Oshri Cohen (; born 11 January 1984) is an Israeli film, television and stage actor. He has received four Ophir Award nominations for his roles in Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003), Beaufort (2007), Lost Islands (2008) and Working Woman (2018).
Early life He was born and raised in Lod in Israel to parents Yardena, a school principal and Nisim, owner of a spare parts business.
Cohen's family is Jewish of Bulgarian and Sephardic descent.
At the age of 16, he moved with his family to Rishon LeZion, where he studied at Mekif Chet High School, majoring in business administration and economics.
For his military service with the Israel Defense Forces, he served for six months as a printer with the filming unit of the Israeli Air Force.
Career He has appeared in a number of plays, including: "The Jungle Book", "Erfal", "The Concert", "News Flash" (2000), "Letter to Noa" (2001), "The Stories of the Stage", "Wife, Husband, Home" (2003), "The Indian Patient" at the Beit Lessin Theater (2005), "Moarim" (2006) and "All Life Ahead" at the Habima Theater (2007).
He had an early film role, playing the titular character in Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003). He received an Ophir Award nomination for his portrayal of Shlomi.
In 2005, he starred in Campfire. The story is set in 1981, telling the story of a woman seeking to join an Israeli settlement on the West Bank, despite the protests of her teenage daughter.
In 2006, he joined the cast of the popular Israeli telenovela, HaShir Shelanu alongside stars such as Ran Danker.
In 2007 Cohen starred in the Israeli war film Beaufort, which tells the true story of the last unit of soldiers on the legendary Beaufort outpost. He received an Ophir Award nomination for Best Actor for his role.
He has also starred in Lost Islands (2008) and Lebanon (2009), which won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.
Cohen played a guest role of Igal in the fifth season of the American TV series Homeland.
In 2018 he starred as Joseph in the BBC/AMC drama McMafia. In the same year he had a supporting role in the Israeli drama film, Working Woman. He earned an Ophir Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Ofer.‘Working Woman’ Review: Plumbing a Toxic Work Environment in Israel The New York Times. 26 March 2019
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1997 Merhav Yarkon Yoni Sabag Miniseries2001 Inbil Film Otzarot HaYam HaAdom Gal Film2003 Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi Shlomi Bar-Dayan Film To be a Star Dos Film 2003 - 2004 Ahava Me'ever Lapina Tal Israeli telenovela2004 The Ranch Oriah Short film Campfire (Medurat Ha-Shevet) Rafi Film2005 Ed Medina Guy TV movie Meorav Yerushalmi Natan 1 episode2006 - 2007 HaShir Shelanu Ariel Israeli telenovelaSeries regular2007 Beaufort Lieutenant Liraz Librati HaYisraelim Avi, Haim's son 7 episodes2008 Lost Islands Ofer Levi Film2009 Agora Medorus Lebanon Hertzel 2012 - 2014 New York Yossi Series regular2015 Johnny and The Knights of Galilee Itamar Series regular What Doesn't Kill You Ofir Short film Homeland Ofir 1 episode2016 Four by Four Oded Bloch Film2017 Naor's Friends Udi 17 episodes2018 McMafia Joseph Series regular Working Woman Ofer Film2018 - 2019 PMTA Dor Kaminsky Series regular2021 Project Out TV miniseries2022 Silent Aviv Film Chanshi Oz TV series2023 The Engineer Film2024 Trust No One Gal Nawi Series regular Save the Date Chen Rahamim Fitoussi Series regular
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2003 Ophir Award Best Actor Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi 2006 Israeli Theater's award Promise of the Year The Indian patient 2007Ophir Award Best Actor Beaufort 2008 Best Supporting Actor Lost Islands 2019 Ophir Award Best Supporting Actor Working Woman
References
External links
Oshri Cohen at Zohar agency website