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Faran Haroon Tahir (born February 16, 1963) is a Pakistani-American actor.

Faran Tahir
Tahir in 2016
Born	Faran Haroon Tahir (1963-02-16) February 16, 1963 (age 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Zara Tareen (married 2021-present)
Parent(s)	Naeem Tahir (father) Yasmeen Tahir (mother)
Relatives	Imtiaz Ali Taj (maternal grandfather) Hijab Imtiaz Ali (maternal grandmother) Sayyid Mumtaz Ali (maternal great-grandfather) Muhammadi Begum (maternal great-grandmother) Ali Tahir (Brother)

Tahir was born in Los Angeles to an artistic family. His parents were actor Naeem Tahir and radio host Yasmeen Tahir and his grandparents were writers Imtiaz Ali Taj and Hijab Imtiaz Ali. Tahir went on to graduate from theatre programs at the University of California, Berkeley and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

Tahir made his television debut as a desk clerk on Midnight Caller in 1989. He made his film debut as Nathoo in Disney's 1994 live-action version of The Jungle Book. He has gone on to star in a variety of roles, such as Raza in Iron Man (2008), Captain Robau in Star Trek (2009), and President Patel in Elysium (2013). In 2016, he played the titular role of Othello in a production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.

Early life

Faran Haroon Tahir was born on 16 February 1963 in Los Angeles to Naeem Tahir, a veteran actor and respected writer, and Yasmeen Tahir. Through his mother, "one of the most famous voices of Radio Pakistan", his grandparents are famous writers Imtiaz Ali Taj and Hijab Imtiaz Ali, also the first ever Muslim female pilot,[1] while his younger brother Ali Tahir (b. 1972) is an actor as well, better known for starring in the comedy-drama sitcom Teen Bata Teen.[2] His other younger brother, Mehran Tahir (b. 1965), is a TV producer, who has for instance worked for Hum TV.[3] Faran Tahir grew up in Pakistan and returned to the United States in 1980.[4]

Tahir studied business economics at the University of California, Berkeley before transitioning to the performing arts, graduating with a degree in theatre.[5] He later graduated with a MFA from the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[6]

Career

He made his film debut playing Nathoo in the Disney's 1994 live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. He has since appeared in such films as Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999) and Charlie Wilson's War (2007). He also played the male lead in the 1999 independent film ABCD.

In 2008, Tahir played the role of the villain Raza in the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man.[7]

He played Starfleet Captain Richard Robau in the 2009 film Star Trek.[8] In 2013, Tahir played President Patel in the science-fiction film Elysium.[9]

Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, Walker, Texas Ranger, The D.A., 24, Monk, Justice, Cold Case, Chuck, Hawaii Five-0[10] and Warehouse 13.[11] He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie Manticore.[12] He also starred in the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy as Isaac[13] and appeared on the CW series Supernatural as the Egyptian god Osiris in the seventh season's episode "Defending Your Life".[14] Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn.[15] The role of Frank, Cliff Barnes' right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas.[16] In 2015 Tahir appeared in a recurring role as the Commander on Supergirl.[17]

He appeared in JAG in the episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" which served as the two pilot episodes for the series NCIS. Seven years later, Tahir appeared in the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.

In 2016 Tahir joined American Crime as Rhys Bashir,[18] and was cast as Captain Nemo on Once Upon a Time.[19] In 2017, Tahir played the role of Mallick in Syfy's TV show, 12 Monkeys..

On his visit to Karachi, Pakistan, he appeared in a web series Speak Your Heart With Samina Peerzada in January 2019.[20]

