Faran Haroon Tahir | |
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Born | Faran Haroon Tahir Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Parent(s) | Naeem Tahir (father) Yasmeen Tahir (mother) |
Relatives | Imtiaz Ali Taj (maternal grandfather) Hijab Imtiaz Ali (maternal grandmother) Sayyid Mumtaz Ali (maternal great-grandfather) Muhammadi Begum (maternal great-grandmother) Ali Tahir (brother) |
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.