Ángel Bonanni (Hebrew: אנחל בונני;Montevideo, Uruguay 7 February 1972) is a Uruguayan-Israeli actor and model.[1][2]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).
Ángel Bonanni | |
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| Born | 7 February 1972 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | Israel, Uruguay |
| Occupation(s) | model, actor, singer |
Early life
editBonanni 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
editModel
editAfter high school in Israel, Bonnani 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.[3][4]
Actor
editBonanni 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.[5] 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.[6] In the same year he was a series regular on the American thriller television series, Condor.[7][8]
Music
editIn 2012 Bonanni branched out into music, releasing an album with a collaborator, Gal Padeh.[9] 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
editHe married Andrea Leitersdorf in 2014, and they have two children.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Screenz | TV series | |
| 2007-2008 | 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 | Film |
| 2012 | Leak | Short film | |
| Rock Ba-Caspa | Chaliba | Film | |
| 2013 | Solamente vos | Boris | Argentine telenovela Series regular |
| 2014 | 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 regular |
| 2018 | Entebbe | Yonatan Netanyahu | Film |
| Condor | Deacon Mailer (assassin) | S1 series regular | |
| 2020 | Juda | 7 episodes | |
| 2020-2021 | El Cid | Joseph | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | What Lucía Saw | Chidester | Spanish-Colombian film |
| Paris Boutique | Daniel | Film | |
| 2023 | Treyder | Paul Chester | Russian TV series Recurring role |
| The Engineer | Avi | Film | |
| 2024 | Escobank | Emilio | Post-production |
| Like Ashes in Your Coffee | Mr. Segal | Post-production |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Jessica Steinberg (6 April 2016). "The hunk who got transferred to Tennessee". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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Amy Spiro (26 August 2018). "Five Israeli actors making their mark on Hollywood". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
Angel Bonanni may have been born in Uruguay, but he moved to Israel at a young age, and got his first big breaks in Israeli TV. Bonanni appeared in a long series of Israeli programs, and in 2015, he starred in the Keshet program False Flag, which received much critical acclaim, appeared at festivals around the world and was picked up by Fox. Since then, Bonanni has appeared in a series of Hollywood productions, including playing Yoni Netanyahu in the 2018 film Entebbe. Last year, the actor starred in the AXN series Absentia, and he appeared in four episodes of the 10-part Fox miniseries Shots Fired. Currently, Bonanni can be seen in the Audience Network's Condor, which just wrapped up its first season on the air.
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"Israel's leading male model and a NYU graduate musical producer collaborate for a new folk rock duo called 'Project Passport'". Size Doesn't Matter. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
The duo consists of musical producer and composer Gal Padeh and renowned Israeli fashion model Angel Bonnani, who has ventured into acting and singing.
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"What do these actors and actresses have in common?". Time Out Israel. 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
Angel Bonanni started his career off as a top model, so everyone was surprised when the picture-perfect model of a man got transferred to Tennessee to join the cast of the FOX series, Shots Fired.
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Amy Spiro (8 December 2017). "Operation Thunderbolt comes to the silver screen". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is played by beloved Israeli actor Lior Ashkenazi, and Yoni Netanyahu, the younger brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is portrayed by Uruguayan-Israeli Angel Bonanni. The British Eddie Marsan plays Shimon Peres, who was defense minister at the time of the operation.
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Amanda N'Duka (15 November 2016). "Matt Gerald Boards David Ayer's 'Bright'; Angel Bonanni Cast In 'Entebbe'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
Angel Bonanni has landed a role in the Jose Padilha-directed drama Entebbe, written by Greg Burke.
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Denise Petski (12 April 2017). "'Condor': William Hurt & Bob Balaban To Topline Audience Network Series; Full Cast Set". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
Also joining the cast are series regulars Leem Lubany (Omar, Rock the Kasbah), Kristen Hager (The Kennedys After Camelot, Gotham), and Angel Bonanni (Shots Fired, Absentia); and recurring Christina Moses (The Originals, Containment), Katherine Cunningham (NCIS), Gabriel Hogan (Heartland) and Kristoffer Polaha (Life Unexpected).
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Peter White (30 July 2019). "Apple Developing English-Language Remake Of Keshet International's Israeli Thriller 'False Flag'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
Directed by Oded Raskin, it starred Ishai Golan, Maggie Azarzar, Angel Bonanni, Ania Bukstein and Orna Salinger.
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Uri Zer Aviv (9 February 2012). "Passport to Success: Model-actor Angel Bonanni wants the Internet to know that he can also sing". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
Now Bonanni is also a singer, in a new duo, Project Passport, together with the guitarist and producer Gal Padeh. Three singles are already being played on the radio from their first album, "State of Grace," which has six songs, all of them in English, and is being distributed on the Internet.