Jalal Merhi
Jalal Merhi is a Brazilian-born Canadian action film producer. He was born in Brazil to Lebanese immigrant parents. Career. He started his film career by selling his jewellery business to start a film production company. He has produced and acted in numerous action films that can be considered martial arts B movies. Because of this he is known as "Beirut’s Steven Seagal." Merhi first started Shotokan style of karate as youth later moving to tiger style Kung fu. He has sifu rank in kung fu and owns his own school in Canada.