# Phoenix Raei

Phoenix Raei is an Australian actor, director, and producer. He was a main cast member of the Perth two season TV soap The Heights (2018-2019). In 2021, he starred in the Netflix series Clickbait, and had a pivotal role in the Netflix series The Night Agent.

## Early life and education

Phoenix Raei was born in Shiraz. He emigrated with his family to Australia and settled in Perth. He showed interest in acting at an early age, but he felt pressured to pursue higher education and studied law.

## Career

Raei first appeared in a short film in 2014. He chose the stage name Nima Raei and used it for Seven Storeys Down, a 2017 film that he wrote and directed. Raei's TV debut was in the Australian soccer show Mustangs FC, He played his first major role in the 2017 film Australia Day, and wrote and directed a miniseries, Murder. He thereafter relocated to Melbourne. In 2018, Raei appeared in Australian political thriller Romper Stomper. In 2019 he featured in the Australian crime-drama series Wentworth.
He was a main cast member of the Perth two-season TV soap The Heights (2018-2019). In 2020, he appeared in Stateless, a series about detention centres in Australia created by Cate Blanchett.
Raei also co-starred in the 2021 Netflix miniseries Clickbait alongside Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, and Adrian Grenier. In Clickbait, Raei plays the role of Roshan Amiri, a missing persons detective investigating a highly publicised murder.
He had a pivotal role in the Netflix series The Night Agent. He appeared in Black Site, an American action-thriller film released in 2022, and he is working on a self-authored, directed, and produced film, Schnook.
In 2023, he took part in season three of the Apple TV+ thriller series Tehran. In 2024, Raei was named in the cast for series 3 of The Twelve.

## Recognition and awards

In 2019, he was the recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia, Rising Star Award.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Mustangs FC | Lachy | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Romper Stomper | Amir | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2018; 2019 | Wentworth | Lukas | Seasons 6-7, 2 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | The Heights | Ash Jafari | Seasons 1-2, 60 episodes |
| 2020 | Stateless | Javad Shahrokh | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Clickbait | Roshan Amiri | Miniseries, 8 episodes |
| 2023 | The Night Agent | Dale | Season 1, 10 episodes |
| 2023 | Love Me | Johan | Season 2, 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Tehran | Ramin Gamsy | Season 3, 4 episodes |
| 2025 | Apple Cider Vinegar | Hek | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2025 | The Twelve | | Season 3, 8 episodes |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Son of a Gun | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| 2014 | Pale Blue Eyes | Diner Patron #4 | Short film |
| 2015 | Bizness Boiz | Cucumber Guy | Short film |
| 2015 | Indefinite | Adar | |
| 2017 | Australia Day | Yaghoub Ghaznavi | |
| 2017 | 7 Storeys Down | Beau | |
| 2017 | Romeo | Mercuccio | |
| 2019 | Below | Azad | |
| 2022 | Black Site | Uri Wasserman | |
| 2023 | The Rooster | Dan | |

### As director / writer

| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
| 2017 | 7 Storeys Down | Director / writer | Feature film |
| 2017–2018 | Murder | Director / writer | Miniseries |
| TBA | Rotten | Director | Film – in post-production |
| TBA | Shnook | Director / writer | Short film – in post-production |
| TBA | Paradise | Co-director | In development |

## Personal life

Raei is engaged to Australian actress Kate Lister. The two collaborated in various previous projects, and together they manage a production company, Little Fish Films.