Curtis-Lee Ashqar is a graduate of the Three-Year Bachelor in Acting (Hons) from The Lir Academy.
He recently appeared on stage on Dylan Coburn Gray’s Absent the Wrong at the Peacock Theatre (Winner of ‘Best Production’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2022).
Curtis-Lee has just finished filming on Blue Lights for BBC NI. Other recent tv credits include the role of Xavi in the TV Series Hope Street for BBC NI and on stage at Theatre Royal Stratford East playing the role of Laurence in Conor McPherson’s Shining City directed by Nadia Fall.
He previously filmed on feature Ballywalter directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah opposite Patrick Kielty and worked on Gilgamesh with theatre company Macnas playing the title role.
Curtis-Lee appeared in the role of Jo in Peat by Kate Heffernan and directed by Tim Crouch at The Ark, Dublin.
Screen credits include roles in Game of Thrones (Season 5) directed by Michael Slovis, Into the Badlands for AMC, Torvill & Dean for ITV and the lead role of Ahmet in Murat Asker’s short film The Gift.
Some of Curtis-Lee’s credits at The Lir include The Skriker in The Skriker directed by Tom Creed, Vaguin in Children of the Sun directed by Lynne Parker, Three Winters directed by David Horan, The Garden devised with Mikel Murfi, Damus in Portia Coughlan directed by Annabelle Comyn, Achilles in Iphigenia at Aulis directed by Wayne Jordan and the short film Happyish directed by Juanita Wilson.