Nasser Al-Qasabi, the King of Saudi Comedy... Secrets You Don't Know

Nasser Al-Qasabi is a Saudi actor, one of the most prominent comedy stars in the Gulf and the Arab world, in addition to obtaining the title of President of the first Saudi Professional Association for Theater and Performing Arts since October 2021 until now. He has presented a large number of different artistic works, whether television, cinema or even theatrical, and in various roles, some of which are comedic, some dramatic, as well as romantic and action, but he gained great popularity when he played various comedic characters. He enjoys his lightheartedness and cheerful spirit that makes him embody comedic roles with merit and mastery and enter the hearts of the audience at lightning speed. He is distinguished by his strong and exceptional performance, his unique talent and his unique ability to present different roles. In addition to his participation in artistic works, he participated in a number of various programs as a member of the jury, and he was able to achieve great success in every artistic work in which he participated. Rather, his success increases more and more and his star shines with the increase in the works he presents until he became one of the most famous stars in the Arab world and one of the influential figures who improves local drama and maintains its position and raises it in the Arab arena.

The origin of Nasser Al-Qasabi As for the upbringing of the artist Nasser Al-Qasabi, he was born on November 28, 1961 in the city of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He grew up in a family that loved and preserved art, so he cared about his talent and began to develop it from a young age. He cared about his studies until he graduated from the College of Agriculture at King Saud University, until he began to pave his way, launch and focus on his artistic career.

Nasser Al-Qasabi's beginnings...a brilliant artistic launch The star Nasser Al-Qasabi discovered his artistic talent since childhood, but he began to make his way during his university studies by participating in a number of diverse plays in the university theater. His real beginning was after graduating from university in the mid-eighties, and he participated in many different artistic works, whether television, cinema or theater, such as The Beginning of the End, Companions of the Path, The Return of the Palace’s Troopers, and other artistic works that achieved great success, high revenues and high viewing rates.

While his artistic launch, the beginning of his fame and the brilliance of his star was when he presented the series Tash Ma Tash in all its parts, which was among the best Gulf series that were shown, which achieved great success and attracted the attention of all audiences and directors to it, to become one of the most prominent television artistic works in the Gulf and Saudi Arabia, despite the passage of many years, it is still successful and leaves an imprint in the hearts of the audience until now, to begin to follow him with various works from a number of great directors to increase his fame more and more and achieve great success in every work he presents, no less successful than the one before it, but rather surpassing it to become one of the most prominent stars not only in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but in the entire Arab world.

Al-Qasabi's personal life After the great popularity and wide fame that Nasser Al-Qasabi achieved and the desire of his fans and lovers to know the details related to his personal life first hand, so that his life becomes the focus of attention for all different media outlets and the masses, he maintains the privacy of his family and avoids their appearance on television screens and the media spotlight, as he is married to the famous Saudi writer Badriya Abdullah Al-Bishr, with whom he has a strong relationship and they are influential figures in the Saudi cultural and artistic scene, and they have three children: Rakan, Muhannad and Hala.

Some rumors spread on all different social media sites in June 2018 about his death, but the media figure Ali Al-Aliani denied all the circulated news, and Nasser Al-Qasabi published a post on the social media site Twitter denying the published news and said (Thank you all for asking about me, thank God I am fine, and the love of people is a great treasure, and I thank you all from the heart again).

Nasser Al-Qasabi's most prominent television works In addition to his participation in the Arabs Got Talent program, which supports artistic talents, he was a member of the judging committee in the second, third and fourth seasons. He participated in a large number of diverse television works, in which he succeeded with merit and performed his role with mastery and high skill. His television artistic works are:

Eyes watching time. Nicknamed. Wadi Al-Jarf. Back to Aswad. Companionship. Saloum's dreams. Beginning of the end. Valley of the gazelles. Generational conflict. Short stories. Abu Mishaab. Diary of a delusional person. Yellow card. Tash Ma Tash with its 18 parts. No to wives. The lamp. Innocent eyes. The palace. Folk legends. Stay with me. A little salt. Father of the birds. Black and white. We are all village children. 37 degrees Celsius My neighbor, Hamouda. Children's recklessness. Wi-Fi throughout. Father of millions. Selfie in all seasons. The storm with all its parts. Exit 7. No movement. His cinematic works As for the most prominent cinematic works presented by the star Nasser Al-Qasabi and achieved great success, they are:

Understand me. Companionship. Hamoud and Muhaimid. Punishment and shame. Me and my brother. Half a million man. Al-Qasabi's plays are a milestone in the history of Saudi comedy Among the most prominent plays in which the artist Nasser Al-Qasabi participated and which impressed all his fans and stole their hearts with his interesting style and comedic method, the plays are:

Dream of life. City of luck. Sea rooster. Taq taq taqiyah. When the hero writes his defeat. University representative guard. Qarmoush and Tartoush. One zero. The lost one. Under the chairs. Saloum's dreams. Awis the nineteenth. About some people. The wolf in the heart. Born in the country. Latest artworks of Nasser Al-Qasabi One of the most recent artistic works in which the great star Nasser Al-Qasabi participated is the series Tash Ma Tash, which was shown for the first time last year and was in a satirical comedic framework about the problems and issues of Saudi society. It was written by Anbar Al-Dosari, directed by Mohammed Al-Qafas, and starred Nasser Al-Qasabi, Mohammed Al-Tuwaiyan, Abdullah Al-Sadhan, and Youssef Al-Jarrah.

Among the dramatic works in which Nasser Al-Qasabi participated and which will be shown in Ramadan 2025 is the series “No Curfew”, whose events revolve in a comedic framework around the Corona virus and its effects on society. A number of the biggest and most famous stars in Saudi drama participated in this work, namely Nasser Al-Qasabi, Fayez Al-Maliki and Rashid Al-Shamrani.

Awards and achievements in his artistic career The famous artist Nasser Al-Qasabi has received a large number of diverse awards due to his distinguished and exceptional performance in the artistic works he presents, and they are:

The first gold award he received at the Seventh Gulf Radio and Television Festival in 2000 for his role in the series “The Palace”. He was honored in 2005 as one of the 43 most influential figures in the Arab world by Newsweek magazine. In 2016, the American Media Association honored him for his efforts to combat extremism and terrorism, in the presence of former Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, US Senator Lindsey Graham, and Saudi Ambassador Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki. In 2019, he won an award at the Entertainment Makers Awards in Riyadh.

Because of Nasser Al-Qasabi's strong personality and his distinctive presence that captures the attention of all audiences as soon as he appears on stage and his unique and exceptional talent, he has become a model of art committed to the judges of his community. He has also become a role model for a large number of artists who are at the beginning of their careers, especially those who do not have anyone to encourage them to reach success and achieve great fame. He is one of the most prominent symbols of art, not only in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but in the entire Arab world. His artistic career is full of successful dramatic and comedic works, until his name became synonymous with creativity and artistic boldness.