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David Diaan,WEB, David Diaan,www.imdb.com/name/nm10755727/, 2021-03-25, IMDb, also known as David Davoodian, is a Los Angeles–based actor, writer, producer, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his satirical plays and his hilarious approach to issues surrounding the Iranian American community in the USA. He is an avid humanitarian and activist, especially in respect to the struggles of the freedom seeking citizens of his homeland, Iran.

Early life

He was born Fariborz Davoodian in Iran during the era of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. His father, Elias Davoodian, was a textile distributor who had built a reputation as a trustworthy businessman. As a hobby, David’s father Elias, would produce and act in community theater productions and was quite popular in his small town in Iran. His mother, Eshrat Moluk, was born into a family of prominent physicians. As a young girl, she possessed a gift for singing, but her strict parents never allowed her to perform professionally. His parents’ appreciation of performing arts were an early influence on Diaan’s aspirations in the entertainment industry.

Education and career

At the age of 16, Diaan left Iran and moved to Columbia, Missouri in the Midwestern United States to continue his education. There, he attended David H. Hickman High School. Afterwards, he went on the study Radio, Television and Journalism at the prestigious University of Missouri. However, David’s ambitions of returning to his homeland to become a famous talk show host were postponed due to the sudden changes in the social and political climate of his country after the Iranian Revolution. Iran and the United States had at this point become enemies. Left virtually stranded away from home, David took a job as a marketing agent for a national houseware wholesaler to earn his tuition money. Prior to finishing college, David had already established himself as successful young entrepreneur. Soon after, he moved to Los Angeles, California and co-founded The Express Group, Inc. which later transformed into deliverLA.com.WEB, Home - DeliverLA {{!, Any time, any day, right away. We Deliver LA.|url=https://deliverla.com/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=DeliverLA}} Among his other entrepreneurial endeavors is his partnership in SOGOLI, IncWEB, Sogoli Jewelry Home,www.sogolijewelry.com/, 2021-04-05, www.sogolijewelry.com, ., a company which designs and manufactures high end custom jewelry in the United States and exports to various countries.

Artistic career

Diaan’s experience in the entertainment industry began when he started “Liquid Productions” in Los Angeles, California together with other talents such as now well-known comedian Maz Jobrani. This young group wrote and produced the first Iranian/American play in English which became an instant hit amongst the younger generation.His popular theater company which produced successful shows such as The Belind Date, The 99 Cent FamilyWEB, The 99 Cent Family,99centfamily.vhx.tv/products/the-99-cent-family, 2021-04-05, The 99 Cent Family, en, and Death Comedy has toured across the United States and Canada. Since then, Diaan has written and produced multiple theatrical plays, hosted his own popular radio show on KIRN 670 AM, and produced and hosted a television show for channel one TV named “It’s a mad mad mad mad world”. His television show reached millions of Iranians worldwide through satellite and internet.Despite the risks attached to this journey, Diaan returned to his homeland after 24 years in the summer of 2000, to direct and produce the touching and informative documentary Iran is My Home. This film was an official selection at the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2004 he took his first stab at screenplay writing for a feature film entitled The Apology. The screenplay won first prize at the Slamdance Film Festival’s screenplay competition.WEB,articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/22/entertainment/et-slamdance22, Slamdance’s door is open - Los Angeles Times, Articles.latimes.com, 2005-06-22, 2014-01-06, Diaan’s production company, Sublime Entertainment, has produced independent feature films such as Otis E. starring Kevin Durand and Peter Storemare, America So Beautiful and The Dogwalker. Diaan’s dramatic performance alongside Academy Award nominee, Shohreh Aghdashloo in The Stoning of Soraya M.,WEB, N,www.fandango.com/daviddiaan/information/p307333, David Diaan Information, Fandango.com, 2014-01-06, earned him high praise and excellent reviews. In 2012, his performance as prime minister Mossadegh, in a film by the same title, earned him the best actor prize at the San Antonio Film Festival.

Personal life

Diaan resides in Los Angeles, California with his family.He travels with his theater group to different cities and communities across the United States and Canada.He also contributes much of his time and talent to various charitable organizations.

