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Fayssal Bazzi (Arabic: فيصل بزي; born 1982) is an Australian actor. He was nominated for the 2018 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Merger [2] and again in 2020 for Measure for Measure .
Fayssal Bazzi. Actor: Shantaram. Fayssal Bazzi is an accomplished Australian actor with extensive credits in Television, Film and Theatre. In 2020 he was nominated in both film and Television categories at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards and won the award for best lead in a Television drama for his performance in "Stateless".
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Dec 28, 2021 · A 17-Year Journey Led Fayssal Bazzi to Star Opposite Cate Blanchett. By Fayssal Bazzi ... After a decade of guest roles, supporting roles, and short films, I landed my first leading role in a ...
Jul 22, 2020 · Fayssal Bazzi on playing refugee Ameer in Netflix's Stateless: 'I knew that it was an important thing to do'. We talked to the Australian actor about how his own experience as an immigrant helped ...
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- Starting Out
- Theatre Was More Progressive Than screen
- Tackling Sensitive Subject Matter
- Making It Work
- When It Rains, It Pours
- Your Voice
My career began in theatre. Fortunately, theatre affords you a lot more input in the creative process, so I was able to learn a lot about myself as an artist. My first three plays shaped how I would move forward in the industry. This Blasted Earth - A Christmas Miracle With Musicwas a masterclass of theatre-making and still to date is one of my mos...
Screen auditions in the early to mid-2000s were not something I looked forward to. I’d get the casting, work on the script, picture myself in the role - then go into the room and be greeted by a sea of white actors going for the same role. I learned I was the darker option in case producers or networks wanted to go that way. Back then they never di...
While touring Australia with a play called Food, I was asked to put down an audition for a film called Down Under- a black comedy centring around the Cronulla riots. The film follows two car loads of hoons in the aftermath of the riots - one car of white Australians (Alexander England, Damon Herriman, Justin Rosniak and Chris Bunton) and one of Ara...
The Australian industry, both theatre and film, are small and opportunities can feel sparse, but the great flip side of that is people tend to look out for each other - both personally and professionally - especially when you have the reputation of doing the same. A few weeks before leaving on a six-month national tour with Bell Shakespeare perform...
In a perfect world, everything happens when you want it to, but the reality is there can be long stretches of no work and then everything you want happens ALL at the same time. Of course there are many examples of when it just doesn’t work out or you have to pick one (like with The Merger), but on rare occasions it does - if you (and they) can jugg...
In this final section I will speak from my experience as an actor from a non-white background, however it could be applied to anyone that represents a minority in their workplace, one of the greatest lessons of my career. Throughout my career, I have told stories that showcased the beauty of my culture and heritage (or closely related) and I’m so g...
Fayssal Bazzi and Doris Younane in ‘M4M’ (Photo: Izaak Todd). In M4M, Paul Ireland’s re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, which premieres at MIFF, he plays Farouk, the protective brother of Lebanese Muslin Jaiwara (Megan Hajjar). Farouk is no saint but is trying to make a better life for himself and his sister in a ...
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Jul 20, 2020 · July 20, 2020. Stateless, a series co-created by Cate Blanchett, who also portrays a flashy cult leader, recently joined Netflix’s growing library or prestige titles. Set in Australia, the ...
