Laert Vasili is an Albanian actor, theatre director and translator, born in Delvinë on 7 March 1974. His career spans Albania and Greece across theatre, cinema and television.
Training and beginnings
He began performing in school productions at 16. In 1993 he started studying at the Academy of Arts in Tirana, before continuing at the National Theatre of Greece’s Drama School in Athens, where he graduated in 1997.
Theatre and directing
His collaboration with director Theodoros Terzopoulos includes Sophocles’ “Antigone”, Aeschylus’ “Prometheus” and works by Heiner Müller and Bertolt Brecht. His directing work includes “Electra”, “Doruntine”, Sławomir Mrożek’s “The Emigrants” and Terrence McNally’s “Corpus Christi”. In 2001 he was nominated for the Dimitris Horn young actor award. He has also translated works for the stage.
Selected filmography
- “See You / Mirupafshim” (1997).
- “This Night Remains” (2000).
- “Anna’s Summer” and “Alexandreia” (2001).
- “Hostage” (2005).
- “Charlie’s Son” (2008).
- “Balkan Bazaar” (2011).
- “Agon” (2012).
- “The Invocation of Enver Simaku”.
- “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea” (2019).
- “EGO 2” (2026), directed by Drilon Hoxha.
Television and public activity
In 2014 he competed on “Dance with Me” with Zajmina Vasjari, finishing second. In 2015 he won the first season of “Blind Taste”. His connection with Saranda’s stage also informed public appeals in 2025 and 2026 to restore the city’s cinema-theatre to use.
