Faran Tahir

Acting

Faran Tahir

Born 1963-02-16 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Faran Haroon Tahir (Urdu: فاران ہارون طاہر) is an American actor. Tahir made his film debut as Nathoo in Disney's 1994 film The Jungle Book. He went on to star in a variety of roles, such as Raza in Iron Man (2008), Captain Robau in Star Trek (2009), and President Patel in Elysium (2013). In 2016, he played the title role of Othello in a production by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Description above from the Wikipedia article Faran Tahir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Iron Man poster
7.7

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Iron Man

2008

Star Trek poster
7.4

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Star Trek

2009

Elysium poster
6.5

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

Elysium

2013

Escape Plan poster
6.7

Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

Escape Plan

2013

Charlie Wilson's War poster
6.5

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

Coup! poster
6.4

A mysterious grifter appears on an isolated seaside estate claiming to be a wealthy family's new chef. When the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 descends on the island, the mischievous cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion.

Coup!

2024

The Jungle Book poster
6.0

Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.

The Jungle Book

1994

Mad Genius poster
4.9

A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity.

Mad Genius

2017

Injustice poster
7.3

When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?

Injustice

2021

Picture Perfect poster
5.9

A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

Picture Perfect

1997

Jinn poster
4.1

From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless centuries, almost washing away the evidence that a third ever existed. This third race, born of smokeless fire, was called the jinn. Similar to humans in many ways, the jinn lived invisibly among us and only under dire or unusual circumstances were our paths ever meant to cross.

Jinn

2014

Anywhere but Here poster
6.1

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.

Anywhere but Here

1999

IJ Inspector Jamshed poster
NR

Conjointly, ancient artifacts around the world are vanishing and the archaeologists and scientists responsible for handling them are disappearing too. Questioning who is responsible and why, a rogue diplomat suddenly comes into possession of a valuable artifact and, fearing the dangers that come with it, entrusts it to three children, the cleverest and most ingenious of them all, the Jamsheds. Inspector Jamshed, the lauded detective whose crime-solving accomplishments inspire a nation, is beloved by many and feared by the rest – that is, the criminals. As the relic is now in the hands of the Jamsheds, a suspenseful chase ensues with an array of espionage agents, assassins, underworld thugs, and a secret society that knows the artifact's true destructive power, all of them determined to take the relic for themselves.

IJ Inspector Jamshed

Flight World War II poster
4.6

International Flight 42 is on course, when all of a sudden a massive and weird storm crops up around the plane. This sends the plane back in time to the year 1940- smack dab in the middle of WWII! Now, the crew and passengers must not only find a way back to their time, but fight off the Axis powers.

Flight World War II

2015

Mr. Jones poster
4.8

Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?

Mr. Jones

2013

I'll Meet You There poster
2.3

A Muslim cop goes undercover at his estranged father's mosque while his daughter hides her passion for a forbidden dance, uncovering a shocking family secret.

I'll Meet You There

2020

Witness poster
NR

A revered small-town imam faces a crisis of faith when he must choose between upholding the values of his mosque or protecting the safety and spiritual belonging of a male congregant.

Witness

2024

Manticore poster
4.7

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.

Manticore

2005

A Price Above Rubies poster
5.4

About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life.

A Price Above Rubies

1998

No artwork available
NR

Set during the Four Years War between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, Axanar: The Gathering Storm continues the story begun in Prelude to Axanar. Captain Garth of Izar and his crew face the escalating conflict that will ultimately lead to the legendary Battle of Axanar.

Axanar: The Gathering Storm

2026

Torn poster
6.2

Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.

Torn

2013

UmroAyyar - A New Beginning poster
10.0

Umru Ayyar is an 80's-90's hero character from the very famous story Talism Hoshruba & Dastaan-e-Amir Hamza.

UmroAyyar - A New Beginning

2024

Lamya's Poem poster
6.5

An inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century Poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that 800 years later will save her life.

Lamya's Poem

2021

No artwork available
9.0

After Charlie Shivers' rug is ruined by painters, he hires his friend Tommy Two-Lips to steal him a new one. When Tommy profits off of it, Charlie gets his cousin Louie Lemmons to kill Tommy -- but it ends up making Charlie the main suspect.

Urban Relics

1998

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