Chaim Topol (born September 9, 1935 – March 9, 2023), also spelled Haym Topol and mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor, singer, comedian, producer, author and illustrator best known for playing Tevye, the main character in the musical film Fiddler on the Roof (1971), a role he played more than 3,500 times in shows and revivals from the late 1960s to 2009. Topol also played the titular character in the Israeli comedy Sallah Shabati (1964) for which he won the 1965 Golden Globe for Male Revelation of the Year and played Dr. Hans Zarkov in the science fiction film Flash Gordon (1980), along with Timothy Dalton, Max von Sydow, Andy Bradford, Robbie Coltrane and John Hollis.
In the James Bond franchise, Topol played the Greek smuggler and ex-military man Milos Columbo in the 1981 James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, alongside Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet and Julian Glover.