It has been quite an eventful 2015 for Pakistani-American Hollywood actor Faran Tahir and it seems 2016 is going to be event better! After joining the cast of various series such as Supergirl, Satisfaction, American Crime, and The Land of The Outlaws, the popular actor has now signed on for yet another exciting project. Faran Tahir will play the villainous Eden in the highly anticipated sci-fi thriller The Mad Genius Project from writer/director Royce Gorsuch.
The Mad Genius Project is a gritty science fiction film about a young mad genius and his imaginary friend who make a flawed attempt to fix humanity’s problems by “hacking the human mind.” With few resources to pull off such an audacious project, they steal different pieces of technology, eventually capturing a nihilistic madman’s (Tahir) neural transmitter. The Mad Genius Project begins production in November of this year and is expected to release at some point next year.
Speaking about signing on this project, Faran Tahir said: “I am thrilled to be a part of this very creative, cool and cutting edge project”.
About Faran Tahir
Faran Tahir (born February 16, 1964) is a Pakistani-American film and television actor. Tahir is best known for his act as Raza, the leader of a terrorist organization, “The Ten Rings” in Iron Man (2008). 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 the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
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. In 2013, Tahir played President Patel in the science-fiction film Elysium.
Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, Walker, Texas Ranger, The D.A., 24, Monk, Justice, Cold Case, Chuck and Warehouse 13. He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie Manticore. He also starred in the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy as Isaac and appeared on the CW series Supernatural as the Egyptian god Osiris in the seventh season’s episode “Defending Your Life”. Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn. His most recent TV role was that of Frank, Cliff Barnes’ right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas.
He appeared in JAG in the episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown” which served as the two pilot episodes for the series NCIS. Seven years later, Tahir appeared in the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.
