Antoine Balabane

Antoine Balabane is a Lebanese actor, architect, and artist born in Zahlé in the Bekaa Valley, with roots in Fourzol. He studied architecture at the American University of Beirut while pursuing his passion for theater. Theater proved transformative and deeply empowering for him. For forty-eight years, Antoine Balabane has served as a full-time architectural lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts at Lebanese University. He began his theater career at twenty and added television and cinema acting at forty-five. Alongside his acting work, he has pursued musical composition, painting, and social media content creation. He is married to artist Maguy Badawi, and they have two children, Jad and Daniel.