# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yossi-banai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:55:59.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yossi-banai"
name: "Yossi Banai"
slug: "yossi-banai"
description: "Yosef \"Yossi\" Banai was an Israeli actor, singer, songwriter, comedian, and theatre director. He received the Israel Prize for Theater in 1998 and the Israeli Theater Prize in 2004. Banai was widely regarded as a prominent figure in Israeli performing arts."
tagline: "Israeli actor, singer and writer (1932–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yossi_Banai_1998_1_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-04-13"
deathDate: "2006-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.09
  momentum:             11.89010606850982
  historical:           11.37950133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051533/"
    handle:    "nm0051533"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1558004"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "يوسى باناى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99"
    title: "יוסי בנאי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Банай, Йоси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Banai"
    title: "Yossi Banai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Йосі Банай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/331edda3-a98d-422e-9b44-9a9484b8a479"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2249325"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump