Dar Dash

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Dar Dash
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NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor, voice-over artist
Years active2007–present

Dar Dash is an American actor. After receiving his degree at Arts Educational Schools, in London, he starred in The Glass Cage at the Northampton Theatre Royal, [1] where he made his stage debut.

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Early life

Dash was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia. His father is of Persian descent, and his mother is Cuban with Spanish ancestry. Dash is the middle of five sons.[ citation needed ]

Career

Dash has appeared in several stage productions and in the AMC mini-series, The Prisoner ; the 2011 Raindance Film Festival nominated independent film, City Slacker; in Ridley Scott's thriller, The Counselor ; and BBC's Jonathan Creek .

In 2014, Dash was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a short at the Action On Film International Film Festival for his performance in the internationally acclaimed short film, Warhol, [2] in which he co-starred alongside fellow American actor, Corey Johnson.

In October 2017, Dash played famed Richard Nixon speechwriter and New York Times columnist William Safire in the play In The Event of Moon Disaster at Theatre503 in London. In its review, the Evening Standard described Dash's portrayal as "robust" and "droll" [3] and the overall production also received considerable critical acclaim.

In March 2018, Dash was nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy at the NAVGTR Awards for his performance as Hawkeye in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 . [4]

Dash is also a prolific voice-over artist for American and English brands.

In 2012, Dash and actor Alexis Peterman conceived Drink Me Eat Me, [5] a “treat boutique” and event space to serve the local community tasty treats, sell locally produced handmade treasures, and host parties, events, classes, pop-up shops and dinners. Drink Me Eat quickly became a bustling hub of West London. To concentrate on their careers, Dash and Peterman sold the company in August 2015.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012City Slacker [6] Alex
2012Darkness Into LightHaman
2013 The Counselor Barman
2014WarholFrank LockwoodBest Supporting Actor Nominee in a short film at the 2014 Action On Film International Film Festival
2015 Florence Foster Jenkins Antonio
2018TaarofOmidShort film - Winner Best Dramedy Short at 2019 London Independent Film Awards
2021AdmissionHassan
2022 All the Old Knives Bartender
2023 Warhol PaulyWinner of Best Ensemble Cast at the 2024 Paris International Film Festival
2023Anwhere But the BedSamShort Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Free Agents Pete
2009 The Prisoner 46-5Miniseries, episode: "Episode 2: Harmony"
2014 Jonathan Creek KevinEpisode: "The Curse of the Bronze Lamp"
2019 Absentia Noah ScottEpisode: "Offenders"
2020 Das Boot Joe MintonTelevision Series
2020Elvis: Are You Lonesome Tonight Larry Geller Television film
2022 Ten Percent Jay Weinstock
2024 Piglets Director

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Forza Horizon Zaki MalikVoice and motion capture
2015 Guitar Hero Live Various
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Dagas
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Dengoso
2017 Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 Hawkeye, Wonder Man Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy at the 2018 NAVGTR Awards
2018 A Way Out Various
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Various
2019 Another Eden Dunarith [7]
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Vazquez
2020Operation FROSTVarious
2022LifeAfter Season 4: The 2nd OutbreakMarion
2022 CrossfireX Various
2023 Payday 3 Cloaker
2023 Cyberpunk 2077 VariousPhantom Liberty Expansion

Miscellaneous

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Alien 3 TullyAudio Drama (Audible)

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