Arsi Nami, is an award winning Swedish-Persian actor, music therapist, singer/songwriter and screenwriter. He was a child refugee from Shiraz, raised in Sweden, living in Los Angeles, California.
He earned himself 14 Best Actor awards in 2022 for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by FujiFilm. The awards was given by the 2022 New York International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards and Brazil Visions Film Fest to name a few, and his work in Aion was also selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, California.
He won the Jury Prize award in 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès which is the most famous movie exhibition in the world.
Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Film Festival International Entr'2 Marches.
He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production "Healthcare in the Cloud", a project that has raised over $8 million for children's vision health, as well as portraying a manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning Drama short film Camelia. He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the award winning and nominated "Just Cause 4" commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and Youtube.
Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey Show on NBCUniversal, as well as the Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Google, PlayStation, Prada, Facebook, Hewlett Packard, BMW, KIA, Ford Motor Company, Samsung, Disney, NBA, Guitar Center and Los Defensores to name a few.
He was also nominated for Best lead male actor in comedy film Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. His modeling work include brands such as MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, Carriere Menswear, ETON of Sweden, FriarTux, Mens Wearhouse and Canali.
According to MTV.com, he is also listed as one of the few award-winning multilingual actors, musicans and music therapists outside of Shiraz. He is also known to be the first Persian to introduce Music Therapy to the Persian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits.
He is also being a philanthropist contributing and helping communities in need, such as special needs kids and individuals with disabilities. He is also known for contributing to the special needs and disability communities through film and music therapy.
His National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden) organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award.
Music credits: Fox TV show's Bones, The Goodwin Games, Cannes Film Festival winning film Love Is Blind and Crown Prince of Heaven.