# Donnie Keshawarz

Donnie Keshawarz (born July 30, 1969) is a Canadian-born American stage, film and television actor.

## Early life and education

Donnie Keshawarz was born on July 30, 1969, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada to Afghan parents. He grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and attended Jonesboro High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a master's degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He also studied acting under Herbert Berghof.

## Career

Since 1987, Keshawarz has appeared in numerous television roles, most notably in a recurring role in 2003 as Yusuf Auda on the television series 24 as well as a recurring role in the HBO series The Sopranos. He has also made guest appearances on Law & Order, Lost, Sex and the City, Hack, Blue Bloods, and Homeland.
Keshawarz also starred in the ABC television series Forever and in 2013 he made a brief appearance in The Wolf of Wall Street.
He has also appeared in several films, including Loving Leah (2009), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Experimenter (2015) and Ad Astra (2019).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2000 | Growing Down in Brooklyn | John 'Pip' Pipitone |
| 2004 | Tony & Tina's Wedding | Donnie Dulce |
| 2006 | Drifting Elegant | Victor Saad |
| 2008 | The Collective | Rost |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Donaldson |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Broker #3 |
| 2014 | The Cobbler | Pinchas Simkin |
| 2015 | Experimenter | Bruno |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Captain Lawrence Tanner |
| 2020 | Tesla | J. P. Morgan |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | As the World Turns | Gary Rady | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Sex and the City | Greg Miller | Episode: "Politically Erect" |
| 2002 | Hack | Cop | Episode: "All Night Long" |
| 2003 | 24 | Yusuf Auda | 6 episodes |
| 2004, 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Pure 24 | Yusuf | Episode #1.18 |
| 2005 | Lost | Essam Tasir | Episode: "The Greater Good" |
| 2006 | Love Monkey | Clete | 2 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | The Sopranos | Muhammed | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Damages | Andrew Vida | 9 episodes |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Nazir | Episode: "Reclassified" |
| 2008 | Fringe | Gerard | Episode: "The Ghost Network" |
| 2009 | Loving Leah | Raj | Television film |
| 2009 | Law & Order | Mr. Nozari | Episode: "Rapture" |
| 2009 | Ugly Betty | Detective | Episode: "The Born Identity" |
| 2009 | White Collar | Dmitri | Episode: "Threads" |
| 2011 | One Life to Live | Kahlid | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Johnny Vega | Episode: "Little Fish" |
| 2012 | Elementary | Earl Wheeler | Episode: "The Long Fuse" |
| 2013 | Person of Interest | Nick Breckenridge | Episode: "Mors Praematura" |
| 2013 | Homeland | Hafez 'A-Z' Azizi | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Forever | Mike Hanson | 22 episodes |
| 2016 | Shades of Blue | Nate | Episode: "What Devil Do" |
| 2016 | Beauty & the Beast | Agent Morgan | Episode: "Point of No Return" |
| 2017 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Agent Lamb | Episode: "Whitehall: Conclusion" |
| 2017, 2021 | Bull | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Republican Fixer | Episode: "Day 485" |
| 2019 | FBI | Yousef | Episode: "Undisclosed" |
| 2020 | Tommy | Simmons | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | New Amsterdam | Dominic Mancini | Episode: "Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception" |
| 2023 | The Blacklist | Rod Thieman | Episode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38): Pt. 2" |
| 2024 | True Detective | Adam Bryce | 2 episodes |