Jade Hassouné (born 18 February 1991) is a Lebanese-Canadian actor, dancer and singer. He is known for his roles as Meliorn in the US television series ''

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'' and as Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series ''

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''. Under the

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

Early life

Hassouné was born in

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. Due to conflict, his family left the country when Hassouné was a year old, moving first to

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, Switzerland and then to

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, 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

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in 2008 before going on to train at the Canadian Film Centre CBC Actors Conservatory, completing in 2012. He moved to

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upon graduation.

Career

Acting

Hassouné landed his first onscreen role in the film ''Laurentie'' in 2011, his debut in his acting career. 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.

Other ventures

Hassouné was a member of the dance group Enigma Dance Productions and together they participated in the TV show ''

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'' where they arrived in the quarter finals. He collaborated with Ubisoft Toronto to develop the video game ''Starlink: Battle For Atlas''. In 2019, Hassouné released his EP ''Love Letter to a Fandom'' under the artistic name J4DE. Singles include "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"

Filmography

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassouné, Jade Living people 1991 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Lebanese emigrants to Canada Lebanese expatriates in Switzerland Male actors from Montreal