Azar Hassan

Azar Vladimir Hassan was born on July 29, 1976 in Toronto, Canada. His parents are both originally from the country of Guyana, which is on the northern coast of South America. Hassan's ancestors are originally from India. Hassan has lived in Canada, the United States, and Kuwait (The Middle East). Azar was officially classified as being mentally gifted from an early age. His main interest in school (aside from girls) up until the 8th grade was in academics and academic competitions. He often placed first in school wide academic competitions and on an occasion placed first in a city wide math contest. It was also around the age of thirteen that Azar became interested in learning specific martial arts self defence techniques. It would not be until the age of 17 that Azar would try to take his martial arts training seriously. In high school, Azar became more involved in athletics, medalling at track and field meets. It was at the age of 22, that Azar finally felt that he understood the martial arts, and what studying and practicing the martial arts, can and can't do for you. It would not be until Azar was in his late thirties, that he would truly consider himself a "true martial artist". Azar considers himself to be primarily a self taught martial artist. Azar maintains that though he loves everything about acting, he will always consider himself a, "martial artist first, and an actor second". It was also at the age of 22 that Azar decided that he wanted to make acting a professional career for himself. On that decision, Azar's final comment is, "I finally realized, I have to accept who I really am, no matter how hard that might be for me, and even if others can't accept who I really am. So I chose acting, because it allowed me, to be me."