Artur Zai Benson

Artur Zai was born in a village near Kabul, Afghanistan, Stanikzai tribe, Zai translates "the descendants of" in Pashto, common name prefix in Afghanistan, was raised in UK and North America, is of mixed race. Can also speak Pashto, Farsi, Arabic, Spanish, Italian. Graduate and performer of The Groundlings Comedy Improv Theater and UCB, he's one of the 10 actors admitted to Lena Waithe's inaugural Hillman Grad Lab 2021 out of 4500 applicants, a winner in Pop and Latin categories in International Songwriting Competition 2021 out of 26,000 submissions from over 153 countries, amassed more than 4 million streams over music platforms, has 4 octave vocal range, A1 to Eb5 bass/baritone tessitura, trained in MMA and gymnastics.