Age, Biography and Wiki

Tzedi Tzarfati (Zadok Zarfati) was born on 16 January, 1941 in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine, is an Israel television presenter (born 1941). Discover Tzedi Tzarfati's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Zadok Zarfati
Occupation N/A
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 16 January 1941
Birthday 16 January
Birthplace Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine
Nationality Israel

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 16 January. He is a member of famous television with the age 83 years old group.

Tzedi Tzarfati Height, Weight & Measurements

At 83 years old, Tzedi Tzarfati height not available right now. We will update Tzedi Tzarfati's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Tzedi Tzarfati Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tzedi Tzarfati worth at the age of 83 years old? Tzedi Tzarfati’s income source is mostly from being a successful television. He is from Israel. We have estimated Tzedi Tzarfati's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income television

Tzedi Tzarfati Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1941

Tzedi Tzarfati, Tsadi Tsarfati, or Tsedi Sarfati (צדי צרפתי, also transliterated as, , and (help); born 16 January 1941) is an Israeli television presenter, director, and former actor.

Tzedi Tzarfati was born Zadok Zarfati in Tel Aviv, present-day Israel, on 16 January 1941.

He is of Bulgarian and Greek descent and grew up in the Old North area of Tel Aviv with his father after his parents divorced shortly after his birth.

His father remarried when Tzarfati was five, and he considers his stepmother to be his real mother, as he connected with her more than his biological mother.

He has two younger siblings from his father and stepmother.

He is gay and had to live closeted in Tel Aviv growing up, before it developed LGBTQ+ culture.

In his Israel Defense Forces service he was assigned to an entertainment role in Central Command and was threatened by superiors when they suspected he was gay; they used slurs to interrogate him, leading him to retreat further from a gay identity.

He came out when he started directing, saying he wanted to be himself; shortly after he did so, he was beaten by a gang with a dog and left for dead.

Though he came out to be comfortable in himself, he has expressed uncertainty about the cultural concept of coming out and whether it is necessary, also telling Haaretz that he did not make any public declaration when he did come out as he wanted to be seen as a director before a gay man or a "gay director".

When he became a judge on Kokhav Nolad, he became much more prominent, and Tzarfati's sexuality became a public debate; he was displeased with the media response, feeling insulted at the characterisation that he was only coming out as an old man.

Tzarfati began his career acting when he was 10, performing with the Israeli National Theatre.

1970

The last show he performed in was Hair with Svika Pick in the early 1970s; after it, singer Chava Alberstein asked him to direct a show, and "all of a sudden [his] life changed".

He decided to become a director of theatre and televised performances.

He had not felt comfortable to be out while working in theatre, due to internalised homophobia and a masculine culture among male performers behind the scenes that he did not feel included him, and came out when he left acting.

The musical Bustan Sefaradi, which Tzarfati directed, ran for over 2,300 shows over almost 20 years at the Habima Theatre.

1980

He directed many of the Israel Eurovision Song Contest entries in the 1980s and 1990s, and he was director of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem.

2002

The Idol franchise started in Israel in 2002 as Kokhav Nolad, and Tzarfati joined as one of the judges in 2004.

Compared to Simon Cowell, The Jerusalem Post said the Israeli judging panel were nice to the contestants.

2014

Tzarfati has said that he went into reality television for the money, and in 2014 opined that there is no depth to the shows he judges on, purely intending to keep viewers watching for ratings and so profit.

Though he does not know Yiddish, he directed a 2014 Yiddishpiel production of The Government Inspector starring Mike Burstyn and a cast of predominantly young Russian actors.

He also directed a 101 Dalmatians musical starring Dana International and Duo Datz and began judging on a Dana International-fronted reality competition show to form a new girl group.

2016

In 2016 he directed a production of West Side Story in Tel Aviv, with the Jets as Ashkenazim and the Sharks as Mizrahim, and in 2018 he directed a revival of Annie in Israel, saying he had seen it on Broadway about 35 years earlier and was so moved by the song "Tomorrow" that he performed the song as much as possible, but also wanted to bring the whole show and its message of optimism to audiences.

In a review for BroadwayWorld, Ofek Levy said that the show was "both passionately directed and passionately acted".

He was nominated for a BroadwayWorld Israel award for directing it.

Tzarfati is one of the judges on The Singer in the Mask, the Israeli iteration of the Masked Singer franchise.

2020

It began airing in 2020 and receives a large share of timeslot viewership.

In April 2020, he directed a rock opera version of Swan Lake at the off-Broadway St. Luke's Theatre.