Firass Dirani

Firass Dirani
Born	Firass Dirani April 29, 1984 (1984-04-29) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor

Firass Dirani (pronounced Feh-ress; born 29 April 1984) is an Australian actor known for his roles of Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Ranger on Power Rangers Mystic Force, Charlie on the 2009 Australian film The Combination, and as John Ibrahim on the 2010 series Underbelly: The Golden Mile.

Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role of John Ibrahim in Underbelly: The Golden Mile. In April 2010, Dirani was named Cleo Bachelor of the Year. Other films include Killer Elite, which starred Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski and Robert De Niro. Dirani won the Logie for Most Popular New Male Talent and the Graham Kennedy award for most outstanding new talent, at the 2011 Logie Awards.

Filmography

Film

• Pitch Black (2000) as Ali
• Lost (2000) as John Savvides
• MI7 (2003) as Special Agent
• Change (2003) as Joe Change
• The Marine (2006) as Rebel Leader
• The Black Balloon (2007) as Russell
• Crooked Business (2008) as 'Stand-Up' Stevie
• The Combination (2009) as Charlie
• Killer Elite (2011) as Bakhait

Television

• Children's Hospital (1997) as Marc
• Home & Away (1998) as Billy
• The Potato Factory (2000) Mini Series as David Solomon
• My Husband, My Killer as Butch Kalajzich
• White Collar Blue Episode #1.7 (2002) as Nick Zenopoulos
• All Saints Suspicious Minds (2003) as Joe Malouf
• Small Claims: White Wedding (2005) as Benny
• The Silence (2006 film) (2006) as Anthony
• Power Rangers: Mystic Force (2006) as Nick "Bowen" Russell/Red Mystic Ranger
• Kick (2007) as Amen Salim
• East West 101 (2007) as Telal
• Underbelly: The Golden Mile (2010) as John Ibrahim
• The Straits (2012) as Gary Montebello

Theatre

• Sydney Dream Ball (2003) as Aerial Acrobat
• Stories (2003)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003) as Puck
• Kid Stakes/Other Times (2003)
• The Tempest (2004) as Caliban

External links

• Firass Dirani at the Internet Movie Database