Biography
Mustafa Haidari is an Afghan-American actor, stunt performer and dialect coach. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Kabul University, receiving a BA in Arts in 2007, and appeared in stage productions there. He later moved to Los Angeles.
Haidari made his screen debut as Party Worker in the film The Kite Runner (2007), for which he also worked as an Afghan casting associate. He has since appeared in films including 12 Strong (2018), Arrival (2016) and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), and on television in Homeland, FBI, For All Mankind, SEAL Team and The Old Man. He has also worked as a dialect coach, including on the Broadway production of The Kite Runner (2022).
