Erick Avari (born April 13, 1952 in Darjeeling, India) is an Indian-American television, film and theater actor. He's a veteran "That Guy", and has made a career out of his ambiguous ethnicity (he's of Parsi descent, by the way). Throw a stone in genre film and television and you're sure to hit Erick Avari at some point.
Film Roles:
- 1988 The Beast of War as Samad
- 1992 Encino Man as Raji
- 1994 Stargate as Kasuf
- 1996 Project: ALF as Rocket
- 1996 Independence Day as SETI Chief
- 1999 The Mummy as Dr. Terrence Bey
- 1999 The 13th Warrior as Caravan Leader
- 2001 Planet of the Apes as Tival
- 2002 Mr. Deeds as Cecil Anderson
- 2002 The Master of Disguise as Cigar Maker
- 2002 Ritual as Dr. Peter Winsvold
- 2002 Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House as Prescott
- 2003 Daredevil as Nikolas Natchios
- 2007 Charlie Wilson's War as Ari Goldman
- 2007 Postal as Habib
- 2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop as Vijay
- 2013 A Haunting at Silver Falls as Dr. Parrish
Television Roles
- 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation as B'iJik
- 1992 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Cedric
- 1992 Cheers as Mr. Cranston
- 1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Vedek Yarka
- 1995 Lois & Clark as Mr. Muunour in 'Target: Jimmy Olsen'
- 1996 Murder, She Wrote as Raul Jaffa
- 1996 Babylon 5 as Rabbi Leo Meyers
- 1998-2005 JAG as Sheik Shuhaib Al-Hassan / Minister Nassan
- 1998-2001 Stargate SG-1 as Kasuf
- 1999-2000 The Wild Thornberrys as Guard / Soldier / Hasim / Jigme / Nepal
- 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise as Jamin
- 2001 The X-Files as Dr. Herb Fountain
- 2001 Felicity as Dr. Ansari
- 2002 Dharma & Greg as Lalit
- 2003 Dragnet as Sanjay Ramachandran
- 2003 Alias as Dr. Vasson
- 2006 Heroes as Chandra Suresh
- 2008 Burn Notice as Nefzi
- 2008 The Sarah Silverman Program as Alex Gilbert
- 2010 Castle as Rupert Bentley
- 2011-2014 Warehouse 13 as Caturanga
- 2013 The Mentalist as Lance Reinhardt
- 2015 Madam Secretary as Turkish Foreign Minister Ozan Canoglu
- 2015 The Brink as Hasan
- 2019 The Chosen as Nicodemus
Video Game Roles:
- 1997 Zork: Grand Inquisitor as Mir Yannick
- 2014 Destiny as Master Rahool
