Kayvan Novak
Biography
Kayvan Novak is a British actor and comedian who rose through British television comedy before becoming known for playing the vampire Nandor the Relentless in What We Do in the Shadows. With Ed Tracy he created the prank-call series Fonejacker, which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy in 2008, and he later starred in the disguises show Facejacker. On film he played the dim-witted Waj in Four Lions (2010), receiving a British Comedy Award for the year's best comedy performance in a British film, and appeared as an intelligence officer in Syriana (2005) and Roger in Cruella (2021). He has also voiced Fabian Kingsworth in Archer, the Cyberman head Handles in Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013), and Brains in Thunderbirds Are Go.
47years old
Turns 48 on November 23in 41 days
- Born Cricklewood
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 16 years2005 to 2021
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Behind the award
Novak won Best Comedy Performance in a British Film at the 2010 British Comedy Awards for playing Waj in Four Lions, beating Nigel Lindsay, who was nominated for the same film.
Languages
Novak speaks fluent Persian, which he showed in the second episode of season 2 of What We Do in the Shadows, titled Ghosts.
Beyond film
Kayvan Novak lent his vocals to the British band Beady Eye on their 2013 song "Flick of the Finger", which the band released that year.
Kayvan Novak movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Kayvan Novak shares two films with Emma Thompson, 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
Emma Thompson's page
Niamh Lynch's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Liam Neeson's page
Timothy Spall's page
Matt Damon's page
All films by Christopher Morris
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.