Trivia

He was born on May 4th, Star Wars Day, and is a devoted fan of the franchise.

He played the role of the Narrator on the set of 'A Christmas Story Christmas' (2022), the sequel to the 1983 classic 'A Christmas Story', working closely with Peter Billingsley and director Clay Kaytis.

The role was originally played by the late author of the story Jean Shepherd.

His mixed name is because his father is Muslim and his mother is Christian. His maternal great-grandmother was Jewish, from Poltava, Ukraine.

In 2023, he officially presented the poetry book "Pirate Poems" to Johnny Depp, to whom it was dedicated by Vanya Petkova - Joseph's late grandmother. She published the book 2 weeks before passing away in 2009, and then 12 year-old Joseph vowed to give it to Depp one day, and succeeded 14 years later.

Speaks fluent English, Russian, Bulgarian and Levantine Arabic.

Syrian actress Jafra Younes is his cousin.

He is one-quarter Black, of Sudanese-Nubian ancestry.

Received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Film from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (aka VGIK) in 2020. The institute is widely considered to be the world's oldest film school.

He is the youngest grandson of internationally-acclaimed Bulgarian poet and writer, the late Vanya Petkova.

Has an older brother Abdel-Nasser, who is a European Bodybuilding Champion.

He received additional training at Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop (AMAW) in Los Angeles.

He landed his first co-Lead role as Bassam in the TV series Above the Clouds (2018), while in his third year of college.

He holds the 'Honorable mention' award from the Los Angeles Film Awards of 2019.

Like actor Riz Ahmed, the letter "H" in his last name Al Ahmad is kept silent in English.

He specialized in fine and graphic art at the National School of Applied Arts "St. Luka" in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has hosted several solo exhibitions of his artwork throughout Eastern Europe, and continues to practice painting to this day, mainly using coffee.