Kahlil Joseph is an American film, television and stage actor and teacher of performing arts.
27 Facts About Kahlil Joseph
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Kahlil Joseph has worked extensively in the United States and India.
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From a young age, Kahlil Joseph constantly displayed a strong interest in entertaining audiences with various types of performances.
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Kahlil Joseph had an extremely keen ear for sound since childhood, and would continually mimic everyone and everything he could.
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Kahlil Joseph was constantly encouraged to read books that were advanced for his age.
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Kahlil Joseph's parents introduced him to various authors, to build his interests and knowledge of other cultures and people.
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In 1983, Kahlil Joseph moved back to New Delhi with his parents and attended St Columba's School, Delhi.
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When Kahlil Joseph watched the legendary Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, he was inspired immediately by the way Lee so expressed himself through his physicality and movement.
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Kahlil Joseph competed on a semi-contact and full-contact amateur level.
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Kahlil Joseph earned his first Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India.
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Kahlil Joseph learned and developed a high respect during this time for such a type of singer, whom he believes needs even more vocal and physical strength and resilience than a speaker or singer of another genre.
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Kahlil Joseph's performance got him noticed by a casting director for a new primetime TV drama series Khwahish, and in 1999, he joined the show as its antagonistic fashion designer Ronaldo.
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Kahlil Joseph continued his role and played Zach in the Indian premiere of the stage musical A Chorus Line at Kamani Auditorium, Delhi, until he left India in August 1999.
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Kahlil Joseph had always wanted to work as an actor in the United States.
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In 2003, Kahlil Joseph starred as Talvin in the feature film Far From India, which had a gala premiere at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, Maryland.
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In 2006, Kahlil Joseph played a lead role as Ibrahim Shaalan in the action feature film Special Ops: Delta Force, acting alongside English actor Mark Ryan.
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Kahlil Joseph guest starred as Resident Amer in the TV series Untold Stories of the ER.
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In October 2006, Kahlil Joseph joined the cast of the hit television daytime drama Days of Our Lives for a month in a recurring guest star role as Dr Myers.
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Kahlil Joseph's character played the specialist who is desperately searching for a cure to save the poisoned characters Kayla Johnson and Steve Johnson.
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On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Kahlil Joseph appeared as a real-life Christian evangelical preacher seeking asylum in America in the television special Thanksgiving USA, hosted by Pat Boone.
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Kahlil Joseph lent his presence to two national commercials in the fall of 2006, one for the US Army and the other for Chrysler, both of which ran till 2008.
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In January 2007, Kahlil Joseph was the main character in the Season 6 opening of the TV drama 24.
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Kahlil Joseph enjoyed one of his favorite television roles in the TV series Leverage.
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Kahlil Joseph appeared in Desperate Housewives in January 2010.
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Kahlil Joseph was the youngest and first actor of color to play the role.
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Kahlil Joseph's buttery baritone is a perfect match for the sinister 'Blood in the Water'.
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Kahlil Joseph continues to privately train performers and non-performers in acting, accents and dialects, voice, speech and combat.