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Faran Tahir
Tahir in May 2008
Born	Faran Haroon Tahir February 16, 1963 (1963-02-16) (age 46) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Faran Tahir (born February 16, 1963) is an American film and television actor.

Tahir was born in Los Angeles, California, where his Pakistani parents had been studying acting and directing at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Growing up in Pakistan, Tahir returned to Los Angeles in 1980. In 1985, he appeared as Bolshintsov in U.C. Berkeley's production of A Month in the Country. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in Theatre before acquiring a graduate degree from Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.

He made his film debut playing Nathoo in the Disney's 1994 live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. He has since appeared in such films as Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999), and Charlie Wilson's War (2007). He also played the male lead in the 1999 independent film ABCD. In 2008, Tahir played the role of the villain Raza in the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man. He played Starfleet captain Richard Robau in the 2009 film Star Trek.

Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, JAG, Judging Amy, The D.A., 24, Monk, Justice, Cold Case and Chuck. He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci Fi Channel original movie Manticore. Most recently, he starred in Grey's Anatomy as Isaac.

He has one daughter and a son. His father is Naeem Tahir, Director General at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts.^[1]

As of 2008, he lives in San Diego, California.

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[edit] External links

• Faran Tahir at the Internet Movie Database
• Faran Tahir at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)