Zachi Noy is a film, television, and stage actor. As a boy, Noy was already performing regularly at Haifa’s Workshop [‘hasadna’] Theatre. In the IDF, he was a member of the Golani infantry unit’s leisure and entertainment ensemble and later, teamed up with Eli Gorenstein and put together the Homa and Migdal singing comedy duo. Noy got his big break and became a household name when he took on the role of Yudale in the Boaz Davidson’s cult franchise, Lemon Popsicle, starting with the first film in 1978 and throughout all the sequels that followed, including Going Steady (Boaz Davidson, 1979), Hot Bubblegum (Boaz Davidson, 1981), Private Popsicle (Boaz Davidson, 1982), Baby Love (Dan Wolman, 1983), Private Manoeuvres (Tzvi Shissel, 1983), Up Your Anchor (Dan Wolman, 1985), Young Love: Lemon Popsicle 7 (Walter Bannert, 1987), and Summertime Blues (Reinhard Schwabenitzky, 1988). In the early noughties, he reprised his iconic role of Yudale in the revival, Lemon Popsicle: The Party Goes On (Tzvi Shissel, 2001).
Highlights of his other film credits include The 11th Commandment [‘Ha-Diber Ha-11’] (Shlomo Suriano, 1975), The Garden [‘Ha-Gan’] (Victor Nord, 1977), 500K Cash in Hand [‘Hamesh Ma’ot Elef Shahor’] (Shaike Ophir, 1977), Little Man (Ze’ev Revach, 1978), My Mother the General (Joel Silberg, 1979), The Magician of Lublin (Menahem Golan, 1979), Enter the Ninja (Menahem Golan, 1981), The Ambassador (J. Lee Thompson, 1984), The Day We Met (Sam Firstenberg, 1990) Time for Cherries (Haim Bouzaglo, 1991), On the Edge (Amnon Rubinstein, 1994), Driks’ Brother (Ori Inbar & Doron Tsabari, 1994), Days of Love (Menahem Golan, 2005), Dr. Pomerantz (Assi Dayan, 2011), and Ibiza (Shay Kanot, 2015).
Highlights of his TV credits include Night Fare, Gisbert, Ramat Aviv Gimmel, City Tower, Family Secrets, Danny Hollywood, and Dr. Karage.
Noy has also been a regular on children’s and adult theatre stages. Children of the 1980s will remember him from the two hit musicals directed by Uri Paster: Peter Pan: The Musical (1989) where he played Mr. Smee, and 1994’s The Wizard [‘Hakosem!’] where he played the cowardly lion.
