Donnie Keshawarz (born July 30, 1969) is a Canadian-born American stage, film and television actor.
Early life and education Donnie Keshawarz was born on July 30, 1969, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada to Afghan parents. He grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and attended Jonesboro High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a master's degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He also studied acting under Herbert Berghof.
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 +YearTitleRoleNotes2000Growing Down in BrooklynJohn 'Pip' Pipitone2004Tony & Tina's WeddingDonnie Dulce2006Drifting ElegantVictor Saad2008The CollectiveRost2011The Adjustment BureauDonaldson2013The Wolf of Wall StreetStratton Broker #32014The CobblerPinchas Simkin2015ExperimenterBruno2019Ad AstraCaptain Lawrence Tanner2020TeslaJ. P. Morgan
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1999As the World TurnsGary Rady2 episodes2000Sex and the CityGreg MillerEpisode: "Politically Erect"2002HackCopEpisode: "All Night Long"200324Yusuf Auda6 episodes2004, 2011Law & Order: Special Victims UnitVarious roles2 episodes2003Pure 24YusufEpisode #1.182005LostEssam TasirEpisode: "The Greater Good"2006Love MonkeyClete2 episodes2006–2007The SopranosMuhammed6 episodes2007DamagesAndrew Vida9 episodes2008New AmsterdamNazirEpisode: "Reclassified"2008FringeGerardEpisode: "The Ghost Network"2009Loving LeahRajTelevision film2009Law & OrderMr. NozariEpisode: "Rapture"2009Ugly BettyDetectiveEpisode: "The Born Identity"2009White CollarDmitriEpisode: "Threads"2011One Life to LiveKahlid3 episodes2011Blue BloodsJohnny VegaEpisode: "Little Fish"2012ElementaryEarl WheelerEpisode: "The Long Fuse"2013Person of InterestNick BreckenridgeEpisode: "Mors Praematura"2013HomelandHafez 'A-Z' Azizi2 episodes2014–2015ForeverMike Hanson22 episodes2016Shades of BlueNateEpisode: "What Devil Do"2016Beauty & the BeastAgent MorganEpisode: "Point of No Return"2017The Blacklist: RedemptionAgent LambEpisode: "Whitehall: Conclusion"2017, 2021BullVarious roles2 episodes2018The Good FightRepublican FixerEpisode: "Day 485"2019FBIYousefEpisode: "Undisclosed"2020TommySimmons2 episodes2021New AmsterdamDominic ManciniEpisode: "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception"2023The BlacklistRod ThiemanEpisode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38): Pt. 2"2024True DetectiveAdam Bryce2 episodes
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