Zvika Hadar

Zvika Hadar (Hebrew: צביקה הדר‎, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈt͡svika haˈdaʁ]; born 7 April 1966) is an Israeli actor, comedian and television host.

Zvika Hadar
Born
Zvi Fruchter

(1966-04-07) 7 April 1966
Beersheba, Israel
OccupationReality and game show host, television and actor

Biography

Zvi (Zvika) Fruchter (later Hadar) was born in Beersheba, Israel, to Romanian Jewish family.[1] As a child, he studied piano.[2] Early in his career, he composed numbers for musicals.

Hadar first appeared on television as Jojo Khalastra on the satiric show Ha-Comedy Store. He was the host of Kokhav Nolad, the Israeli version of Idol for ten seasons. He has also acted in a number of Israeli movies including starring in Pick a Card.

In September 2012, Hadar suffered cardiac arrest upon arriving at clinic in Tel Aviv for a checkup. The cardiologist performed CPR and revived him. He was transferred taken to Ichilov Hospital and was released after cardiac catheterization.[3]

Awards and recognition

In 1999, he was nominated for Best Actor award at the Awards of the Israeli Film Academy for his role in Afula Express.

Filmography
  • 1998: Shemesh as Nachum Shemesh
  • 1999: Kochavim Baribu'a (TV series)
  • 1999: Afula Express as David
  • 2001: Shachar (TV series)
  • 2010: Blue Natalie (TV series) as Gadi Amit
  • 2013: Hunting Elephants as Daniel
gollark: Besides, China isn't even very competent.
gollark: You can't really say "bad things happen therefore democracy/capitalism are breaking" without comparing rates of those bad things over time.
gollark: Citing a few examples of bad things is not actually evidence of larger scale trends.
gollark: Apparently they just sit there for ages looking at things with incredibly underpowered eyes (which they're able to get useful images out of via combining images over lots of time or something) and planning, then do things.
gollark: They can do stuff like plan ambushes in advance. Very cool.

References
  1. Striking a note for the Sephardim, Haaretz
  2. The host with hidden talent, Haaretz
  3. 'Israeli Idol' host Zvika Hadar hospitalized after cardiac arrest, Haaretz

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