Faran Tahir
Biography
Faran Tahir is a Pakistani-American actor whose career began on film as Nathoo in The Jungle Book (1994). Born in Los Angeles and raised in Pakistan, he returned to the United States in 1980. He first studied business economics at Berkeley, then moved into theater and earned an MFA through the American Repertory Theater's advanced training institute at Harvard. He appeared in Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and the independent film ABCD. He later played the villain Raza in Iron Man (2008), Captain Richard Robau in Star Trek (2009), and President Patel in Elysium (2013). On television he guest starred on Alias, Lost, 24, Monk, Chuck, and many other series; starred in Grey's Anatomy as Isaac; and played Osiris on Supernatural. He also played the title role in Othello for the Shakespeare Theatre Company in 2016.
62years old
Turns 63 on February 16in 126 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Faran Haroon Tahir
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 31 years1994 to 2025
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Beyond film
In 2016, Faran Tahir took on the title part of Othello for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, performing in Washington, D.C.
Early training
Tahir went on to earn an MFA from the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
First role
Tahir played Nathoo in the Disney live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, which came out in 1994 and was his first film role.
Faran Tahir movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Faran Tahir shares two films with Sam Neill, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sam Neill's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Fred Tatasciore's page
Cary Elwes's page
Jeff Bridges's page
Sylvester Stallone's page
All films by Jon Favreau
All films by J.J. Abrams
Neill BlomkampDirector, 1 film, 2013
All films by Neill Blomkamp
Box office
What Faran Tahir's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
8 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$585M39.8% of the total
- 2$387M26.3% of the total
- 3$286M19.5% of the total
- 4$137M9.3% of the total
- 5$54M3.6% of the total
- 6$19M1.3% of the total
- 7$1.1M0.1% of the total
- 8$149K0.0% of the total
