| Moshe Lobel | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Actor • director • producer • musician |
Moshe Lobel is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He is best known for starring in the Yiddish-Ukrainian drama Shttl, which premiered at the London Film Festival[1] and in competition at the Rome Film Festival.[2] [3]
Lobel was raised in the insular Yiddish-speaking Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn.[4] At age 12, he began to break away from his Hasidic roots, ultimately leaving the community entirely.[5] He studied psychology at Yeshiva University, but switched his focus to theater,[6] before leaving the school in his second year.
In 2017, Lobel made his Off-Broadway debut as Ralph in New Yiddish Rep's production of Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets.[7] [8] In 2018, he made his television debut on HBO's High Maintenance.[9] Later that year, he joined the cast of Fiddler on the Roof In Yiddish directed by Joel Grey,[10] and appeared in The Vigil from Blumhouse.[11]
With writer Etai Shuchatowitz, Lobel co-created, directed and starred in Untold Genius, a mockumentary series featuring Jackie Hoffman and Stephen Tobolowsky.
In 2021, he was cast as the lead in Shttl, a Yiddish drama featuring Saul Rubinek. The film depicts the lives of a Jewish shtetl on the eve of Operation Barbarossa. It was filmed in Ukraine six months before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12] The film premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival,[13] and won the Audience Award one week later at the Rome Film Festival.[14]
| Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Maintenance | Cholent Guest | ||
| The Vigil | Lazer | ||
| Untold Genius | Adam Goldberg | Also director and producer | |
| Leibniz's Law | Co-director, producer | Post-production | |
| Shttl | Mendele | Winner: Audience Award at the 2022 Rome Film Festival |