Aki Avni Movies and Career Information

Aki Avni (Hebrew: אקי אבני‎; born April 27, 1967) is an Israeli actor, entertainer and a television host. He appeared in the movie Free Zone with Natalie Portman. He also played the character Mohsen in the second season of the television series 24. Former husband of Israeli model Sandy Bar. They resided for several years in Los Angeles with their child. They returned to Israel in 2008, and separated. Avni was born and raised in Rehovot. While in school he began performing in various shows in his home town. When growing up he had a mediocre modeling career, and afterwards served in the Israeli Air Force, where he practiced photography. Following his military service, he joined an entertainment troupe at a hotel in Eilat, appeared in children's shows and in commercials, and trained at Yoram Levinstein's acting studio. His big breakthrough arrived when he was elected to be a co-host in the "Tossess" youth television program in Israel's Arutz 1. In 1992 he co-starred in the musical Lelackek T'toot (Licking the Strawberry), alongside Aviv Geffen in Naarei Hachof (The Beach Boys) and played a dramatic role of a young homosexual man in the film Chesed Mufla (Amazing Grace). In 1993 he