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Erick Avari
Highest Rated: 89% Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Apr 13, 1952
Birthplace: Darjeeling, India
A veteran actor of Indian descent, Erick Avari specializes in portraying characters of many different nationalities. Born in Darjeeling, India, his father ran two local movie theaters, and his great-grandfather was a pioneer of Indian cinema. Avari earned his first credit as a teenager in the Satyajit Ray film "Kanchenjungha." Once in the United States, he established himself as a talented theater actor and began appearing in small film roles in the 1980s. He made more regular TV appearances in the '90s on shows like "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and an episode of "Seinfeld." He played the Pakistani Ambassador on "The West Wing," and in 1998, he began a three-episode stint on the sci-fi series "Stargate SG-1." His film roles also increased in stature, including a part in the adventure fantasy "The Mummy." Other recurring roles on TV have included a part on "L.A. Dragnet" and a role as Chandra Suresh on the popular cult show "Heroes." In 2009, he appeared as the character Omar on nine episodes of the long-running daytime soap "Days of Our Lives."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love & Debt | Johnny (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Project Eden: Vol. I | The Shepherd (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | It's Not You, It's Me | Cedrick (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | A Haunting At Silver Falls | Dr. Parrish (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California Winter | Douglas Hariri (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dispatch | Sergeant Pincus (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Three Veils | Mr. Qasim (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Where the Road Meets the Sun | Dadi (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 64% | 84% | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | Jess (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 34% | 43% | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Vijay (Character) | $146.3M | 2009 |
| 89% | 34% | Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane | Dr. Bennett (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | AmericanEast | Fikry (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 43% | 50% | Choose Connor | Arthur Dennison (Character) | $5.3K | 2007 |
| 9% | 35% | Postal | Habib (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 41% | 40% | Dark Matter | Prof. Gazda (Character) | $30.0K | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | General Samir (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Dancing in Twilight | Matt (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 43% | 35% | Daredevil | Nikolas Natchios (Character) | $102.5M | 2003 |
| 40% | 29% | Three Days of Rain | Alex (Character) | $2.8K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Home Alone 4 | Prescott (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 22% | 59% | Mr. Deeds | Anderson (Character) | $126.2M | 2002 |
| 0% | 28% | Ritual | Dr. Peter Winsfold (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 43% | 27% | Planet of the Apes | Tival (Character) | $180.0M | 2001 |
| 33% | 66% | The 13th Warrior | Hosein, Caravan Leader (Character) | $32.7M | 1999 |
| 62% | 75% | The Mummy | Dr. Bey, the Curator (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Face Her Past | Dr. Webster (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Undercover Kid | Brach (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 54% | 73% | Stargate | 'Good Father' Kasuf (Character) | $70.9M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | The Beast | Samad (Character) | $55.2K | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She's Back | Deli owner (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 95% | The Chosen | Nicodemus (Character) | 2019 |
| 55% | 82% | Graves | President Amir Ahsan (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Turkish Foreign Minister Ozan Canoglu (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 89% | 90% | Grimm | JP (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 61% | 79% | Scorpion | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Major Crimes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | The Mentalist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Lie to Me | Dr. Kozell (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 94% | 92% | Party Down | Reverend (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 75% | 89% | Human Target | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Rupert Bentley (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 6% | No Score Yet | Mental | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 92% | 88% | Leverage | Doctor Lloyd (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | The Middleman | Lord Jeremiah Purcell (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Nefzi (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 68% | No Score Yet | Dirty Sexy Money | Harold Templeton (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kazi Hasni (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 52% | 65% | Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 68% | 71% | The O.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Faith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | William Gamal (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 86% | 87% | Alias | Dr. Vasson (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dharma & Greg | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Dr. Herb Fountain (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 56% | 80% | Star Trek: Enterprise | Jamin (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 79% | No Score Yet | The Education of Max Bickford | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Pakistani Ambassador (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 57% | No Score Yet | Gun | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
| 17% | No Score Yet | Baywatch Nights | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Babylon 5 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 76% | 76% | Roseanne | Prince's assistant (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Raul Jaffa (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | Almost Perfect | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Rajesh (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 86% | 85% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Vedek Yarka (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Dr. Arzupian (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 87% | 94% | Cheers | Mr. Cranston (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Great Scott! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Yale Peck-Naughton (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| 92% | 89% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | B'iJik (Guest Star) | 1991 |