Moshe Lobel | |
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 Moshe Lobel at the theatrical premiere of Shttl in Kyiv, Ukraine. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor • director • producer • musician |
Moshe Lobel is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He is best known for starring in the Yiddish-Ukrainian drama Shttl , which premiered at the London Film Festival [1] and in competition at the Rome Film Festival. [2] [3]
Lobel was raised in the insular Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn. [4] At age 12, he began to break away from his Hasidic roots, ultimately leaving the community entirely. [5] He studied psychology at Yeshiva University, but switched his focus to theater, [6] before leaving the school in his second year. [4]
In 2017, Lobel made his Off-Broadway debut as Ralph in New Yiddish Rep's production of Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets. [5] [7] [8] In 2018, he made his television debut on HBO's High Maintenance . [9] Later that year, he joined the cast of Fiddler on the Roof In Yiddish directed by Joel Grey, [10] and appeared in The Vigil from Blumhouse. [11]
With writer Etai Shuchatowitz, Lobel co-created, directed and starred in Untold Genius , a mockumentary series featuring Jackie Hoffman and Stephen Tobolowsky. [9]
In 2021, he was cast as the lead in Shttl, a Yiddish drama featuring Saul Rubinek. The film depicts the lives of a Jewish shtetl on the eve of Operation Barbarossa. It was filmed in Ukraine six months before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [12] The film premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival, [1] [13] and won the Audience Award one week later at the Rome Film Festival. [14]
| Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| High Maintenance | Cholent Guest | |
| The Vigil | Lazer | |
| Untold Genius | Adam Goldberg | Also director and producer |
| Leibniz's Law | Co-director, producer | Post-production |
| Shttl | Mendele | Winner: Audience Award at the 2022 Rome Film Festival |
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