{{Short description|Israeli entertainer (born 1939)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gavri Banai | native_name = גברי בנאי | native_name_lang = Hebrew | image = 90616 gavri banai PikiWiki Israel.jpg | image_size = | caption = Banai in 1985 | birth_name = Gabriel Banai | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|07|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1958–present | known_for = Lehakat HaNahal<br>HaTarnegolim<br>HaGashash HaHiver | spouse = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|singer}} | children = 3, including Uri and Boaz | relatives = Banai family | awards = Israel Prize (2000) | website = }} [[File:HaTarnegolim 1.jpg|thumb|HaTarnegolim, 1963. Gavri Banai is the second from the right]] '''Gabriel "Gavri" Banai''' ({{langx|he|גבריאל "גברי" בנאי}}; born 9 July 1939<ref name="b80">{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=סערת תשדירי הבחירות ופירוק הגשש: גברי בנאי בראיון חגיגי לגיל 80 |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/theater-art/article-707411 |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=www.maariv.co.il |language=he}}</ref>) is an Israeli actor, singer, and comedian best known for being the part of the trio HaGashash HaHiver.<ref>[https://jfc.org.il/official/gavri-banai/ גברי בנאי], Israeli Film Archive</ref><ref name=ivu>[https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/theater-art/Article-707411 סערת תשדירי הבחירות ופירוק הגשש: גברי בנאי בראיון חגיגי לגיל 80] (an interview)</ref>
Banai was born in Jerusalem to the large Banai family (as the youngest one of eight children<ref name=b80/>) of Iranian Jews. He began his entertainment career during military service with Lehakat HaNahal.<ref name=ivu/>
==Awards== *2000: the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and contribution to society and the State of Israel along his with his HaGashash HaHiver colleagues, Shaike Levi and Yisrael Poliakov.<ref>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipients' C.V. | url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashas/Hagashas/KorotHayimGashash.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipients | url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashas/Hagashas/NimukeiAshoftimGashash.htm}}</ref> *2020: Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality award, together with Shaike Levi. The award reason states that the popular entertainment trio "influenced Israeli culture, the Hebrew language and society in all its aspects".<ref>[https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-743314 יקירי העיר תל אביב ל-2020: "הגשש החיוור", אנשי תרבות ופעילים חברתיים], ''Maariv'', January 26, 2020</ref> *2021: Israeli Artists' Association Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>[https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/rkdhasvry]</ref><ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/shlomo-artzi-zehu-zeh-to-win-israeli-culture-awards-682174דני סנדרסון, גידי גוב, שלמה ארצי ואחרים: הוכרזו זוכי פרס איגוד אמ"י למפעל חיים]</ref>
==Selected filmography== *''Ervinka'' *''Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona'' *''Schlager'' *''Dr. Pomerantz''
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0051526}}
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