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Chaim Topol

ACTOR

1935 - 2023

Chaim Topol

Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול‎; 9 September 1935 – 8 March 2023), mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009. Topol began acting during his Israeli army service as a member of the Nahal entertainment troupe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaim Topol has received more than 3,412,269 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Chaim Topol is the 1,482nd most popular actor (down from 1,369th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Israel (down from 155th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Actor.

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Chaim Topol

Israeli actor (1935–2023)

Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול‎; 9 September 1935 – 8 March 2023), mononymously known as Topol,[1] was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009.[1]

Topol began acting during his Israeli army service as a member of the Nahal entertainment troupe. He later toured Israel with kibbutz theatre and satirical theatre companies. He was a co-founder of the Haifa Theatre. His breakthrough film role came in 1964 as the title character in Sallah Shabati, by Israeli writer Ephraim Kishon, for which he won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer—Male. Topol went on to appear in more than 30 films in Israel and the United States, including Galileo (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), and For Your Eyes Only (1981). He was described as Israel's only internationally recognized entertainer from the 1960s through the 1980s. He won a Golden Gl

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Chaim Topol, the charismatic Israeli actor, and singer, who played Greek smuggler Milos Columbo in 'For Your Eyes Only' has died at the age of 87. The news was confirmed by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, who described him as a “gifted actor who conquered many stages in Israel and overseas, filled the cinema screens with his presence, and especially entered deep into our hearts.”

While Topol will indelibly be known for his stage and screen portrayal of Tevye the milkman, in the musical ‘Fiddler On The Roof’, the James Bond world will remember his appearance in 'For Your Eyes Only' with equal regard. In 2017, he told Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury, “For me, it is certainly the second most important production I did.”

Known to audiences simply as Topol, he was born in Tel Aviv in 1935. At the age of 18, he joined the Israeli army where he became involved in the entertainment troupe, singing and acting. Even after he found fame and fortune, Topol continued to serve for 42 days each year in the Israeli army until age made him i

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