film Zirkus Palestina alongside Yoram Hatab and Evgenia Dodina, for which he was awarded an Ophir Award. In 1999 he starred in the TV mini series Isha Beafor and in the film Frank Sinatra Is Dead. During that period he also acted in several TV series and in the TV films Life's game (which was based on the life story of Lavi himself). In 2003, he appeared in the first ever Haredi telenovela called Ha-Chatzer, as the Rebbe, and in Amos Gitai's film Alila. During that year Lavi also began playing in the Israeli Telenovela Ahava Me'ever Lapina. In 2004 Lavi acted in another Amos Gitai film called Promised Land. In 2005 he participated in the TV series Katav Plili and acted in the Haim Buzaglo film Distortion. That same year he acted in the film Schwartz Dynasty, Steven Spielberg's film Munich and Menachem Golan's film Days of Love. In 2006 he participated in the third season of the Israeli musical daily drama Our Song as Aryeh Weiss. In 2008 he participated in the second season of the Israeli children's TV series The Island. In 2009 he played as a guest in the series The Friends of Naor in the role of the mobster Rico Calderon. In 2010 he participated in Haim Buzaglo's film Kavod and the TV series Meorav Yerushalmi. Personal life Lavi was married to Israeli actress Evelin Hagoel. He had four children by various relationships. Death On 9 November 2010, Lavi died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv at the age of 57. He was buried at Yarkon Cemetery. Partial filmography Ma'agalim Shel Shi-Shabbat (1980) Lemon Popsicle (1981) Ot Kain (1982) Ani Vehami'ahav Shel Ishti (1983) Green (1984) Goodbye, New York (1985) - Paul Newman Look-alike Banot (1985) - Moshe When Night Falls (1985) - Gideon Deadline (1987) - Yassin Abu-Riadd Unsettled Land (1987) - Muhamed Himmo, King of Jerusalem (1987) - Marco Flash (1987) Torn Apart (1990) - Fawzi Blink of an Eye (1992) - Mozaffar The Mummy Lives (1993) - Museum Guard Manat Yeter (1993) Zarim Balayla (1993) Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein (1993) - Company manager Sh'Chur (1994) - Father Ha-Ach Shel Driks (1994) - Company Commander Nashim (1996) - Jacob Shabazi (1997) Kesher Dam (1997) Circus Palestine (1998) - Colonel Oz Frank Sinatra Is Dead (1998) Dangerous Acts (1998) - Arik Aviv (1998) HaAchim Mevorach (2000) - Itzko Tahara (2002) - Bedouin Sorcerer Sima