Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis is an Israeli model and actor who won the fifth season of the Israeli dancing show Rokdim Im Kokhavim.

born 1987Winning Rokdim Im KokhavimModeling for FoxThe children's series Rosh Gadol

Born: 21 December 1987, Tel Aviv
Occupation: actor, model, basketball player, television actor

Michael Lewis was born in 1987 in Tel Aviv

Michael Mario Lewis was born in Tel Aviv on 21 December 1987. His father came from the Netherlands and his mother from Argentina. He studied at Ahad HaAm High School in Petah Tikva.

He played basketball for his high school team and joined the senior team of Maccabi Petah Tikva in the 2006-2007 season. In the 2008-2009 season he played for Or Yehuda in the second league. He has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and was not drafted into the IDF.

He began modeling in 2005 and wrote a weekly column for Walla. In November 2006 he replaced Yehuda Levi as the main male model of Fox, and he also modeled for Castro. He acted in the children's series Rosh Gadol from 2007 to 2009 and in other TV shows.

After he won Rokdim Im Kokhavim with dancer Anna Arronov, his lack of army service drew public criticism, and he published his medical details. He later moved to the United States and returned to Israel in 2016. He took part in the Israeli Survivor in 2012 and 2021.