---
name: "Donnie Keshawarz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donnie-keshawarz"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T20:20:46.751905+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."
---

# Donnie Keshawarz

Actor. Born 30 July 1969 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1969, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2004–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $127m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Keshawarz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5296669, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1334507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83223

## Biography

Donnie Keshawarz is a Canadian-born American actor. Born on 30 July 1969 in Guelph, Ontario, to Afghan parents, he grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He holds a BA from Rutgers University and an MA from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and studied acting under Herbert Berghof.

Keshawarz has worked in stage, film and television since 1987. He is known for recurring roles as Yusuf Auda in the series *24* (2003) and in *The Sopranos*, as well as guest appearances in *Lost* (2004), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Homeland* and *True Detective*. Film credits include *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), *Experimenter* (2015) and *Ad Astra* (2019) as Captain Lawrence Tanner. He starred in the ABC series *Forever* (2014–2015).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ad Astra* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Captain Lawrence Tanner — [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Nick Breckenridge — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Gerard — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Essam Tasir — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Tesla* (2020), as J.P. Morgan
- *Ad Astra* (2019), as Captain Lawrence Tanner — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), series, as Dominic Mancini
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Yousef
- *The Blacklist: Redemption* (2017), series, as Agent Lamb
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Republican Fixer
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Major Carl Burkitt
- *Shades of Blue* (2016), series, as Nate
- *Experimenter* (2015), as Bruno
- *Forever* (2014), series, as Detective Hanson
- *The Cobbler* (2014), as Pinchas Simkin
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Adam Bryce — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), as Stratton Broker #3 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Rod Thieman
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Earl Wheeler
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Hafez 'A-Z' Azizi — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Nick Breckenridge — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), as Donaldson
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Johnny Vega
- *White Collar* (2009), series, as Dimitri
- *Loving Leah* (2009), as Raj
- *Fringe* (2008), series, as Gerard — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *New Amsterdam* (2008), series, as Nazir
- *The Collective* (2008), as Rost
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Andrew Vida — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Detective
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Essam Tasir — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Tony n' Tina's Wedding* (2004), as Donnie Dulce
- *24* (2001), series, as Yusuf Auda
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Joshua Feldman, Tomas Grey
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Muhammed — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Greg Miller
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mr. Nozari — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Crime of the Age* (1988), as Groundskeeper, Production Assistant
- *The Pretender* (1987), as Nick

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