Donnie Keshawarz | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Rutgers University (BA) University of Missouri–Kansas City (MA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1987–present |
Donnie Keshawarz (born July 30, 1969) [1] [2] is a Canadian-born American stage, film and television actor. [3]
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]
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).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Growing Down in Brooklyn | John 'Pip' Pipitone | |
2004 | Tony & Tina's Wedding | Donnie Dulce | |
2006 | Drifting Elegant | Victor 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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | As the World Turns | Gary Rady | 2 episodes |
2000 | Sex and the City | Greg Miller | Episode: "Politically Erect" |
2002 | Hacks | Cop | Episode: "All Night Long" |
2003 | 24 | Yusuf Auda | 6 episodes |
2004, 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Various roles | 2 episodes |
2003 | Pure 24 | Yusuf | Episode #1.18 |
2005 | Lost | Essam Tasir | Episode: "The Greater Good" |
2006 | Love Monkey | Clete | 2 episodes |
2006–2007 | The Sopranos | Muhammed | 6 episodes |
2007 | Damages | Andrew Vida | 9 episodes |
2008 | New Amsterdam | Nazir | Episode: "Reclassified" |
2008 | Fringe | Gerard | Episode: "The Ghost Network" |
2009 | Loving Leah | Raj | Television film |
2009 | Law & Order | Mr. Nozari | Episode: "Rapture" |
2009 | Ugly Betty | Detective | Episode: "The Born Identity" |
2009 | White Collar | Dmitri | Episode: "Threads" |
2011 | One Life to Live | Kahlid | 3 episodes |
2011 | Blue Bloods | Johnny Vega | Episode: "Little Fish" |
2012 | Elementary | Earl Wheeler | Episode: "The Long Fuse" |
2013 | Person of Interest | Nick Breckenridge | Episode: "Mors Praematura" |
2013 | Homeland | Hafez 'A-Z' Azizi | 2 episodes |
2014–2015 | Forever | Mike Hanson | 22 episodes |
2016 | Shades of Blue | Nate | Episode: "What Devil Do" |
2016 | Beauty & the Beast | Agent Morgan | Episode: "Point of No Return" |
2017 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Agent Lamb | Episode: "Whitehall: Conclusion" |
2017, 2021 | Bull | Various roles | 2 episodes |
2018 | The Good Fight | Republican Fixer | Episode: "Day 485" |
2019 | FBI | Yousef | Episode: "Undisclosed" |
2020 | Tommy | Simmons | 2 episodes |
2021 | New Amsterdam | Dominic Mancini | Episode: "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception" |
2023 | The Blacklist | Rod Thieman | Episode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38): Pt. 2" |
2024 | True Detective | Adam Bryce | 2 episodes |
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