Moti Giladi

Moti Giladi was born in 1946 in Haifa

Mordechai "Moti" Giladi was born on December 18, 1946. He grew up in Karkur, the son of David and Malka Giladi, who were born in Poland. As a teenager he picked strawberries and painted pipes at Mekorot sites.

His professional life began in the Central Command troupe during his army service. After his release he appeared in musicals at the Giora Godik Theater and released his first album in 1969. He also wrote lyrics for other singers, including a song that won the 1973 Israel Song Festival.

In the 1970s he lived in the United States, studied film, theater and art at Queens College and worked as a cantor. He returned to Israel in the 1980s and staged an entertainment show of impressions. In 1986 he and Sarai Tzuriel sang "Yavo Yom" at Eurovision in Norway and placed 19th.

From the 1990s he worked mainly as an actor in films such as "Over the Ocean" and in many TV series. He also performed in Yiddish, including shows with his daughter Dorin. In 2015 he took part in the second VIP season of Big Brother.

He was married to Orna Lidai until her death in 1993, and they had 3 children. In 1997 he married actress Osnat Shir-Vishinsky, and they divorced in 2014. He lives in Caesarea.