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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-02-16 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Faran Tahir

Biography:

Faran Haroon Tahir (Urdu: فاران ہارون طاہر) is an American actor.

Tahir made his film debut as Nathoo in Disney's 1994 film The Jungle Book. He went 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 title role of Othello in a production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Paper Flowers as Mr. Shah
Coup! as Kaan
Witness as Imam Mustafa
The Window as Farhad

2022

The Old Man as Rahmani

2021

Lamya's Poem as Baha Walad (voice)
Injustice as Ra's al Ghul (vocie)
CSI: Vegas as Gray Suit

2020

2019

2018

FBI as Ravi Sharma

2017

Mad Genius as Eden

2016

Honeyglue as Dr. Konig
MacGyver as The Fence

2015

Flight World War II as William Strong
Supergirl as The Commander
12 Monkeys as Mallick
The Magicians as The Great Cock of the Darkling Woods
American Crime as Rhys Bashir

2014

Jinn as Ali
Crisis as Tariq Rind

2013

Elysium as President Patel
Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe as Richar Robau (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escape Plan as Javed
Torn as Ali Munsif
Mr. Jones as The Anthropologist

2012

Dallas as 'Smiling' Frank
Elementary as Ramses Mattoo
Scandal as President Rashad

2011

Ashes as Kartik
Once Upon a Time as Captain Nemo
Shameless as Adeeb Singh

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Lucky Morad

2009

Star Trek as Captain Robau
Warehouse 13 as Adwin Kosan
NCIS: Los Angeles as Hassad Al-Jahiri

2008

Iron Man as Raza

2007

Charlie Wilson's War as Brigadier Rashid
Chuck as Farrokh Bulsara
Burn Notice as Ahmad Damour
Private Practice as Charles

2005

Manticore as Umari
Supernatural as Osiris
Criminal Minds as Tivon Askari

2004

Lost as Ishmael Bakir

2002

Monk as Museum Official

2001

24 as Tomas Sherek

2000

FreakyLinks as Doctor
Boston Public as Mr. Mubarik

1999

Anywhere but Here as Hisham Badir
ABCD as Raj
The West Wing as Manny
Family Law as Dr. Singh

1998

Urban Relics as Rasheed
A Price Above Rubies as Hrundi Kapoor
Charmed as Savard

1997

1996

7th Heaven as Mr. Halawi

1995

JAG as Amad Bin Atwa

1994

The Jungle Book as Nathoo

1990

Law & Order as Mr. Khan

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IJ Inspector Jamshed as Zafar Burki

Production

2025

The Martial Artist as Producer