Daniel Zolghadri

Daniel Zolghadri
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Daniel Zolghadri is an American actor known for his roles in Eighth Grade, Low Tide,[1] and Funny Pages.[2] He attended the Orange County School of the Arts.[3]

Biography

At age 14, Zolghadri had his debut in a television series in 2013, performing a guest role in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as Mirza. Zolghadri played the role of Max Killas in the 2015 television film Evil Men directed by Gary Fleder.

In 2018, Zolghadri appeared in the coming-of-age comedy film Eighth Grade directed by Bo Burnham.[4] On the same year, Zolghadri was part of the cast of the romantic comedy film Alex Strangelove opposite Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale and Madeline Weinstein, where he played the role of Dell, which was premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 14, 2018, and released on June 8, 2018, on Netflix.[5]

Zolghadri co-starred Keean Johnson, Alex Neustaedter, Kristine Froseth and Jaeden Martell in the 2019 drama film Low Tide directed by Kevin McMullin, where he played the role of Smitty.[6]

Zolghadri was cast to play the main role in the sci-fi drama series Tales from the Loop opposite Rebecca Hall, Paul Schneider, Duncan Joiner and Jonathan Pryce, where he played the main role of Jakob.

Zolghadri played the lead role of Robert in the coming-of-age black comedy film Funny Pages directed by Owen Kline, which was premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2022, and was released on August 26, 2022, where it received positive reviews from critics.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2016 The Persian Connection Young Behrouz
2018 Eighth Grade Riley
Ready Player One High School Kid
Alex Strangelove Dell
Fahrenheit 451 Clifford
2019 Low Tide Smitty
2022 Funny Pages Robert
2024 Y2K CJ

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Mirza Episode: "Bad Blood"
2014 Intelligence Young Boy Episode: "Red X"
Scorpion Young Walter O'Brien 3 episodes
2015 Weird Loners Frank Episode: "The Weirdfather"
NCIS Luke Harris 3 episodes
Evil Men Max Killas Television film
2016 Speechless Carter Episode: "Pilot"
2017 No Activity Mason 2 episodes
2020 Tales from the Loop Jakob 7 episodes
2024 American Horror Stories Declan Episode: "Leprechaun"

References

  1. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2019-10-03). "'Low Tide' Review: Jersey Boys to Jersey Men". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ "'Funny Pages': One of the Best Films of the Summer, Shot Three Years Ago [Review]". World of Reel. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ^ "Who's the 2017 Artist of the Year Theater? Meet Daniel Zolghadri". Orange County Register. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. ^ Ryan, Patrick (2018-07-12). "Why that disturbing #MeToo moment in 'Eighth Grade' has everyone talking". USA Today. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  5. ^ "'Alex Strangelove' review — A coming out dramedy with an identity crisis". Smash Cut Reviews. 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  6. ^ "Low Tide". Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (May 24, 2022). "Funny Pages review – a deliciously dark coming-of-age comedy". The Guardian. Retrieved July 20, 2022.


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