Bilal Hasna

Bilal Ali Hasna is a British actor and playwright He starred in the film Layla 2024 On television he is known for his roles in the Star series Extraordinary 202324 and the Amazon Prime series Dead Hot 2024 Hasna was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Hasna was born in central London to a Palestinian father and a Pakistani Punjabi mother Hasna attended Haberdashers Boys School in Elstree He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature During university he participated in theatre with the Marlowe Society and Pembroke Players Having come up with the idea in 2021 Hasna cowrote and starred in the oneman play For a Palestinian with Aaron Kilercioglu which was staged in 2022 at Camden Peoples Theatre and also featured at the Bristol Old Vic After making appearances in Sparks and Screw in 2023 Hasna had his first main television role as Kash in the Disney Star superhero comedy Extraordinary He made his feature film debut as the titular character of Amrou AlKadhis Layla He joined the voice cast of the animated film The Lord of the Rings The War of the Rohirrim He also has an upcoming lead role opposite Vivian Oparah in the Amazon Prime comedy thriller series Dead Hot