Walid Chaya

Walid Chaya is an award-winning director-actor based in Los Angeles. Walid can be seen in "Madam Secretary" (CBS), "Blacklist: Redemption" (NBC), "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) and opposite Jamie Bell in the feature "Skin" directed by Oscar-Winner Guy Nattiv. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Stage Directors Choreographer Society. Walid wrote, directed and starred in "Driving Ms. Saudi", which won Best Short Film in Dubai's prestigious WOW (World of Women) Film Festival, Silver Metal for Best Comedy Short at the Asia South East-Short Film Festival, among other official screenings at over a dozen prominent festivals from around the world. Walid is also a content creator and has headlined in diverse industry panels, his favorite titled "The Future of Acting: Creating Your Own Content", produced by the Actors Pro Expo. He speaks English & Arabic fluently. Walid was awarded the "Diversity Scholarship Award" from Upright Citizens Brigade LA for his work in original content, improvisation and sketch comedy. Walid is an alumni of The American Theatre Wing's, founder by the Tony® Awards, SpringBoardNYC directors program. He also received a B.F.A. in Performance with Magna Cum Laude honors from VCUarts, ranked the #1 public university school of arts by US News & World Report. After college, Walid lived and worked in New York for several years. In 2018, he relocated to Los Angeles to further develop his on-camera career and is actively working in film and television.