Here is Basil Khayyat as we knew through him and through his roles :

Basil is the son of (Samir Bin-Khayat) one of an urban area members in a Damascus, his birth and upbringing were in (Baghdad Street), a street full with diversity of life that joins nobility with modernity at the same time, and a diverse mix of people but our Young Artist managed to find his way in a privileged way.

his first presence in the world of art was:

His participations in the theater of children and he discovered his passion of art upon watching one of the Syrian Scouts plays (which is a play about children), where he found himself able to perform roles convincingly, if not well done, which has reinforced the feeling of belonging to the band which he has already have, and with that was the primary step of his life course.

This talent has grew and refined significantly by taking roles in commensurate with his age step by step, till his star shone on the horizon of art in Syria, to be one of the most notable sons of his time. Who does not remember Basil : The troublemaker, The historic leader, The lover, The patriot and his other various characters, Beside his fascinating performance of sick young man with Aids, when he was trying to describe the harm of AIDS, and its risk at all levels of life and society.

We can say that, he was able with all his talents and capabilities to become a comprehensive artists in the field of drama, with all the pros and cons tasted through the roles performed.

Just for your information, we do not intend to export him as a production of the small screen only, but due to the lack of the field of cinema and theater in Syria we handled the field of drama in which our young artist has a huge theatrical presence. But, as they say, "one hand can not clap" , and getting two rewards in spite of his short artistic age is a prove of it:

-The first one was an honoring award from the film and television industry held by the Information Ministry two years ago.

-The second one was Last year on behalf of the Syrian drama Oscar and was from (Adonia), and This prize is awarded for the first time in Syria.

Let us leave Basil (the artist) to see who is Basil (the human):

Basil is considered one of the distinguished personalities in our country, who enjoys the qualities of every conscious young man and who is well-educated and live and coexist with the people of his country, performing all the rites of a healthy life: He reads a lot, do exercises on the most beautiful sports : swimming on a steady bases "in summer and winter", elegance is one of his obsessions to the extent that he follows all satellite channels, which Presents the latest fashions.

Thus cautioned a lot of young girls and young men to complement his taste, especially the girls.

Basil became international through the film (Shams), which was directed by (Yusri Nasrallah), which achieved a great success and was chosen the American magazine "Time" as one of the top ten films in Global cinema 2004.

He is one of the best 50th actors in the world according to "Time".

The actors who he loves working with them are:

From Egypt : Omar Sharif - Mahmoud Mursi - Abdullah Ghaith-Hanan Turk-Mona Zaki and Hind Sabri.

From Syria : Khaled Taja-Bassam Kosa-Carrees Bashar - Amal Arafa-Sulav Fouachrjee-and Yara Sabri.

We apologize to all of his colleagues, as we can not afford to mention everyone.

When we asked him the traditional question : What will you be, if you were not an actor?

He replied: art lives inside me since my childhood, if I had not become an actor, I would have worked in a similar field like: working in the field of fashion design or anything creative like, Decoration or painting.

He adores music, which transform him to another world.

He sleeps at irregular hours, and he spends the nights with his friends and comrades.

Finally, we apologize from our star if we have missed any important thing related to him, and we promise you with many more...

but we like to ask him some questions :

Basil would you please tell me... How do you organize your time

Basil I pray you to answer me.....How did you owned your friends Basil would you please tell me ...How did you reach heaven

Basil I pray you to answer me... How could reach your space