Arsalan Nami (; born May 21, 1984) better known as Arsi Nami, is a Swedish-Persian actor molded in Santa Monica, living in Manhattan, New York City. He earned himself 14 international Best Actor awards in 2022/23 for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm. The awards was given by the New York City International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards, Brazil Visions Film Fest, San Diego Movie Awards and Best Istanbul Film Festival to name a few. Thanks to his remarkable performance in Aion, the film was also selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars host) in Hollywood, California
Arsi Nami also co-stars in a Farsi/Dari speaking role on Season 2 of FX TV Series The Old Man starring Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and Academy Award nominated actor John Lithgow.
He is also cast as Real-Life Mobster Thomas DeSimone in Season 3 in Stories of the American Mafia streaming October 5, 2026 on Fox Nation, Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video.
Arsi Nami was also the lead actor in two Telly Award winning Commercials in 2023, Vaporesso: Through the Darkness and Eveready Battery / Energizer. He also won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival in Cannes for his leading role in the motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at world famous Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which premiered at the 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards, raising over $8 million for children's vision health. He portrayed as the manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning drama motion picture Camelia.
He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the Just Cause 4 award-winning commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube. Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Amazon, Bloomberg L.P. Google, PlayStation, BMW, Puma, MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, New York Lottery, Facebook,Stanford Medicine ,Hewlett Packard KIA, Ford, Samsung, Disney, NBA and Guitar Center to name a few. He was also nominated for best lead male actor in the comedy film Villa, at 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India.
Arsi Nami's National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta mot stjärnorna(Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden). organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award.
He won the Jury Prize for Best Short Screenplay for his screenplay Bachata at the 2021 New York City Movie Awards, 2021. He won the Best Drama Short Screenplay award at 2021 Austin After Dark Film Festival and at the 2021 CFIFF Changing Face International Film Festival in Australia.
His music credits include music written, sang and released on Fox TV shows Bones and The Goodwin Games as well Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival winning film Love is Blind and Crown Prince of Heaven.
According to MTV.com, he is also listed as one of the few multilingual actors, musicians and music therapists outside of Shiraz. He is also known to be the first Persian to introduce Music Therapy to the Persian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits. He is also being a philanthropist contributing to the special needs and disability communities through arts, film and music therapy.
Acting, TV and Commercials Arsi Nami's National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden). organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award.
His acting career blossomed through a silver lining leading to international awards at Film Festivals in Cannes, Los Angeles and Belgium. His passion for acting grew as he auditioned for the role of a blind man in motion picture Love is Blind, a population which he had been working for since he was 16 years old within healthcare and music therapy. Arsi Nami won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès. The film also received an official selection and nominated as the best short film at Hollywood Screening Film Festival and WE Care Film Festival in India, becoming a worldwide success for promoting disability awareness. Arsi Nami did also compose the Official film soundtrack for Love is Blind Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge at the 2018 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival.
He earned himself the 14 Best Actor awards for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm, about a single father whom with his ill son defies the unstoppable power of time through their relationship and love for each other. a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm. The awards was given by the 2022 New York City International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards, Brazil Visions Film Fest, San Diego Movie Awards and Best Istanbul Film Festival to name a few. Thanks to his remarkable performance in Aion, the film was also selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars host) in Hollywood, California
Arsi Nami also co-stars in a Farsi/Dari speaking role on Season 2 of FX TV Series The Old Man starring Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and Academy Award nominated actor John Lithgow.
Arsi Nami was also the lead actor in two Telly Award winning Commercials in 2023, Through the Darkness and Eveready.
Arsi Nami helped contribute to the disability community through film as he also starred as the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which raised over $8 million for children's vision health and pr. Healthcare in the Cloud premiered at 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards. With Arsi Nami's experience of working with population with mental health disorders, he took on the leading role of manic depressed French-American painter, Vincent, in motion picture Camelia, that won the 2017 European Cinematography Award.
He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube.
He portrayed as Randy Rigatoni, a Guinness World Record Judge in Oliver Tree's attempt to ride the biggest scooter in the world, with the video becoming top 6 trending videos on YouTube with over 1.2 million views within a day.
Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS.
He was also the lead actor in comedy film Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura, Italy and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. Arsi Nami also composed the soundtrack for Love is Blind as well as being the poster and art director. His other outstanding and comedic international role was as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox. He also acted as the lead actor in comedy film Villa, an Official Selection in 2017 IFFC International Film Festival in India. Commercials include: Disney, Kia, BMW, TESLA, MGM GRAND, Cadillac, HP, Samsung, NBA, Vivo Phone China, Guitar Center, Independence Day Resurgence, Westin Hotels, Clorox, El Vato, Los Defensores etc.
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