Ángel Bonanni (; born 7 February 1977) is a Uruguayan-Israeli actor and model. In Israel, he is known for his model campaigns and acting roles in TV and film projects, such as the Israeli thriller series False Flag (Kfulim) (2015–2019). He is also known to international audiences for his English-language roles on American television. He had a recurring role on Shots Fired (2017) and a regular role as Detective Tommy Gibbs in Absentia (2017–2019). He was part of the main cast of the first season of Condor (2018), playing assassin Deacon Mailer. He also played Yonatan Netanyahu in the film, Entebbe (2018).
Early life Bonanni was born in Montevideo, after which his family moved to Australia. They returned to Uruguay when he was 5 years old, and moved again, this time to Israel, when he was 11. He grew up in Nof HaGalil.
Career
Model After high school in Israel, Bonanni returned to Uruguay, where he pursued a career as a male model. He became a top model, appearing in fashion campaigns for Jean Paul Gaultier, Donna Karan and Banana Republic as well as appearing in magazines such as Harper's Bazaar.
Actor Bonanni has had several screen roles acting in Hebrew, Spanish and English.
In Israel, he has starred in a number of high-profile film and television projects. In 2011, he had a leading role in the romantic comedy, Salsa Tel Aviv. In 2014, he appeared alongside Gal Gadot in the comedy-sports film Kicking Out Shoshana. Between 2015 and 2019, he starred as Sean Tilson in two seasons of the Israeli thriller series, False Flag (Kfulim).
He is also known to Spanish-speaking audiences for a number of projects. In 2013 he played the role of Boris Krakof in the Argentine soap opera, Solamente vos. He played an attractive chef who seeks to conquer the heart of Aurora (Natalia Oreiro), and in the process, make Juan jealous (Adrián Suar). In 2020–2021 he played Joseph in the Spanish historical drama series, El Cid. The following year, he appeared in the Spanish-Colombian film, What Lucía Saw, a film about the 1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador.
He has also had a number of English-speaking roles. In 2017, he had a recurring role as Javier Cano in the American drama miniseries, Shots Fired. In the same year he was cast as a series regular, playing Detective Tommy Gibbs in the American thriller drama television series, Absentia. In 2018, Bonanni played Yoni Netanyahu in Seven Days in Entebbe. In the same year he was a series regular on the American thriller television series, Condor.
Music In 2012 Bonanni branched out into music, releasing an album with a collaborator, Gal Padeh. The duo released music in English and used the name Project Passport. Their debut single, 'Borrowed Time' is featured in the 2015 English-language Israeli horror film, JeruZalem.
Personal life He married Andrea Leitersdorf in 2014, and they have two children.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2007 Screenz TV series2007–2008 Ulai Hapa'am 6 episodes 2008–2009 Hasufim (Exposed) Ophir Zdof Series regular 2009 Tamid oto chalom (Mary Lou) Shlomi TV series musical 2011 Salsa Tel Aviv Yoni Film2012 Leak Short film Rock Ba-Caspa Chaliba Film 2013 Solamente vos Boris Argentine telenovelaSeries regular2014 Kicking Out Shoshana Liran Shimoni Film The Gordin Cell Kicking Out Shoshana 3 episodes Shovrei Galim Chili Series regular 2015 Zaguri Imperia Arik 1 episode 2015–2019 False Flag (Kfulim) Sean Tilson Series regular 2017 Shots Fired Javier Cano Recurring role 2017–2019 Absentia Detective Tommy Gibbs Series regular2018 Entebbe Yonatan Netanyahu Film Condor Deacon Mailer (assassin) S1 series regular 2020 Juda 7 episodes 2020–2021 El Cid Joseph 3 episodes2022 What Lucía Saw Chidester Spanish-Colombian film Paris Boutique Daniel Film Baalat HaChalomot Shlomi Series regular, season 22023 Treyder Paul Chester Russian TV seriesRecurring role The Engineer Avi Film2024 Escobank Emilio Post-production Like Ashes in Your Coffee Mr. Segal Post-production
See also Israeli fashion Cinema of Israel Music of Israel
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