Filmography{| class“wikitable“|+

!Year!Movie/Project!Role!Notes|2020

last=Asha	title=I Do Not!	type=Short, Comedy	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Mohamad|(Short)

|2019

last=Winstanley	title=Forgive Me	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10465230/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4	others=Mojean Aria, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, David Diaan|access-date=2021-04-05}}||(Short)

|2019

last=Lambert	title=Cuck	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8195518/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5	others=Zachary Ray Sherman, Sally Kirkland, Timothy V. Murphy, Monique Parent	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Abbas|

|2018

last=Winstanley	title=Little King	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9100836/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6	others=Mariana Alagon, David Diaan, Afsheen Misaghi, Shila Ommi|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Babak|(Short)

|2018

last=Pakravan	title=Roya	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8261966/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8	others=Mary Apick, Rachel Benezra, David Diaan, Vida Ghahremani|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Farhad|(Short)

|2017

last1=Bina	title=Children of the Revolution	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8465584/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9	others=David Diaan, Nima Jafari, Roxana Rastegar	last2=Shekarchian|first2=Shawn}}|Manuchehr|(Short)

|2016

last=Grove	title=The Loner	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4831810/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_12	others=Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad, Julian Sands	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Danush|

|2016

(1979 Revolution: Black Friday){{Citation>last=Khonsari	title=1979 Revolution: Black Friday	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4328414/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_13	others=Navid Negahban, Bobby Naderi, Farshad Farahat, Omid Abtahi	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hamoyoon Shirazi|(Video Game)

|2015

last=Pakravan	title=Roksana	type=Short, Comedy, Drama, Romance	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hamid|(Short)

|2015

last=Delshad	title=Baba Joon	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3757218/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_17	others=Navid Negahban, Asher Avrahami, David Diaan, Rafael Eliasi	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Dariush|

|2015

last=Hamedani	title=In Her Place	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4057450/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_19	others=Sheila Vand, David Diaan, Tannaz Shastiri, Robert Paul Taylor|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Ali|(Short)

|2014

last1=Goldberg	title=The Interview	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2788710/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22	others=James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan	access-date=2021-04-05	first2=Seth}}|Palestinian President|

|2013

last=Roudbari	title=Frankly, Rebecca	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2757704/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25	others=Melanie Munt, Brett Loudermilk, David Diaan, James Lyons	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Dr. Arkin|(Short)

|2013

last=Dent	title=Silk	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277736/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_26	others=Shohreh Aghdashloo, Saye Yabandeh, David Diaan, Sabrina Perez	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Sameer|(Short)

|2012

last=Nazemian	title=Revolution	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1797479/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27	others=Mojean Aria, Sunday Burke, Zach Cumer, David Diaan|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Ahmad|(Short)

|2012

last=Dadvand	title=Mossadegh	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788416/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_28	others=David Diaan, Sam R. Ross, Bobby Naderi, Dominic Rains|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Mohammad Mossadegh|(Short)

|2010

last=Akhavan	title=Nose Job	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1693802/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_31	others=Nikki Amirsaleh, David Diaan|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Roya’s Father|(Short)

|2010

last=Blaustein	title=Peep World	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103273/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33	others=Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Lewis Black	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hari|

|2009

last=Larkin	title=Speaking of Baghdad	type=Documentary, Short, Drama, War	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hesitant Man|(Documentary Short)

|2009

last=Mead	title=The Colony	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1357110/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_2	others=Andre Alexsen, Francis Bacon, Albert H. Bongard IV, Ray Chavez Jr|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Trader|(Documentary)

|2009

last=Phillips	title=Otis E.	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0933878/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2	others=Kevin Durand, Tammy Trull, Dorie Barton, Dan Bell	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hamid|

|2008

last=Nowrasteh	title=The Stoning of Soraya M.	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277737/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_37	others=Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marnò, Navid Negahban	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Ebrahim|

|2007

last=Wain	title=The Ten	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811106/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_39	others=Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Landlord|

|2006

last=Zwigoff	title=Art School Confidential	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_40	others=Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Future Critic #1|

|2004

last=Delara	title=Air	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426875/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41	others=Roya Aryanpad, Allison Brainerd, Michael Catlin, Justin Charles|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Mr. Amrani/Father|(Short)

|2003

last=Diaan	title=Iran Is My Home	others=David Diaan	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Self|(Documentary)

|2003

last=Keller	title=Irangeles	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375845/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_43	others=Dan Wells, Noah Knight, Michael Keller, Carolena Sabah	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hamid Azizi|

|2002

last=Thelemaque	title=The Dogwalker	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309521/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_44	others=Diane Gaidry, Pamela Gordon, Lyn Vaus, Lisa Jane Persky	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Angry Client|

|2002

last1=Eshaghian	title=I Call Myself Persian	type=Documentary, Short	access-date=2021-04-05	first2=Sara}}|Self|(Documentary)

|2001

last=Shokrian	title=America So Beautiful	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229211/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_45	others=Atossa Leoni, Belinda Waymouth, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mansour|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Parviz|

