Yon Tumarkin

Tumarkin was born and raised in Jaffa, Israel, to a family of Jewish descent. He is the youngest son of Naama Tumarkin and artist Yigal Tumarkin. {{cite web|url=http://www.ruppin.ac.il/pages_e/1903.aspx?Preview=1 |title=Yigal Tumarkin |publisher=ruppin.ac.il |access-date=17 October 2014}} His paternal grandfather was German actor Martin Hellberg, whose father was a pastor.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0020_0_20100.html |title=TUMARKIN, IGAEL |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |access-date=17 October 2014}} When he was 13, his parents were divorced and he and his mother moved to Tel Aviv.{{cite web|url=http://www.xnet.co.il/xo/articles/0,14718,L-3099904,00.html |title=יון תומרקין: "לא אשתתף בסרט שפוגע במדינה ובחיילים" |publisher=Xnet.co.il |author=Shay Peretz |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=17 October 2014}} There he went to the high school Tichon Ironi Alef and got the diploma of Art.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1699158/bio |title=Yon Tumarkin Biography|work=Imdb.com |access-date=17 October 2014}} On August 18, 2008, he took a break from the army for his television work.{{cite web|url=http://www.boomerang.com.br/personajes/leo |title=Personajes Leo: Actor Bio |publisher=Boomerang.com.br|access-date=20 May 2014}} In 2011, Yon Tumarkin finished his work in the Israeli army.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4135428,00.html |title=יוצאלאזרחות: יון תומרקין השתחרר מצה"ל |publisher=Ynet.co.il |author=Ran Morgen |date=16 October 2011 |access-date=17 October 2014}}

By the age of eight, Tumarkin was discovered by casting director Yael Aviv when sitting in a cafe with his father. The next day, Tumarkin went to his first audition.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3552000,00.html |title=בשם הבן |date=4 June 2008|publisher=ynet.co.il |author=Hagit Ginsburg |access-date=29 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fxp.co.il/showthread.php?t=5093390 |title=שייך לצעירים |date=16 December 2009|publisher=fxp.co.il |access-date=28 May 2016}} During his childhood, Tumarkin appeared in many different TV commercials.{{cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/tv-people/articles/Article-89f2616737ad441006.htm |title=יון תומרקין: "ההצלחה מלחיצה אותי |publisher=mako.co.il |author=Orly Mirkin |date=19 March 2014 |access-date=17 October 2014}} He got his first bigger acting job at the age of ten in the TV film Who stole the show? (Hebrew: מי גנב את ההצגה).{{cite web|url=http://www.2all.co.il/web/sites/lup/PAGE26.asp |title=יון תומרקין |publisher=2all.co.il |access-date=17 October 2014}} At the age of twelve, he appeared in the film Shisha Million Rasism. He played a mute child and Holocaust survivor. From there, his career took off with a leading role in a TV series called Ha-Yeladim Mi'Givat Napoleon (Napoleon Hills Kids).{{cite web |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4441497,00.html |title=יון תומרקין ישחק בסדרת ילדים של HOT |work=Ynet.co.il At the years 2007-2009 Yon played the lead role at the successful drama series for teens called “The Island” (האי) |author=Ran Morgen |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=17 October 2014}} In 2009, Tumarkin sang "Power of Thought" at the Festigal and won the second place for his performance of the song.{{cite web |url=http://www.celebs2u.com/Celeb/245/Yon-Tumarkin |title=יון תומרקין |work=elebs2u.com |access-date=29 May 2016}}

In the same, year he co-starred with Amit Farkash in the TV series Split playing Leo Zachs, a 600-year-old Vampire who looks like a teenager. The series was a huge success in Israel and was sold to 78 different countries.{{cite web |url=http://ru.tsn.ua/glamur/events/telekanal-tet-nachal-semki-seriala-split.html |title=Телеканал ТЕТ начал съемки сериала "Сплит". |work=Ru.tsn.ua |date=18 August 2011 |access-date=17 October 2014}} From 2009 until 2012, Tumarkin was awarded four times in a row with Israeli Television Academy Award as the best actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4179106,00.html |title=טקס נבחרי הילדים: יון תומרקין שחקן השנה |author=Eran Bar-On |publisher=Ynet.co.il |date=22 January 2012|access-date=17 October 2014}}

In 2012, he played a main role in the award-winning Israeli drama film Rock the Casbah.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2164718/awards |title=Rock Ba-Casba (2012) Awards |publisher=Imdb.com |access-date=20 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.israelfilmfestivalberlin.com/2014/de/Filme/Rock%20The%20Casbah |title=Israel Film Festival Berlin 2013 |publisher=Israelfilmfestivalberlin.com |access-date=20 May 2014}} In 2014, Yon Tumarkin got a main role in the TV series The Nerd Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4443486,00.html |title=יון תומרקין ועמית פרקש משיקים - בנפרד |publisher=Ynet.co.il |author=Complimentary Arzoan |date=2013-10-21 |access-date=2014-10-17}}

In 2015, Tumarkin starred along Yael Grobglas and Danielle Jadelyn in JeruZalem, an English-speaking Israeli horror film.{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3301834/hell-breaks-loose-jeruzalem-exclusive-first-look |title=Hell Breaks Loose In ‘jeruZalem’ (Exclusive First Look!) |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |date=7 July 2014 |access-date=3 April 2015}}

In 2016, Tumarkin appeared in the Israeli child series Susey Pere (Wild Horses) as Libby Yahav.{{cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/maariv-lanoar-magazine/Article-26f34867160d251006.htm?sCh=3d385dd2dd5d4110&pId=100729248 |title=אני לא ילד שמנת! |publisher=mako.co.il |date=15 February 2016|access-date=27 May 2016}} In the same year it was announced that Tumarkin was cast in the TV series "המלאך השומר שלי" (My Guardian Angel). The series deals with a group of adolescents who all have their own guardian angel.{{cite web|url=http://www.tel-avivtimes.com/interesting/celebs/18885.html|title=מה קורה בין יון תומרקין לאחות של אגם רודברג? |publisher=tel-avivtimes.com |access-date=11 June 2017}}

In 2018, he played the graphic designer Reuben in an episode of the British crime series McMafia.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/01/22/mcmafia-episode-five-has-alex-finally-crossed-line/|title=McMafia, episode five: Has Alex finally crossed the line? |author=Michael Hogan|publisher=telegraph.co.uk |date=2018-01-22 |access-date=2018-03-01}}

During the filming of Split, Tumarkin met Amit Farkash, and the two of them began dating.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4414393,00.html |title=עמית פרקש ואסף הרץ נפרדו |publisher=Ynet |author=Complimentary Arzoan |date=2013-08-13 |access-date=2014-10-17}} After their break up, Tumarkin dated the model Alexa Tamari. However, their relationship ended in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/entertainment-celebs/local/Article-9faf9ebbb3de741006.htm |title=חצויים: יון תומרקין והחברה נפרדו |publisher=mako.co.il |author=Yifat Halali Abraham |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=17 October 2014}} Tumarkin lives in Ramat Gan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4825307,00.html |title=יון תומרקין: "אפשר באמת להשתגע בירושלים" |publisher=ynet.co.il |author=Efrat Ctlfors |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=11 June 2017}}

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