Bashar Rahal is the second child to a Bulgarian mother Mariana Rahal - an interior designer and Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal - an OBGYN. 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 13 he became a member of a professional theater group, called "tears and laughs", with which he took part in more than 15 per ...
show all Bashar Rahal is the second child to a Bulgarian mother Mariana Rahal - an interior designer and Lebanese father Mounzer Rahal - an OBGYN. 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 13 he became a member of a professional theater group, called "tears and laughs", with which he took part in more than 15 performances. He also attended numerous international festivals, including the ones in Avignon, France and Thun, Switzerland among others. After graduating a High English Language school in Sofia, Bulgaria Bashar attended the National Academy of Theater and Film Art, where he got his Masters in fine arts. Shortly after graduation he was accepted as a permanent member of the national youth theater. 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" (created & directed by Nellie Andreeva - currently a writer for "The Hollywood Reporter") which won "The 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 Cable, where he met his co-host and future wife Kalina. In 1999 the couple moved to California so Bashar can pursue his acting career. He was granted alien of extra ordinary ability as an actor. Since then he's worked on numerous movies like: Bridge of Dragons, Disaster, Death Train, Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault, City of Fear, Patriotas, Los, Target of Opportunity, Nowhere to Hide, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, The Untitled Onion Movie (post-production). Bashar also has a sister Carla Rahal - a popular actress /singer in Bulgaria. And with his wife Kalina (currently a TV News Producer), he has a daughter, Chloe.
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