Fahim Fazli


Fahim Fazli is an Afghan American film actor, motivational speaker and author.
Fazli is the most successful Afghan-born American actor in Hollywood due to the popularity of the Hollywood films he has starred in since 1999.

Biography

Fazli was born into a Pashtun family in Kabul, Afghanistan. He left Afghanistan and settled in California, United States in the 1980’s due to the Soviet-Afghan War.
He returned to Afghanistan as an interpreter and as a cultural advisor during tours with the U.S. Marines in 2009 and 2010. After returning, he wrote a memoir, Fahim Speaks that was released in early 2012.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Three KingsRefugee
2008Iron ManOmar
2008Eagle EyeAl Kohei
2009Red SandsGoat herder
2009Hired GunAbdul-Aziz
2009Welcome to A'StanJamalia
2009Anti-NarcoticsJalali
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraCamel handlerUncredited
2009After Action ReviewJamalia
2011We Will Rock YouShopkeeperUncredited
2012ArgoKomiteh subordinate
2012Big Bad BugsEnemy soldier
2013Blood ShotTerrorist #2
2014Fort BlissAfghan driver
2014American SniperMessianic tribal leader
2015AlohaAfghan tribesman
2015Rock the KasbahTariq
201812 StrongKhaled
2018American WarfighterBear V.O.
2018Saint JudyTaliban leader
2019FahimJamil Kahn
2019The OutpostTaliban fighterUncredited
2020I Am FearRashid
2023GhostedMosque Hammam
2025Thunderbolts*Agent Wild
2025SupermanJarhanpurian Villager