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Anthony Azizi
File:Anthonyazizi.jpg Davis in 2013
Born	Kamal Rowshan (1969-05-29) May 29, 1969 New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Muhlenberg College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Cymbeline Smith ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

Anthony Azizi (born, May 29, 1969) is an American actor best known for his main roles in short–lived ABC series Threat Matrix (2003–2004), and Commander in Chief (2005–2006).

Early Life

As a child, Azizi started acting in plays for the Touchstone Theater run by Bill and Bridget George in Bethlehem, PA. He also started writing and staging his own plays at the age of eight for school and other public venues. He continued in the arts throughout all of his schooling.

Azizi attended Freedom High School alongside fellow acting alums Daniel Dae Kim and Dwayne Johnson. Azizi was accepted to Muhlenberg College with a soccer scholarship, but soon fell into acting once again after a knee injury ended his collegiate soccer career. While at Muhlenberg he received his BFA in Theater Arts and soon was performing in many of the plays and musicals at Muhlenberg. He starred in the world premier of accomplished playwright Jim Ryan's "South Pacific Snow" and was nominated for an Irene Ryan award for his portrayal of Sam in "The Miss Firecracker Contest."

Azizi would reunite him with Kim when he recurred as Omar on the hit series Lost.

Career

Beginnings

Upon graduating, Azizi moved straight to New York and lived with his college buddy Spencer Holover. Although broke, He believed that his "starving acting" period in New York was some of his happiest years as an artist. He did not waste any time starting to do plays all over New York, including working at the famed Ensemble Studio Theater run by the late Kurt Dempster and the Thirteenth St. Reparatory Company run by the legendary Edith O'Hara. It was at the 13th Street Rep where he finally got noticed in New York in the play "Three of a Kind." The play landed him his first agent and soon it was off to Los Angeles. Azizi ran his own theater company in New York called The Clandestine Group which used 13th Street's space to stage its own productions. Once in LA, Azizi started working quickly in film and television. In 1996, Bryan Spicer hired him to play one of Tim Curry's sidekicks in the Universal feature McHale's Navy. Azizi attributes this film to be one of his first and biggest breaks in his career. Azizi also credits Curry for mentoring him through his first studio picture by graciously teaching him the dos and don'ts of the business. Soon after McHale's Navy, other roles started coming in including Three Kings with George Clooney, For Richer or Poorer with Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley, Tomcats with Jerry O'Connell, and many TV guest spots working with Eddie Griffin, Maria Bello, Kevin Dillon, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Chiklis, and many more. In 2001, he starred in The Lost Battalion, a film about the battle of Argonne in France in which American forces were heavily outnumbered by the Germans but were able to turn them back, thus ending World War I. Azizi was very proud of the film which received critical acclaim for A & E. It was produced by the legendary David Gerber whom Azizi attributes for giving him another break in the business.

In 2003, Azizi landed his first series in ABC's one hour drama Threat Matrix starring opposite James Denton and Kelly Rutherford. He played Mo', a courageous Egyptian-American former CIA agent assigned to an elite task force whose mission is to keep the country safe from terrorism. The show took television audiences behind the headlines and into the world of homeland security. After extensive research, it came to light that Anthony was the first Iranian American actor in history to be a series regular on a network one hour drama and holds this as one of the most crowning achievements in his career.

Azizi continued to work in many series after Threat Matrix including Dragnet with Ed O'Neil and Ethan Embry, NYPD Blue, The Shield, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls to name a few. In 2002, he recurred as Mamud Faheen on the groundbreaking series 24 with Kiefer Sutherland; and then again in 2005 as Rafique. He has also recurred on Desperate Housewives playing Mr. Falati which reunited him with his Threat Matrix costar James Denton and producer George Perkins.

In 2005, Azizi got a call from Rod Lurie asking him to star in his series Commander in Chief alongside Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland. Azizi has stated that it was to be one of the most fulfilling experiences in his career. His character, Vince Taylor, a gay man with HIV, who was also Chief Aid to the President of the United States. The show was critically acclaimed and the pilot was seen by 17 million viewers. The show received a Peoples Choice Award nomination in 2005, as well as a GLAAD nomination for best series, primarily because of Azizi's portrayal.

Many other guest spots came after, including CSI Miami, Without a Trace, Sleeper Cell, and Criminal Minds alongside Mandy Patinkin, for which the episode won a couple of awards.

In 2006, Azizi starred opposite Tony Shalhoub in the film AmericanEast for director Hesham Issawi. The film has been an official selection for many of the world's most prominent film festivals and has won numerous awards. The film addresses the relationship between Muslims and Jews living in Los Angeles.

Personal Life

He has been married to English actress Cymbeline Smith since 2000. They reside in LA with their twin boys Kambel and Smith. He has a sister, Mona, who was a reporter for an ABC affiliate news station in New York.

Azizi is a member of the Baha'i Faith, and is involved in many social causes including Equality Now and The Noor Film Festival which he co-founded.

Other Ventures

Azizi played in rock band growing up and still would like to reunite for a few shows with his band mates, which includes their guitarist: Scott Bradoka, who is now an accomplished musician.

Anthony has a production company with Threat Matrix cast mate Kurt Caceres. They are producing many projects including a film with Mark Frydman of Battleplan Productions.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	McHale's Navy	Bad News Henchman
	For Richer or Poorer	Malik the Cabbie
2005	Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild		Voice
2009	Accidents Happen	Gloria Conway
2013	In a World...	Katherine Huling
2014	When Marnie Was There	Yoriko Sasaki	Voice
2016	Me Him Her	Mrs. Ehrlick
2017	Marjorie Prime	Tess
	Don't Talk to Irene	Herself
2018	This Changes Everything	Herself	Documentary; executive producer
2020	Ava	Bobbi
TBA	Pussy Island	TBA	Filming
	Fairyland	Munca

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Crisis Center	Mamud Farooq	Episode: "He Said, She Said"
2003–2004	Threat Matrix	Mohammad "Mo" Hassain	Main role; 15 episodes
2004	Will & Grace	Janet Adler	Episode: "The Accidental Tsuris"
2005–2006	Commander in Chief	Vince Taylor	Recurring; 19 episodes
2009	Exit 19	Gloria Woods	Television movie
2012	Coma	Dr. Agnetta Lindquist	2-episode miniseries
2013	Untitled Bounty Hunter Project	Mackenzie Ryan	Unsold TV pilot
	Doc McStuffins	Princess Persephone (voice)	Episode: "Sir Kirby and the Plucky Princess"
2014–2018	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Nicole Herman	13 episodes
2015	Annedroids	Student	Episode: "Undercover Pigeon"
2016	The Exorcist	Angela Rance	10 episodes
2019	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	Huntara (voice)	3 episodes
	GLOW	Sandy Devereaux St. Clair	6 episodes

External links

• Anthony Azizi at IMDb