Faran Tahir

Faran Tahir
Tahir in 2016
Born	Faran Haroon Tahir (1963-02-16) February 16, 1963 (age 61) 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; born February 16, 1963) is a Pakistani-American actor.

Tahir was born in Los Angeles to an artistic family. His parents are actor Naeem Tahir and radio host Yasmeen Tahir, His grandparents were writers Imtiaz Ali Taj and Hijab Imtiaz Ali. Tahir went on to graduate from theatre programs at the University of California, Berkeley and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.

Tahir made his television debut as a desk clerk on Midnight Caller in 1989. He made his film debut as Nathoo in Disney's 1994 live-action version of The Jungle Book. He has gone 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.