--- name: "Moni Ovadia" canonical: "https://film.one/person/moni-ovadia" fi1m_id: "moni-ovadia" imdb_id: "nm0653744" tmdb_id: 936480 wikidata_id: "Q741709" roles: ["Actor"] born: "16 April 1946" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T02:27:52.981394+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." --- # Moni Ovadia ## Identity Moni Ovadia - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/moni-ovadia - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** moni-ovadia - **IMDb ID:** nm0653744 - **TMDB ID:** 936480 - **Wikidata ID:** Q741709 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moni_Ovadia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936480 Actor. Born 16 April 1946 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 16 April 1946, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - **Also known as:** Salomone Ovadia - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moni_Ovadia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653744/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936480 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Caro diario*](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Moni Ovadia, also credited as Salomone Ovadia, is an Italian actor, musician, singer and theatrical author. Born on 16 April 1946 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to a Jewish family, he moved with his family to Milan in early childhood. He graduated in political science from the University of Milan and began his artistic career as a singer and musician with the Almanacco Popolare under Roberto Leydi. In 1972 he founded the Gruppo Folk Internazionale, focusing on songs and music from the Balkans. Ovadia has created and performed numerous musical theatre works centred on Yiddish and klezmer traditions, including the show *Oylem Goylem*. His screen credits include the role of Lucio in Nanni Moretti's *Caro diario* (1993), Filippo Neri in *Caravaggio's Shadow* (2022), the rabbi in *Memories of Anne Frank* (2009) and Uncle Jacob in *Anita B.* (2014). He has also composed music for films such as *Senza pelle* (1994) and *The Seventh Room* (1995). *Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Caro diario* (1993), Fi1m 77, as Lucio — [page](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md) ## Complete filmography (22) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Respiri* (2025), as Sé stesso - *The Right to Happiness* (2023), as Collezionista Medusa - *Caravaggio's Shadow* (2022), as Filippo Neri - *Nota stonata* (2020), Director - *Le Supplici di Eschilo - Teatro greco di Siracusa 2015* (2015), as Pelasgo · Director, Writer - *Anita B.* (2014), as Uncle Jacob - *Margerita* (2013), Actor - *Memories of Anne Frank* (2010), as Rabbino - *The Last King* (2009), as Agamennone - *Nicola, lì dove sorge il sole* (2006), Actor - *Oylem Goylem* (2004), Director, Writer - *Golem* (2000), as Narratore - *Autunno* (1999), as Costanza's father - *Il caricatore* (1996), Music - *Looking for Paradise* (1995), as Adamo - *Diario senza date* (1995), Actor - *The True Life of Antonio H.* (1994), Actor - *Senza pelle* (1994), Original Music Composer - *Where's yankel?* (1994), Actor - *Caro diario* (1993), as Lucio — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md) - *A Soul Split in Two* (1993), as Bar Patron - *Giulia in ottobre* (1985), Actor ## Gallery - ![Moni Ovadia](https://film.one/media/person/3929594/gallery-f4863cb1ccc6.jpg) Moni Ovadia — Filippo Caranti aka Terrasque, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Moni_Ovadia_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Moni Ovadia (2014 a Saronno)](https://film.one/media/person/3929594/gallery-8bc34262e6d4.jpg) Moni Ovadia (2014 a Saronno) — Pino alpino, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Moni-ovadia-2014.jpg/1280px-Moni-ovadia-2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Torino, Fiera internazionale del libro 2006 - Stand Lingua Madre, esibizione del fisarmonicista ucraino Vladimir Denissenkov, collaboratore di Moni Ovadia](https://film.one/media/person/3929594/gallery-8b6e9c17141f.jpg) Torino, Fiera internazionale del libro 2006 - Stand Lingua Madre, esibizione del fisarmonicista ucraino Vladimir Denissenkov, collaboratore di Moni Ovadia — Rinina25 e Twice25, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Torino-Fiera_libro_2006-DSCF6928.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Italian actor Moni Ovadia during a performance. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/3929594/gallery-b65a9bf8b84c.jpg) Italian actor Moni Ovadia during a performance. (2007) — Snowdog, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Moni-Ovadia1.jpg/1280px-Moni-Ovadia1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - honorary citizenship 2013: honorary citizenship (won) - honorary doctor of the University of Pavia 2007: honorary doctor of the University of Pavia (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/moni-ovadia