# Marco Khan

Marco Khanlian (en armenio: Մարկո Խանլեան, en persa: مارکو خانلیان‎), conocido como Marco Khan (en armenio: Մարկո Խան) es un actor estadounidense de origen armenio-iraní.
Ha aparecido en numerosas películas y series de televisión como Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Iron Man, and 10,000 BC, así como en cortometrajes independientes.

## Biografía

Khan nació en Teherán, Irán, hijo de Anna (de soltera Karamian) y Levon Khanlian. Su padre era un armenio nacido en Líbano pero fue criado en Irán, dónde conoció a la madre de Khan, cuyos padres era de Georgia pero ella nació en Babol, Irán. Marco y su hermano menor, Aleko dejaron Irán a los 11 años para buscar una mejor educación. Fueron educados en el Orden mequitarista, el Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael en Venecia, Italia, y después en Catalina, California. Marco reside en Los Angeles, California.
A los 17 años, Marco aprendió inglés como cuarto idioma y asumió la responsabilidad de cuidar de toda su familia. Dirigió una serie de restaurantes (Marco's Pizzeria) durante 12 años para mantener a su familia. También tiene un hijo, al que ha criado solo. Marco tuvo una breve experiencia antes de dedicarse a la actuación en el fútbol semiprofesional y la lucha libre profesional, apodado «El terror persa».

## Filmografía
### Cine

| Año | Títylo | Rol | Notas |
| 1995 | Waterworld | Smoker | Also stunt performer |
| 1996 | American Tigers | Navy SEAL | Also stunt performer |
| 1997 | True Vengeance | Mike | Also stunt performer |
| 1998 | Crossfire | Thug #2 | |
| 1998 | The Howling Leopard | Hoss | |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | Immigrant | |
| 2001 | Women of the Night | Rand | Also stunt performer |
| 2002 | In the Wrong Hands | Rocky | Also stunt performer |
| 2003 | Date or Disaster | Dater | Short film |
| 2004 | September Tapes | Kidnapper | Also stunt performer |
| 2005 | Pit Fighter | Russian Fighter | Also stunt performer |
| 2005 | American Fusion | Jeremy | |
| 2005 | In the Blink of an Eye | The Bodyguard | Short film |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Pakistani Comedian | |
| 2006 | Hollywood Kills | The Assistant | |
| 2006 | Click | Habeeboo Entourage | |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Turkish Guard | |
| 2006 | The Champ | The Brute | Short film |
| 2006 | One Night With You | Alvin | |
| 2007 | Assassin | Assassin / Jon | Short film |
| 2007 | The Gene Generation | Bodyguard | |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Scarred Insurgent | |
| 2008 | Gimme Some Loving | The Bad Guy | Short film |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC | One-Eye | |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Terrorist with Hand | |
| 2009 | The Grind | 2nd Punisher | |
| 2009 | 2012 | Preacher | Uncredited |
| 2011 | Jerusalem Countdown | Javad | |
| 2011 | No Saints for Sinners | Tiny | |
| 2011 | Beneath the Wheel | Farheed | Short film |
| 2012 | The Son of an Afghan Farmer | Rafi | |
| 2013 | Betrayal | Ricardo | |
| 2013 | The Book of Esther | Bearded Guard | |
| 2014 | God's Not Dead | Misrab | |
| 2014 | Camp X-Ray | Mahmoud | |
| 2014 | Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage | Mujeed | |
| 2014 | Broken | Hamad | Short film |
| 2015 | AWOL-72 | Apache | |
| 2015 | Straw Doll | Kevork Kachichian | Short film |
| 2016 | The Loner | Roham Rouhani | |
| 2016 | Mothers of the Desert | Bishop | Short film |
| 2016 | The Promise | Mehmet | |
| 2016 | Calico Skies | Khan | |
| 2019 | My Stretch of Texas Ground | Khalis | |
| 2019 | East of Byzantium: War Gods and Warrior Saints | Attila The Hun | Documentary film |
| 2019 | I Am That Man | Victor | |
| 2019 | Midwater | Old Man | Short film |
| 2020 | Run Sweetheart Run | Taxi Driver | |
| 2021 | God's Not Dead: We the People | Misrab | |

### Televisión

| Año | Título | Rol | Notas |
| 1998 | Columbo | Guard | Episode: "Ashes to Ashes" |
| 2001 | Passion Cove | Wrestler #2 | Episode: "Silent Night" |
| 2004 | Charmed | Thief #1 | Episode: "I Dream of Phoebe" |
| 2003–04 | JAG | Terrorist | 2 episodes, also stunt performer |
| 2005 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Reenactment Actor | Episode: "How Can This Happen?" |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Recruiter | Episode: "Escape and Evade" |
| 2005 | 24 | Gamil | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Las Vegas | Man #1 | Episode: "3 Babes, 100 Guns and a Fat Chick" |
| 2012 | The Soul Man | Shaikh Khalil | Episode: "The God-Fathers" |
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Swarthy Guy | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | SEAL Team | Bashir Kahn | Episode: "Never Get Out of the Boat" |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Raash | Recurring role; Season 2 |
| 2018 | Splitting Up Together | Amir | Episode: "Street Meats" |
| 2020 | Black Monday | Jimmy | Episode: "Arthur Ponzarelli" |
| 2020 | I'm Sorry | Demitri | Unaired episode |
| 2021 | NCIS | Kidnapper | Episode: "True Believer", uncredited |
| 2021 | The Chosen | Husham | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Echo 3 | Majid | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Warlord | Episode: "Chapter 23: The Spies" |
| 2023 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Ahmad Mahmad | Episode: "In the Name of Honor" |
| 2023 | This Fool | Farhad | 2 episodes |

### Videojuegos

| Año | Título | Rol | Notas |
| 2005 | SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate | Male Bulgarian 1 | Voice role |