Arsi Nami


Arsalan Nami better known as Arsi Nami, is a Swedish-Persian actor molded in Santa Monica, living in Manhattan, New York City. He earned himself 14 international Best Actor awards in 2022/23 for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm. The awards was given by the New York City International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards, Brazil Visions Film Fest, San Diego Movie Awards and Best Istanbul Film Festival to name a few. Thanks to his remarkable performance in Aion, the film was also selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, California
Arsi Nami also co-stars in a Farsi/Dari speaking role on Season 2 of FX TV Series The Old Man starring Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and Academy Award nominated actor John Lithgow.
Arsi Nami was also the lead actor in two Telly Award winning Commercials in 2023, Vaporesso: Through the Darkness and Eveready Battery / Energizer. He also won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival in Cannes for his leading role in the motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at world famous Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which premiered at the 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards, raising over $8 million for children's vision health. He portrayed as the manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning drama motion picture Camelia.
He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the Just Cause 4 award-winning commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube.
Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Amazon, Google, PlayStation, BMW, Puma, MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, Facebook, Hewlett Packard KIA, Ford, Samsung, Disney, NBA and Guitar Center to name a few. He was also nominated for best lead male actor in the comedy film Villa, at 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India.
Arsi Nami's National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta mot stjärnorna, a national talent show program televised on TV4. organized by FremantleMedia. After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" live on national television, winning the second place award.
He won the Jury Prize for Best Short Screenplay for his screenplay Bachata at the 2021 New York City Movie Awards, 2021. He won the Best Drama Short Screenplay award at 2021 Austin ''After Dark Film Festival and at the 2021 CFIFF Changing Face International Film Festival in Australia.
His music credits include music written, sang and released on Fox TV shows Bones and The Goodwin Games as well Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival winning film Love is Blind and Crown Prince of Heaven''.
According to MTV.com, he is also listed as one of the few multilingual actors, musicians and music therapists outside of Shiraz. He is also known to be the first Persian to introduce Music Therapy to the Persian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits. He is also being a philanthropist contributing to the special needs and disability communities through arts, film and music therapy.

Acting, TV and Commercials

Arsi Nami's National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna, a national talent show program televised on TV4. organized by FremantleMedia. After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" live on national television, winning the second place award.
His acting career blossomed through a silver lining leading to international awards at Film Festivals in Cannes, Los Angeles and Belgium. His passion for acting grew as he auditioned for the role of a blind man in motion picture Love is Blind, a population which he had been working for since he was 16 years old within healthcare and music therapy. Arsi Nami won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès. The film also received an official selection and nominated as the best short film at Hollywood Screening Film Festival and WE Care Film Festival in India, becoming a worldwide success for promoting disability awareness. Arsi Nami did also compose the Official film soundtrack for Love is Blind Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge at the 2018 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival.
He earned himself the 14 Best Actor awards for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm, about a single father whom with his ill son defies the unstoppable power of time through their relationship and love for each other. a film presented and sponsored by Fujifilm. The awards was given by the 2022 New York City International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards, Brazil Visions Film Fest, San Diego Movie Awards and Best Istanbul Film Festival to name a few. Thanks to his remarkable performance in Aion, the film was also selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, California
Arsi Nami also co-stars in a Farsi/Dari speaking role on Season 2 of FX TV Series The Old Man starring Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and Academy Award nominated actor John Lithgow.
Arsi Nami was also the lead actor in two Telly Award winning Commercials in 2023, Through the Darkness and Eveready.
Arsi Nami helped contribute to the disability community through film as he also starred as the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which raised over $8 million for children's vision health and pr. Healthcare in the Cloud premiered at 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards. With Arsi Nami's experience of working with population with mental health disorders, he took on the leading role of manic depressed French-American painter, Vincent, in motion picture Camelia, that won the 2017 European Cinematography Award.
He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube.
He portrayed as Randy Rigatoni, a Guinness World Record Judge in Oliver Tree's attempt to ride the biggest scooter in the world, with the video becoming top 6 trending videos on YouTube with over 1.2 million views within a day.
Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS.
He was also the lead actor in comedy film Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura, Italy and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. Arsi Nami also composed the soundtrack for Love is Blind as well as being the poster and art director. His other outstanding and comedic international role was as Cadiz in Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox. He also acted as the lead actor in comedy film Villa, an Official Selection in 2017 IFFC International Film Festival in India. Commercials include: Disney, Kia, BMW, TESLA, MGM GRAND, Cadillac, HP, Samsung, NBA, Vivo Phone China, Guitar Center, Independence Day Resurgence, Westin Hotels, Clorox, El Vato, Los Defensores etc.

Awards and nominations

Music

Arsi Nami's music has been featured on several TV Shows, films and video games.
His song "She Wants to Fly" was featured on Fox TV show Bones on May 12, 2014. The song was originally written for Freedom in Iran during the 2009 Presidential Elections and has previously been featured on the soundtrack of Cannes Film Festival movie Crown Prince of Heaven in 2010. It has also been broadcast on major TV networks around the world such as Peace Day Television show which has featured world figures Dalai Lama, Bono, U2, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie etc.
His dance-pop song "Never Be Lonely" was on June 3, 2013, featured on Fox TV show The Goodwin Games. "Never Be Lonely" is also featured as the dance track for the web video game Good Game Disco made by Goodgame Studios.
He also composed the Official Film Soundtrack for Love Is Blind, which won the Jury Prize at 2017 Entr'2 Marches International Film Festival, as well as being the Official Selection for the 2017 WE Care Film Festival, India and nominated as Best Short in 2017 Hollywood Screening Festival.
His song "Paradise" was on May 1, 2015, voted as No. 1 song at top 100 Indie Dance/Disco chart on Spinnin' Records Talent Pool. The song was also voted as number 1 song at March top 10 House dance chart on House Charts.com His pop music with his cultural musical blend of Eurodance, World Rhythms and Electronica. Arsi Nami is also known for writing and performing his works for Freedom, Human Rights and Health foundations with all music & lyrics written by him. His music is multilingual, which includes songs released in English, Spanish, Italian and Swedish.
Arsi Nami joins Andrea Bocelli, The Beatles and Elvis Presley for releasing Consuelo Velázquez famous song "Bésame Mucho", via Shiraz Records, which makes it the first Duo/Latin house version in history, produced by Levi Whalen and co-sung with singer Jacqueline Padilla.
On April 21, 2013, Arsi Nami became the first artist to release his Pop Electronic and Progressive House rendition of world-famous Italian song "Caro Mio Ben" featuring UK based producer Kryphon. "Caro Mio Ben" was written by Italian composer Giuseppe Giordani, and made famous by Luciano Pavarotti. He is the executive producer of Caro Mio Ben music video which had world premiere on MTV.com on August 9, 2013. He has also co-directed, produced, and edited two of his music videos "100 Miles" and "Heaven Knows", which have been broadcast through mainstream medium giants such as MTV UK and featured at the Laemmie Theaters Santa Monica SMC Film Festival.
On January 14, 2012, Arsi Nami was signed by music publishing company Winogradsky/Sobel to have his music pitched for television, film and video games etc. becoming the first artist in the company representing Pop/Euro-Dance and World Music genre
Arsi Nami's single "Miracle" released February 2012 via Royalty Recordings was featured for ten weeks on world's largest dance music store Beatport as Top Staff Pick in the pop/rock category. Arsi Nami's music is also listed on FairShareMusic, with profits going to human rights and health support organizations such as Red Cross, War Child, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, Amnesty International, Cancer Care & Research etc.