Ali Sivandi is a Danish actor in Danish films, television series, on stage and radio.

Beginnings

Ali Sivandi’s father is an Iranian immigrant who worked as an auto painter and his mother is an Arab Iraqi with additional roots in Kazakhstan and Russia and had worked as a head chef at a restaurant in Tivoli, Copenhagen. With encouragement from his mother, he had various roles in stage theatre. He also attended vocational trade school, to learn to be a mechanic, a cook, but without completing the studies.

Career

Sivandi grew up in

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and

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, areas with high concentrations of immigrants to Denmark. He was witness to the tough streets leading to playing violent gangster roles, drug dealing and urban life. He befriended and hung out with rappers Gilli,

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and KESI and notably his old schoolmate Dulfi Al-Jabouri, who had ended up in a leading role in the third season of the Danish TV series ''

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'' (original Danish title ''Bedrag'') and in the film ''Nordvest''. Although he did not have a formal acting education, his breakthrough came through meeting Danish film director

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who saw a potential in him and offered him a lead role in his debut long feature ''

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'' (original Danish title ''Ækte vare'') in 2014 in a gangster role. Gaining critical acclaim from film critics, also leading to a ''nomination'' to "Best Supporting Actor" award for his role in the film during the

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in 2015, he has moved to acting in a number of well received film and television productions. He appeared in ''Eliten'' in 2015, a film directed by Thomas Daneskov Mikkelsen. In 2017 Fenar Ahmad offered him another lead role in '' Darkland'' (Danish title ''Underverden''), and in 2019 he also appeared in Ahmad's film ''

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''. He has acted in a number of TV series like ''

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'' in 2016, '' Below the Surface'' (original Danish title ''Gidseltagningen'')''Ekstrabladet'': Dansk skuespiller om terrorisme: Det har intet med islam at gøre
and ''Parterapi''. In 2020, controversy arose after Sivandi posted a video on his Instagram of him making fun of a cross-dressing architecture student named Aleksander Aarstad.

Filmography

Feature films *2014: ''

'' (Danish title ''Ækte vare'') as Tariq (directed by

) *2015: ''Eliten'' as Joachim / drug dealer (directed by Thomas Daneskov Mikkelsen) *2017: '' Darkland'' (Danish title ''Underverden'') as Semion (directed by Fenar Ahmad) *2019: ''

'' as Skrymer (directed by Fenar Ahmad) Film shorts *2014: ''Adils Krig'' as Omar TV series *2016: ''

'' as John (TV series, 1 episode) *2017: ''Joe Tech (TV series, 2 episodes) *2017: ''Perfekte Steder'' as Hassan (TV series, 1 episode) *2019: ''

'' (Danish title ''Bedrag'') as Nabil (TV series, 8 episodes) *2019: ''29'' (TV series, 1 episode) *2019: '' Below the Surface'' (Danish title ''Gidseltagningen'') as Rami (TV series, 8 episodes) *2019: ''Parterapi'' as Alex (TV Series, 4 episodes)

References

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/dansk-skuespiller-i-modvind-efter-kontroversiel-video-raaber-efter-mand-i-hoeje-haele

External links

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'Underverden'-skuespiller i modvind efter at have råbt efter mand i høje hæle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sivandi, Ali Danish film actors Danish television actors Living people Danish people of Iranian descent Danish people of Iraqi descent Year of birth missing (living people)