Erick Avari
Biography
Erick Avari is an Indian-American actor whose work spans science fiction, action, and biblical drama. He was born in Darjeeling, West Bengal, and later studied at the College of Charleston. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1991, he built a stage reputation that drew praise from theater critics across America, including roles at the Joseph Papp Public Theater and The Guthrie Theater. His film work includes The Mummy (1999), Stargate (1994), and Independence Day (1996), and he played Tival in Planet of the Apes (2001). His other screen credits include The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), and Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), where he was a mobile-phone salesman. On television he played Chandra Suresh on Heroes and Nicodemus in The Chosen (2019). He also voiced Master Rahool in Destiny.
74years old
Turns 75 on April 13in 153 days
- Born Darjeeling
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Nariman Erick Avari (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 21 years1988 to 2009
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A role that slipped away
Avari was scheduled to return as Kasuf in the Stargate SG-1 Season Six finale "Full Circle", but his commitment to Dragnet (2003) prevented him from doing so.
A first
Avari has played people from more than 24 ethnic groups. By November 2006, his credits included 33 feature films and more than 70 television episodes.
Erick Avari movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kevin J. O'Connor's page
French Stewart's page
Tim Curry's page
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's page
Michael Clarke Duncan's page
Shirley Knight's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Peter GeretyPaul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- Allen CovertPaul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and Mr. Deeds (2002)
- Derek WebsterFlight of the Living Dead (2007) and Stargate (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Erick Avari's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.8 billion
15 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 15 worldwide figure; 5 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 5Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$416M23.3% of the total
- 2$362M20.3% of the total
- 3$197M11.0% of the total
- 4$183M10.3% of the total
- 5$179M10.0% of the total
- 6$171M9.6% of the total
- 7$119M6.7% of the total
- 8$62M3.5% of the total
$95.3 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total