Amos Lavi (1953-2010) was a film, theatre, and television actor. Throughout his stage career, Lavi got to perform at just about every repertoire theatre in Israel. His big screen break came in 1980 when screenwriter and director, Idit Shehori cast him in her latest film, Weekend Circles. Since then and right up until his death, Lavi never stopped working and remained one of the busiest, most beloved actors in Israeli film history. His various roles earned him three Ophir awards in total: The first, for his appearance in Moshé Mizrahi’s Women (1996) for which he won Best Lead Actor; the second, a Best Supporting Actor win for his role in Sh’Chur (‘hex’) (Shmuel Hasfari, 1994), and lastly, yet another Best Supporting Actor award for his work in Eyal Halfon’s Circus Palestina (1998).
Highlights of Lavi’s other film credits include: Stigma (Uri Barabash, 1982), Green (Gideon Kolirin, 1984), Into the Night (Eitan Green, 1985), Once we were Dreamers (Uri Barabash, 1987), Himmo, King of Jerusalem (Amos Guttman, 1987), Overdose (Shmuel Imberman, 1993), Dangerous Acts (Shemi Zarhin, 1998), Alila (‘plot’) (Amos Gitai, 2003), Schwartz Dynasty (Shmuel and Amir Hasfari, 2004), Promised Land (Amos Gitai, 2004), Days of Love (Menahem Golan, 2005), King of Beggars (Uri Paster, 2007), and Honor (Haim Bouzaglo, 2009).
