Omar Baroud

Omar Baroud (born 1991/1992) is a Dutch actor and writer based in London. He is known for his theatre work and his role in the Star series Wedding Season (2022).

Early life
Baroud was born in Lelystad, Netherlands to a Curaçaoan mother and a Lebanese father and spent some of his childhood on the island of Curaçao. Baroud moved to England at age 14, where he attended the ACS International School in Cobham. He studied Political Science at university, before going on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2016 with a Master of Arts in Acting.

Career
After graduating from drama school, Baroud appeared in the 2017 productions of Fennel-Spiked Lamb at the Bunker, All Places That the Eye of Heaven Visits alongside Mark Rylance, The Last Ones at Jermyn Street Theatre, and Irvine Welsh's Creatives for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This was followed by his television debut in an episode of the 2018 Netflix series The Innocents and a role in Shirleymander at the Playground Theatre. In 2019, Baroud had a recurring role as Ron in the first series of the BBC One drama Baptiste and was an understudy for A Song at Twilight at the Theatre Royal in Bath. In 2021, he appeared in As You Like It at the Watermill Theatre and returned to the Edinburgh Fringe for You Bury Me.

In 2022, Baroud took over the role of Cliff Bradshaw in the West End production of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre and had his first main television role as Jackson in the series Wedding Season, made for the Star platform on Disney+. After winning the 2021 MTI Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award, Baroud made his writing debut with the musical After Elijah, which he presented in July 2022 at The Other Palace. The production was directed by Matthew Xia with musical direction by Flynn Sturgeon, and the cast included Sharif Afifi, Parisa Shahmir, Nick Carter, Jodie Jacobs, Stephen Rahman-Hughes and Lanna Joffrey.