Phoenix Raei is an Australian actor, director, and producer. He was a main cast member of the two-season TV soap The Heights (2018–2019). He starred in the 2021 Netflix series Clickbait, and had a pivotal role in the 2023 Netflix series The Night Agent.
Early life and education Phoenix Raei was born in Shiraz, Iran on 28 October 1990. He emigrated with his family to Australia and settled in Perth. He showed interest in acting at an early age, but felt pressured to pursue higher education, so he studied law.
Career Raei first appeared in a short film in 2014. He chose the stage name Nima Raei and used it for Seven Storeys Down, a 2017 film that he wrote and directed. Raei's television debut was in the Australian soccer show Mustangs FC, He played his first major role in the 2017 film Australia Day, and wrote and directed a miniseries, Murder. He thereafter relocated to Melbourne. In 2018, Raei appeared in the Australian political thriller series Romper Stomper, based on the 1992 Russell Crowe film of the same name. In 2019 he featured in the Australian prison-drama series Wentworth.
He was a main cast member of the Perth two-season TV soap The Heights (2018-2019). In 2020, he appeared in Stateless, a series about detention centres in Australia created by Cate Blanchett.
Raei also co-starred in the 2021 Netflix miniseries Clickbait alongside Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, and Adrian Grenier. In Clickbait, Raei plays the role of Roshan Amiri, a missing persons detective investigating a highly publicised murder.
He had a pivotal role in the Netflix series The Night Agent. He appeared in Black Site, an American action-thriller film released in 2022, and he is working on a self-authored, directed, and produced film, Schnook.
In 2023, he took part in season three of the Apple TV+ thriller series Tehran. In 2024, Raei was named in the cast for series 3 of The Twelve.
Personal life Raei is engaged to Australian actress Kate Lister. They have two daughters together.
The two have collaborated on various projects, and together they manage a production company, Little Fish Films.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2014 Son of a Gun Party Guest (uncredited) Pale Blue Eyes Diner Patron #4 Short film2015 Bizness Boiz Cucumber Guy Short film Indefinite Adar2017 Australia Day Yaghoub Ghaznavi 7 Storeys Down Beau Romeo Mercuccio 2019 Below Azad 2022 Black Site Uri Wasserman 2023 The Rooster Dan
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2017 Mustangs FC Lachy 2 episodes 2018 Romper Stomper Amir Miniseries; 3 episodes 2018–2019 Wentworth Lukas Seasons 6–7; 2 episodes 2019–2020 The Heights Ash Jafari Seasons 1–2; 60 episodes 2020 Stateless Javad Shahrokh Miniseries; 5 episodes 2021 Clickbait Roshan Amiri Miniseries; 8 episodes2023 The Night Agent Dale Season 1; 10 episodes Love Me Johan Season 2; 2 episodes 2024–present Tehran Ramin Ghasemi Season 3–present; 5 episodes2025 Apple Cider Vinegar Hek Miniseries; 5 episodes The Twelve Bassam Aziz Season 3; 8 episodes
As director / writer YearTitleRoleRef 2017 7 Storeys Down Director / writer Feature film 2017–2018 Murder Director / writer MiniseriesTBA Rotten Director Film – in post-production Shnook Director / writer Short film – in post-production Paradise Co-director In development
Recognition and awards In 2019, he was the recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia, Rising Star Award.
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