Donnie Keshawarz

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Donnie Keshawarz
Born (1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 54)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Rutgers University (BA)
University of Missouri–Kansas City (MA)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Donnie Keshawarz (born July 30, 1969) [1] [2] is a Canadian-born American stage, film and television actor. [3]

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Early life and education

He was born on July 30, 1969, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada [4] to Afghan parents. Keshawarz grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and attended Jonesboro High School. [5] He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a master's degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. [1] He also studied acting under Herbert Berghof. [1]

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Growing Down in BrooklynJohn 'Pip' Pipitone
2004 Tony & Tina's Wedding Donnie Dulce
2006Drifting ElegantVictor Saad
2008 The Collective Rost
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Donaldson
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Stratton Broker #3
2014 The Cobbler Pinchas Simkin
2015 Experimenter Bruno
2019 Ad Astra Captain Lawrence Tanner
2020 Tesla J. P. Morgan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 As the World Turns Gary Rady2 episodes
2000 Sex and the City Greg MillerEpisode: "Politically Erect"
2002 Hacks CopEpisode: "All Night Long"
2003 24 Yusuf Auda6 episodes
2004, 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Various roles2 episodes
2003Pure 24YusufEpisode #1.18
2005 Lost Essam TasirEpisode: "The Greater Good"
2006 Love Monkey Clete2 episodes
2006–2007 The Sopranos Muhammed6 episodes
2007 Damages Andrew Vida9 episodes
2008 New Amsterdam NazirEpisode: "Reclassified"
2008 Fringe GerardEpisode: "The Ghost Network"
2009 Loving Leah RajTelevision film
2009 Law & Order Mr. NozariEpisode: "Rapture"
2009 Ugly Betty DetectiveEpisode: "The Born Identity"
2009 White Collar DmitriEpisode: "Threads"
2011 One Life to Live Kahlid3 episodes
2011 Blue Bloods Johnny VegaEpisode: "Little Fish"
2012 Elementary Earl WheelerEpisode: "The Long Fuse"
2013 Person of Interest Nick BreckenridgeEpisode: "Mors Praematura"
2013 Homeland Hafez 'A-Z' Azizi2 episodes
2014–2015 Forever Mike Hanson22 episodes
2016 Shades of Blue NateEpisode: "What Devil Do"
2016 Beauty & the Beast Agent MorganEpisode: "Point of No Return"
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Agent LambEpisode: "Whitehall: Conclusion"
2017, 2021 Bull Various roles2 episodes
2018 The Good Fight Republican FixerEpisode: "Day 485"
2019 FBI YousefEpisode: "Undisclosed"
2020 Tommy Simmons2 episodes
2021 New Amsterdam Dominic ManciniEpisode: "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception"
2023 The Blacklist Rod ThiemanEpisode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38): Pt. 2"
2024 True Detective Adam Bryce2 episodes

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