Jade Hassouné

Jade Hassouné (born 18 February 1991) is a Canadian actor, dancer and singer. He is known for his roles as Meliorn in the US television series Shadowhunters and as Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series Heartland.

Under the pseudonym J4DE, in 2020 he released the EP Love Letter to a Fandom.

Early life Hassouné was born in Lebanon. Due to conflict, his family left the country when Hassouné was a year old, moving first to Geneva, Switzerland and then to Montreal, Canada in 1996. He grew up attending French school. He became interested in acting when he was 10 and joined a local theatre group. He graduated from the Musical Theatre programme at John Abbott College in 2008 before going on to train at the Canadian Film Centre CBC Actors Conservatory, completing in 2012. He moved to Toronto upon graduation.

Career Acting Hassouné landed his first onscreen role in the film Laurentie in 2011, his debut in his acting career. He also starred alongside Emily Osment in the 2011 ABC Family film Cyberbully.

In June 2015, he auditioned for the role of Alec in the Shadowhunters series broadcast by Freeform and Netflix outside the United States. A week later, the casting directors called him back to audition for the role of Raphael, but the following week he was contacted again for an audition for the role of Meliorn. He was later chosen to play this role.

In 2016, appeared in season 2 of the web series That's My DJ on YouTube and plays the role of Sam. The Season 3 focuses on his character Sam, which makes him the main actor in the series. He also participated in this season's production.

In 2019, Hassouné, under the name J4DE, released the EP Love Letter to a Fandom. Its singles included "Insta Story", "To the Next", "Living Right Now" and "Human".

Discography EPs 2020 Love Letter To A Fandom EP (credited to J4DE)

Songs / videos 2019: "Insta Story" 2019: "To the Next" 2019: "Living Right Now" 2020: "Insta Story Remix" 2020: "Human" 2024: "Radio Silence"

Filmography + Film roles Year Title Role Notes 2011 Laurentia (Laurentie) Jay Kashyap 2011 Her Night Peter 2011 Cyberbully Caleb 2012 The Expatriate Adbi 2014 Brick Mansions Peter 2015 After the Ball Peter 2015 Inner Jellyfishes (Les Méduses) 2022 Montreal Girls Tamer 2024 We Forgot to Break Up Malik

+ Television roles Year Title Role Notes 2013–2014 Heartland Prince Ahmed Al Saeed 8 episodes 2016 Orphan Black Aaron Episode: "The Collapse of Nature" 2016–2017 That's My DJ Sam 14 episodes; also associate producer 2016–2019 Shadowhunters Meliorn 17 episodes 2017 Barbelle Alejandro Episode: "#1.5" 2020 Canada's Drag Race Himself Guest host, Episode: "Her-itage Moments" 2024 Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan Himself

+ Dubber roles Year Title Role Notes 2016 Far Cry Primal voice in the video game