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Ángel Bonanni

Uruguayan-born Israeli model and actor (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ángel Bonanni
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Ángel Bonanni (Hebrew: אנחל בונני; born 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).

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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

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Bonanni in 2009

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.[3][4]

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.[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

In 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.

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Personal life

He married Andrea Leitersdorf in 2014, and they have two children.

Filmography

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