Television{| class“wikitable“|+

!Year!Show!Role!Notes|2020

title=SEAL Team	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6473344/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2	others=David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr, A. J. Buckley	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Akhtar Zahed|2 episodes

|2020

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow{{Citation>title=Legends of Tomorrow	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4532368/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3	others=Caity Lotz, Amy Louise Pemberton, Dominic Purcell, Brandon Routh	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Mr. Tarazi	last=Geddes	title=Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8312954/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3	others=Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2018

title=S.W.A.T.	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6111130/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7	others=Kenny Johnson, Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Terzian	last=Gierhart	title=Fire and Smoke	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8856654/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7	others=Shemar Moore, Stephanie Sigman, Alex Russell, Lina Esco	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2017

Curb Your Enthusiasm{{Citation>title=Curb Your Enthusiasm	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264235/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10	others=Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Consul	last=Steinberg	title=The Pickle Gambit	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6739316/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10	others=Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman|access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2016-17

title=Valet	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6056792/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_11	others=Cassandra Van Dongen, Kean Eli, Ryan Blewett, Anna Brisbin	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Houshang Hakimi|6 episodes

|2015

Madam Secretary (TV series)>Madam Secretary{{Citation	date=2014-09-21	type=Drama	publisher=Barbara Hall Productions, Revelations Entertainment, CBS Television Studios|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Shakya	last=Alcalá	title=Waiting for Taleju	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4940742/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15	others=Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Keith Carradine, Patina Miller	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2015

The Brink (TV series)>The Brink{{Citation	date=2015-06-21	type=Comedy	publisher=Everyman Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), Jerry Weintraub Productions|access-date=2021-04-05}}|General Ahmed Ali|4 episodes

|2015

title=Bones	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460627/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_20	others=Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Omid Turan	last=Cheylov	title=The Murder in the Middle East	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4489154/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_20	others=Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2015

(NCIS: Los Angeles){{Citation>title=NCIS: Los Angeles	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1378167/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21	others=Chris O’Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Barrett Foa, Linda Hunt	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Vakeel Shah	last=Wharmby	title=Fighting Shadows	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4489458/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_21	others=Chris O’Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Barrett Foa	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2014

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.{{Citation>title=Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Elias	Making Friends and Influencing People“{{Citation>last=Roth	title=Making Friends and Influencing People	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3997456/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_23	others=Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2013

title=Homeland	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_24	others=Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Masud Sherazi|2 episodes

|2011

Wainy Days{{Citation>title=Wainy Days	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137992/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=David Wain, Zandy Hartig, Matt Ballard, A. D. Miles|access-date=2021-04-05}}|Hotel Manager	last=Wain	title=Kelly and Arielle Part 2	type=Comedy, Romance	publisher=Abominable Pictures, City Lights Media Group, Inverted Films|access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2011

title=NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364845/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=Mark Harmon, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Pauley Perrette	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Farid Bawali	last=O’Hara	title=Safe Harbor	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2047153/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_30	others=Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Pauley Perrette	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2010

title=Weeds	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439100/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_32	others=Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Daoud Mahmud|2 episodes

|2010

Parks and Recreation{{Citation>title=Parks and Recreation	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266020/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=Amy Poehler, Jim O’Heir, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Saïd	last=Hardcastle	title=Leslie’s House	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559849/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_34	others=Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2008

The Unit{{Citation>title=The Unit	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460690/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Audrey Marie Anderson, Robert Patrick	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Vet	last=Moosekian	title=Shadow Riders	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256433/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_36	others=Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Robert Patrick, Audrey Marie Anderson	access-date=2021-04-05}}

|2008

Quarterlife{{Citation>title=Quarterlife	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0932670/?ref_=tt_ov_inf	others=Elizabeth Tulloch, Maite Schwartz, David Walton, Majandra Delfino	access-date=2021-04-05}}|Victor	last=Stoltz	title=Home Sweet Home	url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157597/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_38	others=Elizabeth Tulloch, Katie Calahan, Kevin Christy, Majandra Delfino	access-date=2021-04-05}}

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