Shlomo Bar-Aba

Shlomo Bar-Aba was born in 1950 in Netanya

Bar-Aba was born in Hadera and grew up in Netanya. His parents were Holocaust survivors, and he was the eldest child, with two younger sisters. He was named after his paternal grandfather, who was Chief Rabbi of Lodz.

As a teen he studied drama at the Renanim School of the Arts in Tel Aviv. He finished twelfth grade at Thelma Yellin High School. He later studied theater at Tel Aviv University.

In the army he began in the air force pilot course, then moved to the Central Command Band. He sang a solo in its 1969 program and took part in another program in 1970.

In 1972 he began performing with Moni Moshonov, his partner for many years. From 1978 he acted in Zehu Ze!, where he played the character Yatsek. He acted on stage at the Haifa Theater, Habima and the Cameri, appeared in films such as Footnote, and dubbed Bert on Sesame Street.

In 1992 he created and starred in the mockumentary Y. Schwartz and His Struggle in Life. He played Bruno on Channel 2 and hosted the first two seasons of Whose Line Is This?. He won an Ophir Award for Footnote and two Television Academy Awards.