Ardalan Esmaili (born 22 March 1986) is a Swedish actor.
Biography Esmaili was born in Tehran, Iran, to an architect father and a teacher mother. Toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War, when Esmaili was two years old, his family moved to Sweden. Esmaili stated, "My parents were afraid that my older brother might eventually be drafted into the military. They saw no future for the children in Iran." The family originally planned to move to the United States, but instead settled in Skellefteå, where Esmaili would grow up.
Esmaili attended junior high school in Malå. While attending folk high school at in Svalöv, he held an internship at with Milad Alami, a family friend. After high school, he attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting.
In addition to Swedish, he speaks Persian, English, and Danish. He is in a long-term relationship with actress Evin Ahmad.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2007 Ett-Två-Tre Martyr! Son Short film2016 Trespassers Ali Short film The Girl, the Mother and the Demons Demon Deinar 2017 The Charmer Esmail 2018 Greyzone Iyad Adi Kassar 2019 Domino Omar Daniel Majeed Sea Fever Omid 2022 Black Crab Karimi 2023 Opponent Abbas A Beautiful Life Patrick
Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2012 Alex Ivan TV movie 2016 Beck Amir Ghanbari 1 episode 2017–20 Rebecka Martinsson Tommy Rantakyrö 16 episodes 2018 Den döende detektiven Joseph Ermegan 2 episodes2020 The Rain Uncle 2 episodes Alfa Ibrahim 4 episodes White Wall Said 6 episodes 2021 Snöänglar Salle 6 episodes 2022 Snabba Cash Jamal 6 episodes 2023 Codename: Annika Rasmus Ståhlgren 6 episodes 2024 Deliver Me Farid 5 episodes The Helicopter Heist Michel Maloof 8 episodes 2025 Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 5 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Category ResultRef.2019Berlin International Film FestivalEFP Shooting Star
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