Eli Gorenstein

Eli Gorenstein

Eli Gorenstein (born August 31, 1952) is an Israeli actor, voice actor, director, singer and cellist. Gorenstein was born in Tel Aviv and was raised in Ramat Gan during his childhood. His maternal grandfather was philosopher Felix Weltsch. He went to New York City to study theatre and music and he even holds a master's degree at Tel Aviv University. He began his career sometime during the 1960s and as a theatre actor, he made frequent on-stage collaborations with Zachi Noy. He performed at many theatres across Israel such as the Habima Theatre and the Haifa Theatre. Gorenstein often starred in theatre adaptions of Shakespeare plays as well as the musical theatre. Gorenstein appeared as a guest on children's shows such as Rechov Sumsum (the Israeli production of Sesame Street) and Parpar Nechmad. He also made appearances in movies, most notably the 2007 film Israeli Intelligence and the 2018 film The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch. He often appeared on Zehu Ze! and performed a song on that show alongside Shlomo Gronich. Gorenstein has also had a successful career as a voice actor. He often performed the Hebrew voices of Disney villains as well as sidekicks and supporting characters particularly during the Disney Renaissance period. His roles include Scar from The Lion King, Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, Jafar from Aladdin, Clayton from Tarzan, Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, Eeyore from the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Lumière from Beauty and the Beast, Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog, Gilderoy Lockhart from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Wolf from Hoodwinked!, Professor Paljas from Alfred J. Kwak, Grimmel from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and many more. He has frequently collaborated with Rama Messinger, Dov Reiser and Yuval Zamir. Gorenstein is also a singer and musician. He plays the cello and often performs songs in the style of Frank Sinatra. Known for his bass vocal range, he often performs as an opera singer at the New Israeli Opera and he performs jingles for the openings of television shows and commercials. Gorenstein participated in numerous music festivals, including the Israeli Children’s Songs Festival in 1976 in which he came second place. He also worked with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2011, Gorenstein released his debut album, which features the work of artists such as Yoni Rechter, Yehonatan Geffen, Nathan Alterman, Nurit Galron and others. Gorenstein is married and has three children. His daughter Roni, is also an actress. Source: Article "Eli Gorenstein" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Eli Gorenstein
  • Popularity: 0.136
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1952-08-31
  • Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Also Known As: Eli Gornstein
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Eli Gorenstein Movies

  • 2022
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    Kafka for Kids

    Kafka for Kids

    1 2022 HD

    Basically, Kafka’s Metamorphosis is unfilmable. After all, the author didn’t want visual representations to appear of the insect Gregor...

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  • 1980
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    5 and 5

    5 and 5

    7 1980 HD

    A group of soldiers is sent to moshav for a few days of vacation. Or, maybe, not so vacation...

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  • 2023
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    Hila

    Hila

    4.5 2023 HD

    Hila is a single mother of a 7-year-old girl named Naomi. Hila discovers that Shaul, her daughter's father, has returned to Israel with his family...

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  • 2012
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    Urban Tale

    Urban Tale

    4.4 2012 HD

    A boy and a girl wake up in bed one morning, naked. The children's mother died a few weeks earlier. Before she died she asked her children to find...

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  • 2022
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    The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes

    The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes

    6 2022 HD

    A few weeks before the opening of the Eichmann trial, transcripts of recorded conversations that Adolf Eichmann had with a Dutch Nazi journalist,...

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  • 1987
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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

    5 1987 HD

    In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of...

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  • 1988
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    Hanna's War

    Hanna's War

    4.7 1988 HD

    Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person,...

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  • 2016
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    Antenna

    Antenna

    7 2016 HD

    Joshua, an 80-year old Holocaust survivor, discovers one morning, that a cellular antenna was installed on the roof of his house. It turned out that...

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  • 2018
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    Alaska

    Alaska

    5.8 2018 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Man in the Wall

    The Man in the Wall

    5.8 2015 HD

    One night, one apartment and one mystery. Shir wakes up in the middle of the night. Her husband hasn’t come back after taking the dog out. The...

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  • 2018
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    The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

    The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

    5.993 2018 HD

    The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage...

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  • 2017
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    Ella's Men

    Ella's Men

    1 2017 HD

    In the range between autobiography and fiction, male & female - Ella nurses, dancing and waiting for her lover.

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  • 2007
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    Israeli Intelligence

    Israeli Intelligence

    3.5 2007 HD

    Rami Haruvi, a daring Mossad Agent, is sent to rescue the abducted US ambassador held at the state of Sugyra. If Rami fails his mission, the annual...

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  • 2017
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    Saving Neta

    Saving Neta

    6 2017 HD

    Directed by multi-award winner Nir Bergman (Broken Wings), Saving Neta tells the stories of four women whose lives change after their brief encounter...

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  • 2024
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    What the Hell?

    What the Hell?

    1 2024 HD

    Eyal and Shani are close friends who wish to get closer, but their incapability to act on it leads them to a crazy adventure.

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  • 1970
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    Kafka's Last Trial

    Kafka's Last Trial

    1 1970 HD

    After Franz Kafka's passing, he left behind a trove of unpublished manuscripts with explicit instructions for his close friend Max Brod to destroy...

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  • 2023
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    Waitress- The Musical: Cameri

    Waitress- The Musical: Cameri

    1 2023 HD

    Jenna is a young waitress and expert in making pies who lives in a small, desolate town. Her daily life is marked by the same hours, the same...

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  • 2016
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    Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv

    Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv

    2.5 2016 HD

    As a criminal investigator of Jewish descent working in Berlin, Sara Stein was used to operating independently of everyone else. Her keen instincts...

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