---
name: "Itzhak Perlman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/itzhak-perlman"
fi1m_id: "itzhak-perlman"
imdb_id: "nm0674221"
tmdb_id: 166002
wikidata_id: "Q215905"
roles: ["Musician"]
born: "31 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:50.689230+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Itzhak Perlman

## Identity

Itzhak Perlman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/itzhak-perlman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** itzhak-perlman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0674221
- **TMDB ID:** 166002
- **Wikidata ID:** Q215905
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166002

Musician. Born 31 August 1945 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel].

## Details

- **Work:** Musician
- **Born:** 31 August 1945, Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 crew, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/166002

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantasia 2000*](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist and conductor who has appeared in several films and television productions as himself.

Born on 31 August 1945 in Tel Aviv, he has hosted segments in the animated anthology *Fantasia 2000* (2000) and made cameo appearances in *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996) and *Music of the Heart* (1999). He has also featured in documentaries including *Music by John Williams* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Schindler's List* (1993), Fi1m 91, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Fantasia 2000* (2000), Fi1m 65, as Self - Host — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md)
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Fi1m 72, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Before* (2024), series, as Drake
- *The Very Best of Victor Borge, Vol. 2* (2018), series, as Host
- *Visions of Israel* (2008), as Host
- *The Legendary Victor Borge* (2004), as Host
- *Wären nicht die Frauen* (1997), Actor
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Musician — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Perlman in Russia* (1992), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Itzhak Perlman](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-1d628f0da169.jpg) Itzhak Perlman — Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Itzhak_Perlman_violinist_1984.jpg/1280px-Itzhak_Perlman_violinist_1984.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ed Sullivan congratulates Itzhak Perlman after a concert at ZOA House in Tel Aviv. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-c02ba21bc8ab.jpg) Ed Sullivan congratulates Itzhak Perlman after a concert at ZOA House in Tel Aviv. (1958) — Hans Pinn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ed_Sullivan_-_Itzhak_Perlman_1958.jpg/1280px-Ed_Sullivan_-_Itzhak_Perlman_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-7e74220bd13c.jpg) Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center (1980) — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2803123v%29.jpg/1280px-Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2803123v%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ruth Mense in concert with violinist Itzhak Perlman (1979)](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-c298fafe0cf4.jpg) Ruth Mense in concert with violinist Itzhak Perlman (1979) — Sharomix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ruth_Mense_with_Itzhak_Perlman.jpg/1280px-Ruth_Mense_with_Itzhak_Perlman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-a8448e35f680.jpg) Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2807890v%29.jpg/1280px-Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2807890v%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/400856/gallery-38cf7d9a3831.jpg) Itzhak Perlman with I.M. Pei, architect, looking at model of NYC Convention Center (1980) — Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2803122v%29.jpg/1280px-Itzhak_Perlman_with_I.M._Pei%2C_architect%2C_looking_at_model_of_NYC_Convention_Center_%2803122v%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 8 won

- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2015: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2008: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Great Immigrants Award 2008: Great Immigrants Award (won)
- Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist) 1996: Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist) (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance 1981: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) 1980: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Classical Album 1978: Grammy Award for Best Classical Album (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) 1977: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) (won), for *The Four Seasons*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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