. His parents spoke Ladino at home, and it was his first language. At the age of 16, in the wake of problems in school, he moved to Kibbutz Regavim. He served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces. He studied acting
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