Islam Balbaa is an Egyptian/Canadian actor. He moved to Canada at the age of 18 to study Engineering, but the real reason was to get into acting. As soon as he graduated in 2005 he took a beginners and intermediate theater class at the Ottawa Little Theater. The first audition he ever made landed him the lead role in the play Dead Man on My Couch. Since then he had major speaking roles in plays, feature films, short films, a commercial and he also did a few background roles.