Faran Tahir

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

Iron Man Not in library

Iron Man

2008

Grey's Anatomy Not in library

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Star Trek Not in library

Star Trek

2009

Elysium

Elysium

2013

Supernatural Not in library

Supernatural

2005

Escape Plan Not in library

Escape Plan

2013

Lost Not in library

Lost

2004

Supergirl Not in library

Supergirl

2015

Criminal Minds Not in library

Criminal Minds

2005

Shameless Not in library

Shameless

2011

Acting

2025 The Martial Artist as Dada
2024 UmroAyyar - A New Beginning
2024 Paper Flowers as Mr. Shah
2024 Coup! as Kaan
2024 Witness as Imam Mustafa
2024 The Window as Farhad
2022 The Old Man as Rahmani (3 episodes)
2021 Lamya's Poem as Baha Walad (voice)
2021 Injustice as Ra's al Ghul (vocie)
2021 CSI: Vegas as Gray Suit (1 episode)
2020 I'll Meet You There as Majeed
2019 Boris and the Bomb as Sammi
2018 FBI as Ravi Sharma (1 episode)
2017 Mad Genius as Eden
2017 Rewind with Samina Peerzada as Himself (1 episode)
2016 Honeyglue as Dr. Konig
2016 MacGyver as The Fence (1 episode)
2015 Flight World War II as William Strong
2015 Supergirl as The Commander (1 episode)
2015 12 Monkeys as Mallick (7 episodes)
2015 The Magicians as The Great Cock of the Darkling Woods (1 episode)
2015 American Crime as Rhys Bashir (6 episodes)
2014 Jinn as Ali
2014 Crisis as Tariq Rind (1 episode)
2014 How to Get Away with Murder as Terrence Amos (1 episode)
2013 Elysium as President Patel In Library
2013 Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe as Richar Robau (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 Escape Plan as Javed
2013 Torn as Ali Munsif
2013 Mr. Jones as The Anthropologist
2012 Dallas as 'Smiling' Frank (40 episodes)
2012 Elementary as Ramses Mattoo (1 episode)
2012 Scandal as President Rashad (3 episodes)
2011 Ashes as Kartik
2011 Once Upon a Time as Captain Nemo (3 episodes)
2011 Shameless as Adeeb Singh (1 episode)
2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Lucky Morad (1 episode)
2009 Star Trek as Captain Robau
2009 Warehouse 13 as Adwin Kosan (10 episodes)
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles as Hassad Al-Jahiri (1 episode)
2008 Iron Man as Raza
2008 Childrens Hospital as Malik (1 episode)
2008 In Plain Sight as Ali Tavali (1 episode)
2007 Charlie Wilson's War as Brigadier Rashid
2007 Chuck as Farrokh Bulsara (1 episode)
2007 Burn Notice as Ahmad Damour (1 episode)
2007 Private Practice as Charles (1 episode)
2005 Manticore as Umari
2005 Supernatural as Osiris (1 episode)
2005 Grey's Anatomy as Isaac (1 episode)
2005 Criminal Minds as Tivon Askari (1 episode)
2005 Over There as Hamza (1 episode)
2004 Lost as Ishmael Bakir (1 episode)
2002 Monk as Museum Official (1 episode)
2001 24 as Tomas Sherek (1 episode)
2001 Alias as Mokhtar (1 episode)
2001 24 as Mosque Greeter (1 episode)
2001 The Agency as India's Secret Police leader (1 episode)
2001 The Agency as Jamar Akil (1 episode)
2000 FreakyLinks as Doctor (1 episode)
2000 Boston Public as Mr. Mubarik (1 episode)
1999 Anywhere but Here as Hisham Badir
1999 ABCD as Raj
1999 The West Wing as Manny (2 episodes)
1999 Family Law as Dr. Singh (2 episodes)
1998 Urban Relics as Rasheed
1998 A Price Above Rubies as Hrundi Kapoor
1998 Charmed as Savard (1 episode)
1997 Picture Perfect as Sajit
1997 The Practice as Dr. Michael Shields (1 episode)
1996 7th Heaven as Mr. Halawi (1 episode)
1995 JAG as Amad Bin Atwa (2 episodes)
1994 The Jungle Book as Nathoo
1994 Party of Five as Radiologist (2 episodes)
1990 Law & Order as Mr. Khan (1 episode)
IJ Inspector Jamshed as Zafar Burki
VisionQuest as Raza (8 episodes)

Production

2025 The Martial Artist Producer