Donnie Keshawarz

Donnie Keshawarz
Born (1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 55)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Alma materRutgers University (BA)
University of Missouri–Kansas City (MA)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Donnie Keshawarz (born July 30, 1969)[1][2] is a Canadian-born American stage, film and television actor.[3]

Early life and education

Donnie Keshawarz was born on July 30, 1969, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada[4] to Afghan parents. He grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and attended Jonesboro High School.[5] He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a master's degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[1] He also studied acting under Herbert Berghof.[1]

Career

Since 1987, Keshawarz has appeared in numerous television roles, most notably in a recurring role in 2003 as Yusuf Auda on the television series 24 as well as a recurring role in the HBO series The Sopranos. He has also made guest appearances on Law & Order, Lost, Sex and the City, Hack, Blue Bloods, and Homeland.

Keshawarz also starred in the ABC television series Forever and in 2013 he made a brief appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street.

He has also appeared in several films, including Loving Leah (2009), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Experimenter (2015) and Ad Astra (2019).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Growing Down in Brooklyn John 'Pip' Pipitone
2004 Tony & Tina's Wedding Donnie Dulce
2006 Drifting Elegant Victor Saad
2008 The Collective Rost
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Donaldson
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Stratton Broker #3
2014 The Cobbler Pinchas Simkin
2015 Experimenter Bruno
2019 Ad Astra Captain Lawrence Tanner
2020 Tesla J. P. Morgan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 As the World Turns Gary Rady 2 episodes
2000 Sex and the City Greg Miller Episode: "Politically Erect"
2002 Hack Cop Episode: "All Night Long"
2003 24 Yusuf Auda 6 episodes
2004, 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Various roles 2 episodes
2003 Pure 24 Yusuf Episode #1.18
2005 Lost Essam Tasir Episode: "The Greater Good"
2006 Love Monkey Clete 2 episodes
2006–2007 The Sopranos Muhammed 6 episodes
2007 Damages Andrew Vida 9 episodes
2008 New Amsterdam Nazir Episode: "Reclassified"
2008 Fringe Gerard Episode: "The Ghost Network"
2009 Loving Leah Raj Television film
2009 Law & Order Mr. Nozari Episode: "Rapture"
2009 Ugly Betty Detective Episode: "The Born Identity"
2009 White Collar Dmitri Episode: "Threads"
2011 One Life to Live Kahlid 3 episodes
2011 Blue Bloods Johnny Vega Episode: "Little Fish"
2012 Elementary Earl Wheeler Episode: "The Long Fuse"
2013 Person of Interest Nick Breckenridge Episode: "Mors Praematura"
2013 Homeland Hafez 'A-Z' Azizi 2 episodes
2014–2015 Forever Mike Hanson 22 episodes
2016 Shades of Blue Nate Episode: "What Devil Do"
2016 Beauty & the Beast Agent Morgan Episode: "Point of No Return"
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Agent Lamb Episode: "Whitehall: Conclusion"
2017, 2021 Bull Various roles 2 episodes
2018 The Good Fight Republican Fixer Episode: "Day 485"
2019 FBI Yousef Episode: "Undisclosed"
2020 Tommy Simmons 2 episodes
2021 New Amsterdam Dominic Mancini Episode: "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception"
2023 The Blacklist Rod Thieman Episode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38): Pt. 2"
2024 True Detective Adam Bryce 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c "Keshawarz, Donnie 1969–". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. ^ Riggs, Thomas (May 2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Cengage Gale. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-7876-9048-9.
  3. ^ "Donnie R. Keshawarz". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ^ "Donnie Keshawarz". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. ^ Davis, Diana (May 8, 2015). "Star of ABC's "Forever" and Jonesboro High School graduate gives first scholarships in memory of his sister". KAIT 8 news. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-12.