Pakistani-American Hollywood actor Faran Tahir currently has an extremely busy schedule as he is busy working on three projects simultaneously. Faran Tahir will be appearing in the television series ‘Shameless’ and ‘The Magicians’, as well as the movie ‘Mindhack’ – Save The World’. ‘Shameless’ is a remake of the British comedy-drama of the same name and depicts the story of a dysfunctional family. Tahir is currently shooting for the eighth season of the show along with the rest of the cast, which includes William H Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin and Jeremy Allen White. The show will be airing on US television network Showtime. ‘The Magicians’ is an American fantasy television series that airs on Syfy and is based on the novel of the same name by Lev Grossman. The series was renewed for its third season earlier this year, and is currently being shot. The season will air in 2018. ‘Mindhack – Save The World’ is an upcoming 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”. Tahir will be seen playing the role of the antagonist Eden. The movie has been directed by Royce Gorsuch is currently in its post-production phase. Tahir is a Pakistani-American film and television actor. Tahir is best known for his act as Raza, the leader of a terrorist organisation The 10 Rings in ‘Iron Man’. In 1985, he appeared as Bolshintsov in UC 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 Theatre’s Institute for Advanced Theatre 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’, ‘Anywhere But Here’ and ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’. 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 DA’, ‘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”. He appeared a Ruslan Denisov in ‘The Blacklist’ Season 2 Episode 11, as Detective Terrence Amos in ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ Season 1 Episode 10 and as Dr Alan Kobrine in ‘Backstrom’ Season 1, Episode 9. He is also played Frank, Cliff Barnes’ right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas. Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn. 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’. Published in Daily Times, August 1st , 2017.