Ohad Shahar

Ohad Shahar
Shahar (right) performing on stage with Rafi Adir in 2003
Born (1957-10-30) October 30, 1957 (age 66)
Haifa, Israel
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • announcer
  • narrator
Years active1981–present
Spouses
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(m. 1985; div. 2007)​
  • Maya Koupchik
Children3

Ohad Shahar (Hebrew: אוהד שחר; born October 30, 1957) is an Israeli actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Haifa, Shahar graduated from Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts in 1981. He also went to the IDF Theatre. He performs mainly at the Tmu-na Theatre and the Cameri Theatre and has played many great roles within stage adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, All My Sons, Kazablan and The Comedy of Errors. He also portrayed Joseph Merrick in a stage adaptation of The Elephant Man.[2]

On screen, Shahar has appeared in the 1987 film Unsettled Land, starring Kelly McGillis. He has also appeared in the 2005 historical drama film Munich. Among his most recent screen performances was in a 2017 film directed by Doron Eran.

As a voice actor, Shahar provides the Hebrew voices of many characters and is one of Israel's most successful dubbing artists. He has worked closely with other dubbers which include Dov Reiser, Ami Mandelman, Debbi Besserglick, Efron Etkin, Gilad Kleter and more. He is the official Hebrew voice of Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny and among his popular voice roles include Zazu from The Lion King, Iago from Aladdin, Gru from Despicable Me, Randall Boggs from Monsters, Inc., Boomer from The Fox and the Hound, Sir Hiss from Robin Hood and he also dubbed Manny from the Ice Age franchise (except in the first film as he was voiced by Tuvia Tzafir). In his live action roles, Shahar dubbed Severus Snape from the Harry Potter film series and George Banks in Mary Poppins.

Personal life

From 1985 until 2007, Shahar was married to actress and comedian Anat Waxman and they had two children together, Yonatan and Gaia.[3] He is now currently married to dancer Maya Koupchik and they have a daughter.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Unsettled Land Zev
1988 Ha-Yanshouf Mossad agent
1989 Point of View
1989 Berlin-Jerusalem Nahum
1994 Under the Domim Tree Lawyer Kaplan
2004 Summer Story Ehud
2005 Munich Minister #1
2015 Afterthought Saul
2015 HaHefech Ayelet's father
2017 A New Spirit Jeff
2019 Mr. Kohl's Final Hour Mr. Kohl
2020 Tel Aviv Ohad

References

  1. ^ Ohad Shahar's filmography (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ "אוהד שחר" (in Hebrew). habama.co.il. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "כבר שנים אני לבד" (in Hebrew). xnet.ynet.co.il. May 17, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2019.

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