Firass Dirani
Dirani in 2012
Born (1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 39)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor.

Early life

Dirani was born in Sydney in 1984, and is of Lebanese descent.[1]

He attended St Paul's Grammar School and graduated in 2014.[citation needed]

Career

Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role of John Ibrahim in Underbelly: The Golden Mile. In April 2010, Dirani was named Cleo Bachelor of the Year.[2]

In 2020, it was announced Dirani would be participating the Seven Network's reality program SAS Australia.[3]

In 2023, Dirani was cast in The Office Australia but did not make it to the production stage.[4][5]

Following the start of the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023, Dirani expressed support for Hamas.[5]

Filmography

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Pitch Black Ali Feature film
2000 Lost John Savvides Short film
2001 My Husband, My Killer Butch TV movie
2002 Change Joe Change Short film
2005 Small Claims: White Wedding Pizza Delivery Boy TV movie
2006 The Silence Anthony Vassalio TV movie
2006 The Marine Al Qaeda Leader Feature film
2008 The Black Balloon Russell Feature film
2008 Crooked Business Stevie Feature film
2009 The Combination[6] Charlie Feature film
2011 Killer Elite Bakhait Feature film
2012 Last Dance Sadiq Mohammad Feature film
2012 In the Clear Brooklyn Thompson Short film
2013 Taser Eddie Short film
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Vito Rinnieli Feature film
2016 The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One Clarence Carmel Feature film
2017 Bang! Bang! Felix Husk Short film
2019 Escape and Evasion Welshy Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Children's Hospital Marc 1 episode
2000 The Potato Factory David Soloman 4 episodes
2002 White Collar Blue Nick Zenopoulous 1 episode
2003 All Saints Joe Malouf 1 episode
2006 Power Rangers Mystic Force Nick Russell (Red Mystic Ranger) 32 episodes (Main role)
2007 Kick Amen Salim 13 episodes
2007 East West 101 Talai 1 episode
2010 Underbelly John Ibrahim 13 episodes
2012 The Straits[7] Gary Montebello 10 episodes
2012–17 House Husbands[8] Justin 58 episodes
2018 Sando Kevin Kenan 4 episodes
2018 Mr Inbetween Darvos 2 episodes
2018 Orange Is the New Brown Zain 4 episodes
2019 The Real Dirty Dancing[9] Self TV series
2020 SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins[10] Self 10 episodes

Theatre

References

  1. ^ McWhirter, Erin (6 February 2010). "Underbelly's Firass Dirani - the day I met John Ibrahim, the King of the Cross". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Firass Dirani is Cleo Bachelor of the Year". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  3. ^ Media Release: SAS Australia's full line up and air date revealed, TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ Knox, David (31 May 2023). "Felicity Ward to lead The Office Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b Domjen, Briana (14 October 2023). "House Husbands star Firass Dirani no longer part of The Office Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Airdate: The Combination | TV Tonight". 15 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Top cast join Top End drama for ABC | TV Tonight". 15 June 2011.
  8. ^ "House Husbands cast announced for Nine | TV Tonight". 18 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Stars to get Real Dirty Dancing for Seven | TV Tonight". 3 June 2019.
  10. ^ "SAS Australia culls Firass Dirani, Candice Warner. | TV Tonight". 18 November 2020.

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