Ofir Lobel

Who is Ofir Lobel?

Ofir Lobel, one third of The Prozak Trio, a successful Israeli Stand-up comedy group, is an actor, a singer-songwriter, screenplay writer and a multimedia director.

Ofir was born on May 25, 1976 to his parents Ron and Judith Lobel who were students at Bologna University in Italy, where he spent the first few years of his life. He is a descendent of well known Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov.

During his high school years, at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in the south of Israel, Ofir studied guitar at the local music conservatory. At that time he formed his first Rock band with some friends. He participated in the Hashomer Hatzair a Zionist youth movement.

After graduating from high school, Ofir went to the United States with his family. They lived in Boston, Massachusetts one year. Ofir studied music at Berklee College of Music and was thrilled to purchase his first Gibson Electric guitar. He also studied Computerized Animation at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Upon his release from the Israel Defense Forces in 1998, Ofir went back to the United States for a few months where he worked as a music instructor for young children.

When he returned to Israel he enrolled at Beit Zvi, School of Acting. During his studies Ofir took part in a number of plays and won the award of "Outstanding Actor of the Year" at the end of his first year. He received the Shraga Fridman Scholarship.