Gil Ofarim
Gil Ofarim (born August 13, 1982 in Munich as Gil Doron Reichstadt ) is a German rock musician who is both solo and lead singer of the bands Zoo Army and Acht. occurs. He also works as an actor , musical actor, voice actor and radio presenter.
biography
Private life
Gil Ofarim is the son of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim (1937-2018) and his third wife Sandra. Like him, his brother Tal Ofarim was a candidate for The Voice of Germany and is also a member of Zoo Army . Gil has been married to Verena Brock since December 15, 2014. The two have a son (born 2015) and a daughter (born 2017). In March 2018, the separation of the couple became known.
Music career
As a teenager , Gil Ofarim was discovered in 1997 for a photo love story in the youth magazine Bravo , in which he played a musician. From this commitment his music career developed. Initially under the name Gil , he achieved chart placements with titles such as Round 'N' Round (It Goes) , Talk To You , Never Giving Up Now and If You Only Knew . In 1998 he toured Asia for three years .
Since 2003 he has performed as Gil Ofarim. In June of the same year he appeared in the Munich Olympic Stadium as a support act for the rock band Bon Jovi after Jon Bon Jovi had been made aware of the young musician by a concert promoter. In 2005 Ofarim founded the rock band Zoo Army, which released their debut album 507 in March 2006 . In 2007 he delivered two songs for the German soundtracks of Disney movies: In Triff die Robinsons he sang More than you can see , and for Verwünscht he interpreted the ballad So nah! .
In 2008 Ofarim founded the band Acht. who, in addition to many festival appearances, was the opening act for the tour of Alex Band , the singer of The Calling . In 2010 he founded his own label with Neuzeitstürmer. Eighth's debut album, Imagine , was released in 2010. In 2012 he took part in the second season of the casting show The Voice of Germany and made it to the quarter-finals in Xavier Naidoo's team . With his cover versions of Iris ( Goo Goo Dolls ) and Man in the Mirror ( Michael Jackson ) he was able to place himself in the charts. In 2016 he played a leading role in the musical Hair performed by Theater Magdeburg on Magdeburg Cathedral Square.
By February 2017 Ofarim had sold around five million records worldwide.
At the beginning of 2017 he acted as a vocal coach in the RTL show It Takes 2 and achieved second place with candidate Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum . In the same year he contributed the German theme song for the series Nils Holgersson on KiKA , a new edition of the animated series “ Wonderful Journey of Little Nils Holgersson with the Wild Geese” . At the beginning of 2018 he acted as a music sponsor for the KiKA show Dein Song .
His new album Alles auf Hope was released on February 28, 2020 .
Film and television roles
In 1998 Ofarim had his first role in the series Good Times, Bad Times , in which he played himself for five episodes. In 2004 he worked in the ProSieben production Endlich Sex! and in 2006 in the two-part TV series Die Sturmflut . Also in 2006 he was seen in the psychological thriller Strip Mind . In 2008 he worked in an episode of the youth detective series Ein Fall für BARZ , and in 2010 in the crime series Ein stark Team . In 2015 he got a recurring role in the German mystery television series Arman's Secret .
In 2017 Ofarim took part as a candidate in the 10th season of the RTL show Let's Dance and won together with dance partner Ekaterina Leonova . Also in 2017 he worked in the movie comedy Unter German Beds and in Das Wasser des Lebens from the fairy tale series Six on a Prank on ARD . He also played in two episodes of the RTL series Everything was counts itself. After Ofarim had already contributed music to several German versions of film and television productions, he took on the dubbing role of the character Capper in My Little Pony: The Film in 2017 . In July 2017 he was in front of the camera for a campaign for the Tom Ford label .
In 2018 Ofarim won the Star against Pietro Lombardi in the ProSieben production Schlag . In 2019 Ofarim took part in the Sat.1 production Das große Promibacken . In 2019 he took part in the 1st season of The Masked Singer as "Grasshopper" and took 2nd place. In May 2020 he took part in the Free European Song Contest for Israel and finished fifth. He was also a candidate in the ProSieben program Die! Heart! Blow! Show!
Discography
- For Zoo Army discography , see Zoo Army # Discography .
- For the discography of Eight., See Eight. # Discography .
