Bilal Hasna

Bilal Ali Hasna (; born 7 May 1999) is a British actor and playwright. He starred in the film Layla. On television, he is known for his roles in the Star series Extraordinary (2023–2024) and the Amazon Prime series Dead Hot (2024). For Extraordinary, Hasna was nominated for the 2025 British Academy Television Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance.

Early life 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.

Career Having come up with the idea in 2021, Hasna co-wrote and starred in the one-man play For a Palestinian with Aaron Kilercioglu, which was staged in 2022 at Camden People's 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 Al-Kadhi's Layla. He joined the voice cast of the animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. He also starred opposite Vivian Oparah in the Amazon Prime comedy thriller series Dead Hot in 2024.

Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 2024 Layla Layla The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Lief Voice role 2025 Christmas Karma Eddie Sood TBA Rule of Three TBA Monsanto TBA

Television

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2022 For a Palestinian Bilal/Wa'el Zuaiter Camden People's Theatre/Bristol Old Vic