Birth Name: Amie James

Place of Birth: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (then occupied by Israel)

Date of Birth: 8 April, 1972

Ethnicity: Israeli Jewish

Ami James is an Israeli-American tattoo artist, television personality, and entrepreneur. He starred on reality show Miami Ink.

His mother is from a Romanian Jewish family, from Bucharest. Ami was raised in Israel, and moved to the U.S. when he was around eleven. He later served in the Israel Defense Forces/IDF. One of his hobbies is freestyle fighting. He has two children.

Ami’s father is said to have been an American, who converted to Judaism. It is not clear if this is accurate.

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