Ardalan Esmaili (born 22 March 1986) is a Swedish actor.
Biography
Esmaili was born in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Iran, to an architect father and a teacher mother.
Toward the end of the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
, when Esmaili was two years old, his family moved to Sweden.
Esmaili stated, "My parents were afraid that my older brother might eventually be drafted into the military. They saw no future for the children in Iran."
The family originally planned on moving to the United States, but instead settled in
Skellefteå, where Esmaili would grow up.
Esmaili attended junior high school in
Malå
Malå ( sju, Máláge, sma, Maalege) is a locality and the seat of Malå Municipality in Västerbotten County, province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roma ...
.
While attending high school at in
Svalöv
Svalöv () is a locality and the seat of Svalöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,633 inhabitants in 2010. It is around north of Malmö.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Svalöv:
* Svalövs BK
Division 4 is the si ...
, he held an internship at with
Milad Alami
Milad Alami (born 14 May 1982) is a Swedish film director, currently based in Denmark.Wendy Mitchell"Milad Alami talks Berlin wrestling drama ‘Opponent’, next projects" ''Screen Daily'', 18 February 2023.
Born in Iran, he and his family went t ...
, a family friend. After high school, he attended the
Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting
The National Academy of Mime and Acting (NAMA) ( sv, Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm), was a school in Stockholm for acting and mime. This institution was also known under additional different names in English, including Stockholm University College o ...
.
In addition to Swedish, he speaks
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
, English, and Danish.
He is in a long-term relationship with actress
Evin Ahmad
Evin Ahmad ('';'' born ) is a Kurdish-Swedish actress and author.
Early life
Elvin Ahmad was born on 8 June 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Her parents are Kurds. Her father is an actor from Sulaymaniyah in Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, tran ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
21st-century Swedish male actors
Iranian emigrants to Sweden
Male actors from Tehran
People from Skellefteå Municipality
People from Svalöv Municipality
Swedish male film actors
Swedish male stage actors
Swedish male television actors