Chen was born in Israel to a Syrian Jewish family. When he was two years old, he and his family had lived in Cuba for five years. After reaching adolescence, Chen attended the Thelma Yellin High School in Givatayim to study drama, then he worked for the Israel Defense Forces. He began his career in 1978 performing on stage at the Cameri Theatre and the Orna Porat Children's Theatre. That same year, he made his debut film appearance in The Band and appeared in other films over the next several years such as Dizengoff 99.
Among Chen's most popular roles was on the children's puppet show Parpar Nechmad, in which he performed the character Batz the Turtle.
On June 27, 1995, Chen died after suffering from AIDS for some time.[3] He was nearing his 42nd birthday. Parpar Nechmad underwent a hiatus for a while and eventually, the role of Batz was passed on to Ami Weinberg.[4]
yoni, chen, hebrew, יוני, חן, august, 1953, june, 1995, israeli, actor, voice, actor, director, puppeteer, bornyonatan, hanono, 1953, august, 1953tel, aviv, israeldiedjune, 1995, 1995, aged, aviv, israeloccupationsactorvoice, actordirectorpuppeteeryears, activ. Yoni Chen Hebrew יוני חן August 10 1953 June 27 1995 was an Israeli actor voice actor director and puppeteer 1 Yoni ChenBornYonatan Hanono 1953 08 10 August 10 1953Tel Aviv IsraelDiedJune 27 1995 1995 06 27 aged 41 Tel Aviv IsraelOccupationsActorvoice actordirectorpuppeteerYears active1978 1995 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Personal life 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditChen was born in Israel to a Syrian Jewish family When he was two years old he and his family had lived in Cuba for five years After reaching adolescence Chen attended the Thelma Yellin High School in Givatayim to study drama then he worked for the Israel Defense Forces He began his career in 1978 performing on stage at the Cameri Theatre and the Orna Porat Children s Theatre That same year he made his debut film appearance in The Band and appeared in other films over the next several years such as Dizengoff 99 Among Chen s most popular roles was on the children s puppet show Parpar Nechmad in which he performed the character Batz the Turtle As a voice actor Chen was heavily involved in the Hebrew language dubbing of Looney Tunes He performed the Hebrew voices of Sylvester The Tasmanian Devil and Elmer Fudd 2 Other roles Chen performed included Morten Gusta and Gorgo in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Tin Man in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Yogi Bear in The Yogi Bear Show all characters in Tip en Tap several characters in The Smurfs and many more Chen also founded a dubbing company which was then later acquired by Elrom Studios after his death Personal life Edit Chen was openly gay His partner Ari worked for Israeli Educational Television Death EditOn June 27 1995 Chen died after suffering from AIDS for some time 3 He was nearing his 42nd birthday Parpar Nechmad underwent a hiatus for a while and eventually the role of Batz was passed on to Ami Weinberg 4 References Edit Yoni Chen s filmography in Hebrew יוני חן ואיילת לוין מתארחים בערוץ הילדים 1993 אורנה לביא פלינט מספרת על יוני חן in Hebrew oldtv co il Retrieved September 7 2019 5 מפורסמים שמתו מאיידס in Hebrew External links EditYoni Chen at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yoni Chen amp oldid 1131977543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
