---
name: "Behrooz Afrakhan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/behrooz-afrakhan"
fi1m_id: "behrooz-afrakhan"
imdb_id: "nm0012737"
tmdb_id: 1170974
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:52:24.897809+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Behrooz Afrakhan

## Identity

Behrooz Afrakhan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/behrooz-afrakhan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** behrooz-afrakhan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012737
- **TMDB ID:** 1170974
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012737/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170974

Actor. Born in Tehran.

## Details

- **Active:** 1991–1997
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (1), 1990s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 56 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $257m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012737/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170974

## Biography

Behrooz Afrakhan is an actor, producer and director. He appeared as Moamar in the 1991 film *Dying Young* and as the Middle Eastern Anchor in *Contact* (1997). His other acting credits include an uncredited role as a bartender in *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), Moezin (uncredited) in *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Majid in *Veiled Threat* (1989) and Valet in *Party Line* (1988).

Afrakhan is a native of Tehran who lives in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in TV-Film from Columbia College-Hollywood and began his career at KVEA, the Telemundo flagship station in Los Angeles, working as a stage manager, video tape supervisor, cameraman and editor, and producing soccer segments. He later became an award-winning broadcaster, announcing international soccer matches and reporting on sporting events in Asia and Europe, including Farsi-language coverage.

Afrakhan has also produced films including *Veiled Threat* (1989) and directed the 2006 short *Pedal Around the World for Peace*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Middle Eastern Anchor — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Dying Young* (1991), Fi1m 40, as Moamar — [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), Fi1m 74, as Bartender (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Contact* (1997), as Middle Eastern Anchor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Dying Young* (1991), as Moamar — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/dying-young.md)
- *Veiled Threat* (1989), Actor
- *Party Line* (1988), as Valet
- *Earth Girls Are Easy* (1988), as Bartender (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/earth-girls-are-easy.md)

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