Early life
He was born on 30 August 1980 at Assunta Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. He is the third of 6 children born to his parents, former radio presenter and voice recording artist Ngasri Sain and his wife, veteran actress Habibah Jaafar (sister of Rashidah Jaafar). His younger siblings, Nasliza, Naszeli, Nasreen, Anne and Nassuhada are also involved in acting. After obtaining his Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM), Nasrizal continued his studies to the Diploma level in broadcasting at the TV3 Academy (later known as the Malaysian Integrative Media Institute or MIIM).
Inheriting artistic talent from his father, Ngasri, a former Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) announcer, and his mother, Habibah Jaafar (sister of actress Rashidah Jaafar) who is also active in the acting field, Nasrizal began his acting career during his preschool days. He was first introduced to the silver screen in the film Yassin (1988) directed by Tan Sri Kamarul Ariffin when he was 7 years old.
In 1988, he and his two sisters, Nasreen (Darling) and Naszriah (Anne) starred in commercials before their talent was spotted by drama producers at RTM and TV3. In 1992, Nasrizal acted in the dramas Dam Dam Dum and Cinta Mastura, both of which were broadcast on TV1. For his performance in Cinta Mastura, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor category at the 1992 Seri Angkasa Awards. He played an additional role as Kassim in the film Perempuan, Isteri & .....? (1993) starring Sofia Jane and Nasir Bilal Khan. It also starred his two sisters, Darling and Anne.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
