Biography
Jonathan Sagall is a Canadian-born Israeli actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Born on 23 April 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, he moved with his family to Israel at the age of three and grew up in Haifa. His mother, Ruth Sagall, was an actress at the Haifa Theatre.
Sagall began his career with stage work in Israel and gained prominence playing Momo in the 1978 film Lemon Popsicle, reprising the role in several sequels including Going Steady (1979), Hot Bubblegum (1981), Private Popsicle (1982), Baby Love (1984), Young Love (1987) and Summertime Blues (1988). He appeared in The Little Drummer Girl (1984) and portrayed Poldek Pfefferberg in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). He trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.
As a filmmaker, Sagall wrote and directed Urban Feel (1999) and Lipstikka (2011), the latter screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
