Wali Razaqi (born January 25, 1979) is a producer, actor, & motivational speaker. He is the president of TapouT Films in partnership with
Dan Punkass Caldwell founder of
TapouT.
He grew up in
Santa Cruz, CA & at age 21, he quit college & football to produce & act in his first feature film ''
In the Wrong Hands'' (2002).
He went on to produce & act in a dozen more feature films including Sundance winner “
September Tapes” and “
Your Name Here
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” with
Bill Pullman
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Pullman made his film debut i ...
and
Traci Lords
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., ''
Red Sky'' aka “
Kerosene Cowboys” with
Mario Van Peebles
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Cam Gigandet
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,
Rachael Leigh Cook
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, and
Shane West
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. He is also the creator and executive producer of two TV series:''4th and Long'' for
Spike tv
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and ''The
Michael Vick
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Project'', a ten-part docu-series on
BET.
He is currently finishing his directing debut with the feature documentary
Almost Champions as well as appearing on radio & podcasts & speaking at various churches around the country about his unexpected journey from being a life long Muslim to becoming a devout Christian three years ago.
References
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1979 births
Living people
Afghan male actors
Afghan film producers
Afghan Muslims