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name: "Daniel Zolghadri"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-zolghadri"
fi1m_id: "daniel-zolghadri"
imdb_id: "nm6002170"
tmdb_id: 1375795
wikidata_id: "Q64438271"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 February 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T03:55:11.802596+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."
---

# Daniel Zolghadri

## Identity

Daniel Zolghadri

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-zolghadri
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-zolghadri
- **IMDb ID:** nm6002170
- **TMDB ID:** 1375795
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64438271
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Zolghadri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64438271, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6002170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1375795

Actor. Born 20 February 1999 in Southern California, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 February 1999, Southern California, California, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** 丹尼爾索加迪
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Zolghadri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64438271, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6002170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1375795

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Eighth Grade*](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) (84)

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## Biography

Daniel Zolghadri is an American actor. He made his screen debut in 2013 with a guest role in the television series *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland*. He attended the Orange County School of the Arts.

Zolghadri is known for his role as Riley in the 2018 film *Eighth Grade*. His other credits include *Alex Strangelove* (2018) as Dell, *Ready Player One* (2018), *Low Tide* (2019) as Smitty, *Tales from the Loop* (2020) as Jakob, *Funny Pages* (2022) as Robert Bleichner, *Y2K* (2024) as CJ, and *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025) as Stephen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Fi1m 78, as Stephen — [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Riley — [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Magazine* (2026), as Leonard
- *The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight* (2026), Actor
- *Fennel* (2026), Actor
- *Hot Water* (2026), as Daniel
- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), as Stephen — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *Lurker* (2025), as Noah
- *Y2K* (2024), as CJ
- *The Truck* (2024), as Arash
- *Henry Gets a Shot* (2024), as Henry
- *The Audition Tape* (2023), as Daniel Jafarian
- *Snorkeling* (2023), as Michael
- *Funny Pages* (2022), as Robert
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, as Declan O'Shaunessy
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, as Jakob
- *Low Tide* (2019), as Smitty
- *Fahrenheit 451* (2018), as Clifford
- *Alex Strangelove* (2018), as Dell
- *Ready Player One* (2018), as High School Kid — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ready-player-one.md)
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), as Riley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)
- *No Activity* (2017), series, as Mason
- *Speechless* (2016), series, as Carter
- *The Loner* (2016), as Young Behrouz
- *Hidden* (2015), as Parham
- *Weird Loners* (2015), series, as Frank
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Young Walter O'Brien
- *Intelligence* (2014), series, as Young Boy
- *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013), series, as Mirza
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Luke Harris — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Ancient History*, Actor
- *The Temple*, Actor
- *Last Days of Basic Cable*, as Aaron

## Gallery

- ![Daniel Zolghadri](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-c2f5d80d1798.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-1ca876b6cae0.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-5b4c28c341a6.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_02_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-d92dbb28b35d.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_03.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Zolghadri](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-33d651a29bfe.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri — Image via TMDB
- ![Daniel Zolghadri](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-0d8c69d300a8.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri — Image via TMDB
- ![Daniel Zolghadri](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-c94c745028c8.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri — Image via TMDB
- ![Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-05bdd4c09f34.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri, actor, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the movie If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. (2022) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_04.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Zolghadri_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Zolghadri](https://film.one/media/person/128605/gallery-f3ab172f5d32.jpg) Daniel Zolghadri — Image via TMDB

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