Faran will be seen in the upcoming Pakistani movie Umro Ayyar- A New Beginning, an action thriller movie produced by Azfar Jafri under the banner of VR Chili Production. Umro Ayyar- A New Beginning is expected to be released in 2022 worldwide.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Jungle Book	Nathoo
1997	Picture Perfect	Sajit
1998	A Price Above Rubies	Hrundi Kapoor
	Anywhere But Here	Hisham Badir
	ABCD	Raj
2002	A Town Without Pity	Antoine Fahd	TV movie
2005	Manticore	Umari	TV movie
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Brigadier Rashid
2008	Iron Man	Raza
2009	Star Trek	Captain Robau
2010	Ashes	Kartik
2013	Elysium	President Patel
	Torn	Ali Munsif
	Escape Plan	Javed Afridi
	Mr. Jones	The Anthropologist
2014	Jinn	Ali
2015	Flight World War II	William Strong
2016	Honeyglue	Dr. Konig
2018	Mad Genius	Eden
2019	Boris and the Bomb	Sammi
2020	I Am Fear	Asad
	I'll Meet You There	Majeed
2021	Injustice	Ra's al Ghul
2022	Umro Ayyar - A New Beginning		[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Midnight Caller	Desk Clerk	Blood Red
1993	Law & Order	Mr. Khan	Profile
1994	New York Undercover	Dr. Venegas	Missing
1995	New York News	Neilson	Past Imperfect
1997	Party of Five	Radiologist	2 episodes
1999	The Pretender	Anesthesiologist	At the Hour of Our Death
2000	The Practice	Dr. Michael Shields	Death Penalties
	FreakyLinks	Doctor	Subject: Three Thirteen
	Family Law	Dr. Singh	2 episodes
2001	Alias	Mokhtar	A Broken Heart
	NYPD Blue	Isa Al-Ramai	Baby Love
2001-2003	The Agency	Jamar Akil / India's Secret Police Leader	2 episodes
2002	7th Heaven	Mr. Halawi	Suspicion
	MDs	Dr. Banfa	Cruel and Unusual
	The West Wing	Manny	"Swiss Diplomacy"
2003	The Agency	Jamar Akil	An Isolated Incident
	The West Wing	Manny	"Inauguration: Part 1"
	JAG	Amad Bin Atwa / Said Labdouni	3 episodes
	Boston Public	Mr. Mubarik	Chapter Seventy-Four
	24	Mosque Greeter	"Day 2: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m."
2004	Judging Amy	Dr. Omidi	The Quick and The Dead
	The D.A.	Asaf Shah	The People vs. Achmed Abbas
2005	24	Tomas Sherek	2 episodes
	Over There	Hamza	Embedded
	Just Legal	Unknown	"Pilot"
2006	Charmed	Savard	Repo Manor
	Monk	Museum Official	"Mr. Monk and the Big Reward"
	Justice	Oscar Rivera	Behind the Orange Curtain
	Sleeper Cell	Aziz	Faith
2007	Cold Case	Anil Patel	A Dollar, A Dream
2008	Lost	Ishmael Bakir	"The Shape of Things to Come"
	Chuck	Farrokh Bulsara	Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Isaac	"Give Peace a Chance"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Hassad Al-Jahiri	Fame
	Childrens Hospital	Malik	The Sultan's Finger: Live
2011	Blue Bloods	El Haq	Hall of Mirrors
	In Plain Sight	Ali Tavali	A Womb with a View
	Warehouse 13	Adwin Kosan	6 episodes
	Supernatural	Osiris	Defending Your Life
2012	Burn Notice	Ahmad Damour
	Dallas	Frank 'Smiling Frank'
2013	Private Practice	Charles	Full Release
2014	Elementary	Agent Mattoo	"The Diabolical Kind"
	Criminal Minds	Tivon Askari	"200"
2015	Criminal Minds	Tivon Askari	"The Forever People"
	The Blacklist	Ruslan Denisov	"Ruslan Denisov (No. 67)"
	Supergirl	The Commander	"Pilot"
	How to Get Away with Murder	Detective	Guest Star, Episode 10: "Hello Raskolnikov"
	Satisfaction	Omar Sandhal	recurring role in season 2
2016	American Crime	Rhys Bashir	6 episodes
2016	Hawaii Five-0	'Lucky' Morad	No ke ali'i wahine a me ka 'aina
2016–2017	Once Upon a Time	Captain Nemo	3 episodes
2017	Prison Break: Resurrection	Jamil	Season 5
2017	Scandal	President Rashad	Season 7
2017	12 Monkeys	Mallick	Season 3
2019	Bhai Bhai	TBA	[22]
2019	MacGyver	The Fence	"Fence + Suitcase + Americium-241"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	General Abasi Hakim	Face and Motion Capture

References

External links

• Faran Tahir at IMDb
• Faran Tahir at AllMovie

На других языках

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- [en] Faran Tahir

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[ru] Таир, Фаран

Фаран Харун Таир (англ. Faran Tahir; род. 16 февраля 1964 года) — американский актёр кино и телевидения пакистанского происхождения.

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