Idan Alterman

Idan Alterman was born in 1971 in Haifa

Alterman was born in Haifa in 1971. His father Doron was a civil engineer, and his mother Rachel is a city planner, lawyer and professor at the Technion. His maternal grandfather was the historian and folklore scholar Sinai Leichter.

He went to high school at the Leo Baeck Education Center and took part in a youth theater group led by director Ilan Toren. From 1990 to 1993 he served in the IDF Central Command entertainment troupe.

In 1992 he began performing with Avi Grainik, and in 1994 the two joined the sketch show "Platfus" on Educational Television. He acted in films such as "Mr. Baum" and "Time of Favor," and in the series "Tironut."

On stage he played Allan Felix in "Play It Again, Sam" at the Beersheba Theater from 2010, and Yoram Zuckerman in the Habima musical "I Gave Her My Life." In 2021 he starred in the musical "The End" and won the Golden Hedgehog award for actor of the year. Since 2022 he has played Mordechai in "The Chabadniks" at the Cameri Theater.

He also performs music, including the show "Alt-Shift" with songs he translates into Hebrew. In 2024 he toured with a stand-up show about his childhood and youth in Haifa.