Donnie Keshawarz

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

Donnie Keshawarz
Born	(1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 55) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Rutgers University (BA) University of Missouri–Kansas City (MA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Early life and education

Donnie Keshawarz was born on July 30, 1969, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada^[4] to Afghan parents. He 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	As the World Turns	Gary Rady	2 episodes
2000	Sex and the City	Greg Miller	Episode: "Politically Erect"
2002	Hack	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

References

1. "Keshawarz, Donnie 1969–". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
2. Riggs, Thomas (May 2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Cengage Gale. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-7876-9048-9.
3. "Donnie R. Keshawarz". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
4. "Donnie Keshawarz". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
5. Davis, Diana (May 8, 2015). "Star of ABC's "Forever" and Jonesboro High School graduate gives first scholarships in memory of his sister". KAIT 8 news. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-12.

External links

• Donnie Keshawarz at IMDb
• Donnie Keshawarz at the Internet Broadway Database