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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| 1998 | Here I Am |
DE20 (8 weeks) DE |
AT47 (2 weeks) AT |
CH34 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: May 1998
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| 2020 | All on hope |
DE5 (... weeks) DE |
AT71 (1 week) AT |
CH41 (... weeks) CH |
First published: February 28, 2020
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More albums
- 2000: The Album
- 2003: On My Own
- 2018: 20 Years (# 1/4)
Compilations
- 2001: The Best of Gil… So Far
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AT
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CH
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| 1997 | Round 'n' Round (It Goes) Here I Am |
DE29 (11 weeks) DE |
AT21 (8 weeks) AT |
CH11 (13 weeks) CH |
First published: November 1997
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| 1998 | Never Giving Up Now Here I Am |
DE37 (6 weeks) DE |
AT40 (2 weeks) AT |
CH15 (5 weeks) CH |
First published: March 1998
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| If You Only Knew Here I Am |
DE98 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First release: June 1998
feat. The Moffatts |
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| Talk to You The Best of Gil… So Far |
DE45 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH44 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: November 1998
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| 1999 | Out of My Bed (Still in My Head) The Album |
DE82 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: October 1999
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| 2003 | The Reason On My Own |
DE84 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: May 2003
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| 2004 | In Your Eyes single track |
DE59 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: March 2004
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| 2012 | Iris 11/23 - All songs from the live show # 2 (sampler) |
DE67 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: December 2012
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Man in the Mirror 11/30 - All songs from the live show # 4 (sampler) |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: December 2012
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More singles
- 1999: Walking Down The Line
- 2017: Still here
- 2019: Part of me
- 2020: All in hope
- 2020: Pierrot
Guest Posts
- 1998: Let the Music Heal Your Soul - with the Bravo All Stars
- 2016: Anybody - Tomcraft feat. Gil Ofarim
Soundtracks
- 2007: More Than You Can See ( Meet the Robinsons )
- 2007: So close! ( Cursed )
- 2017: Nils Holgersson (title song for the animation series Nils Holgersson )
Awards for music sales
-
Taiwan
- 1999: for the album Here I Am
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Thailand
- 1998: for the album Here I Am
Filmography
- 1998: Good times, bad times (TV series, episodes 1x1631–1x1635)
- 2004: Finally sex!
- 2006: The storm surge (TV two-part)
- 2006: Strip Min
- 2008: A case for BARZ (TV series, episode 3x07 Evil Trap )
- 2010: A strong team (TV series, episode 1x45 jungle fight )
- 2015-2017: Arman's Secret (TV series)
- 2017: Under German beds
- 2017: Everything that counts (TV series, episodes 1x2789–1x2790)
- 2017: Six in one fell swoop - the water of life
Voice actor
- 2007: Enchanted ( Enchanted ) ... Jon McLaughlin
- 2017: My Little Pony: Der Film ( My Little Pony: The Movie )… as a capper
- 2019: The Zoo Episode 1 - "The human penguin" ... as the penguin "Yo-Yo".
Book publications
- Gil Ofarim, Ina Bohnsack: GIL OFARIM: Photographs by Ina Bohnsack. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Media, 2017, ISBN 978-3-942665-20-9 .
Web links
- Gil Ofarim at Discogs (English)
- Gil at Discogs (English)
- Gil Ofarim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c This former “The Voice of Germany” star becomes a father for the second time. prosieben.de, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Marion Wierl: Gil Ofarim's parents: He comes from a family of artists. Promipool, April 7, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Juhu, he's become a dad again! And the baby is called ... Bunte.de, January 31, 2017, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ That's what he says about his wife's allegations. FOCUS ONLINE, March 28, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Gil Ofarim: Profile, pictures and news. web.de, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c IT TAKES 2: Gil Ofarim is a musician with body and soul. rtl.de, February 1, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Gil Ofarim. VIP.de, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Heiko Portale: “I have no idea why I ...” Lausitzer Rundschau, November 1, 2010, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- Jump up ↑ “The Voice” favorite: Gil Ofarim out - fans angry. Express, December 1, 2012, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ IT TAKES 2: Annett Möller wins the final. rtl.de, February 18, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ 3D animation series for KiKA. Bayerischer Rundfunk, August 21, 2017, accessed on October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ music godfather Gil Ofarim. KiKA, accessed on February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Gil Ofarim wins the big "Let's Dance" final. Focus, June 9, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Thank you @gilofarim for this lovely day! Instagram account Marion Heinrich, July 27, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ "Beat the Star": That's why the audience laughed at Lombardi. tz, accessed on December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Sweet entertainment with "The great celebrity baking". tz, accessed on March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ Gold for Here I Am in Taiwan ( Memento from April 12, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gold for Here I Am in Thailand ( Memento from April 12, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8RORcxob7U&t=270s
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ofarim, Gil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Imperial City Ofarim, Gil Doron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rock musician, actor, musical performer and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , Germany |