Ahmad Awaluddin "Awal" bin Ashaari (born 6 August 1981) is a Malaysian actor, model and TV host.

Early life and career

Awal Ashaari was born in

Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur Kampung Baru or ''Kampong Bharu'' (meaning "New Village") is a Malay enclave in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One of the most valuable tracts of land in the capital, it has been estimated to be worth up to US$1.4 billion. Location Kampung B ...

, Malaysia.Artist
. Sinema Malaysia. Retrieved on 12 July 2011. He holds a diploma from

Universiti Teknologi MARA The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university in Malaysia, based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to ...

in mass communications. He then went on to work at

Leo Burnett Leo Burnett (October 21, 1891 – June 7, 1971) was an American advertising executive and the founder of Leo Burnett Company, Inc. He was responsible for creating some of advertising's most well-known characters and campaigns of the 20th cen ...

advertising, where its executive creative director

Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...

is also a filmmaker, as an account executive, but felt he did not belong there. He then went on to become a newsreader for 8TV's ''Twenty Hundred News'' for eight months in 2003. It was also at that time was the first season of ''

Malaysian Idol ''Malaysian Idol'' is the Malaysian version of the Idol series, Idol Series that started in United Kingdom, UK, similar to shows such as UK's ''Pop Idol'' and ''American Idol'' in the franchise. This show is a contest to determine the best young s ...

'' competition and Awal managed to reach the final 30 cut-off. Later in 2004, FCUK had a model search competition and he was selected. Besides modelling and fashion spreads, Awal hosts ''Beat TV'' on

Astro Ria Astro Ria is a 24-hour Southeast Asian Malay language television channel exclusive to the Astro satellite television provider. It was one of the first 22 channels to be launched on Astro in 1996. Astro Ria offered mainly dramas & reality show ...

. He has also been involved in numerous Malay dramas such as ''Impak Maksima'', ''Noktah Erna'' and ''Cinta Medik''. Previously, he was the host of '' One in a Million'', a Malaysian reality singing competition show. He was also the host for a reality TV show on Astro Ria, ''Mari Menari'' season 1 with

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Personal life

Awal married actress Scha Alyahya on 4 May 2012. Lara Alana is his first child with Scha, born on 22 July 2014. His second child, another daughter, was born on 12 February 2021 and bestowed the name Lyla Amina.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television

References

External links

* {{authority control 1981 births Male actors from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian television personalities Living people Malaysian infotainers Models from Kuala Lumpur One in a Million (Malaysian TV series)