Laert Vasili was born on March 7, 1974 in Delvine, Albania. He is a Greek Albanian film and stage actor and director. He is bilingual, his father being of Albanian Christian Orthodox and his mother of Greek descent. Both his parents were officers in the Military of Albania. As a result, the family moved around a lot and he spent his childhood between Tirana, Saranda and Delvina, Albania. He started acting at the age of 16 while still in high school, playing leading parts in several school theatre performances. At the age of 19 he was accepted to the Academy of Arts in Tirana, Albania. In 1994 he left for Greece in order to study acting at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School in Athens, Greece. He came second out of 750 applicants and he was the first non-Greek citizen to be accepted in the school. He graduated in 1997.
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