Bashar Rahal

Known for ActingBorn 1974-10-20 (age 51)Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bashar Mounzer Rahal is the second child to a Bulgarian mother Mariana Rahal - an interior designer and Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal - an OB/GYN. The family moved back to Bulgaria when Bashar was only 6 years old. He first started acting in TV sketches when he was 12. At the age of 14 he became a member of a professional theater group, called "Tears and Laughs", with which he took part in more than 15 performances including Shakespeare and Chekhov. He attended numerous international festivals, including the ones in Avignon, France and Thun, Switzerland among others. His first big screen role at the age of 15 was in 1952: Ivan i Aleksandra (1989) which was followed by more TV and Film appearances. After graduating from The First English Language High School in Sofia, Bashar attended the National Academy of Theater and Film Art, where he received his Masters in Dramatic Arts. Shortly after graduation he was accepted as a permanent member of the national youth theatre and was a guest actor at The National Theatre Sofia Bulgaria. For the next couple of years Bashar appeared in over 25 different TV comedy shows, but became most popular with the hit TV show "It Can't Be"equivalent of SNL ,created & directed by Nellie Andreeva .The show won " Golden Melon", for best comedy show - the most prestigious TV award in Bulgaria. In 1997 Bashar hosted "The Late Night Show" on Channel 3 Sofia , where he met his co-host and future wife Kalina Rahal. In 1999 the couple moved to California so that Bashar could pursue his acting career. He was granted Alien of Extra Ordinary ability as an actor. He is a graduate from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. For a long time he was considered to play Azamat Bagatov in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Initially Bashar was not considered to play in Joshua Seftel's Political Satire War ,Inc. but the producers Danny Lerner and Les Weldon convinced both John Cusack and the Director Seftel that he is the best choice for the part. After the end of the shooting Cusack and Seftel admitted that Bashar had developed the best character. Later Danny Lerner casted Bashar as a lead in his upcoming action movie Direct Contact. Recently he was casted to play Boris in Dominic Sena's "Whiteout",starring Kate Beckinsale.Read more

Movies & web series

Else – Story of a Passionate Woman

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The Incredible Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor

Young Woman and the Sea

Footsteps in the Sand

Arrested Development

24

My Name Is Earl

The Unit

1952: Ivan and Aleksandra

All She Wrote

Boyka: Undisputed IV

Wingless

Reunion

Attraction

In the Heart of the Machine

XIa

Icefall

Death Train

Rapid Response Corps 2: Nuclear Threat

Security

Uncle Claus

El Gringo

The Expendables 3

Basilisk: The Serpent King

Gasoline

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

The Tournament

Septembers of Shiraz

Automata

Survivor

Whiteout

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

War, Inc.

The Throwaways

Bridge of Dragons

Target of Opportunity

Conan the Barbarian

U.S. Seals

Index Zero

The Legend of Hercules

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon

Code Red

Monster Ark

Search and Destroy

Direct Contact

Revolution X