| Ardalan Esmaili | |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2007–present |
| Alma Mater: | Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting |
| Partner: | Evin Ahmad |
Ardalan Esmaili (born 22 March 1986) is an Iranian-born Swedish actor.
Esmaili was born in Tehran, Iran,[1] to an architect father and a teacher mother.[2] Toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War, when Esmaili was two years old, his family moved to Sweden.[3] Esmaili stated, "My parents were afraid that my older brother might eventually be drafted into the military. They saw no future for the children in Iran." The family originally planned to move to the United States, but instead settled in Skellefteå, where Esmaili would grow up.[4] [5]
Esmaili attended junior high school in Malå. While attending high school at in Svalöv, he held an internship at with Milad Alami, a family friend.[6] After high school, he attended the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting.
In addition to Swedish, he speaks Persian, English, and Danish.[7] He is in a long-term relationship with actress Evin Ahmad.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ett-Två-Tre Martyr! | Son | Short film | |
| 2016 | Trespassers | Ali | Short film | |
| The Girl, the Mother and the Demons | Demon Deinar | |||
| 2017 | The Charmer | Esmail | ||
| 2018 | Greyzone | Iyad Adi Kassar | ||
| 2019 | Domino | Omar | ||
| Daniel | Majeed | |||
| Sea Fever | Omid | [9] | ||
| 2022 | Black Crab | Karimi | [10] | |
| 2023 | Opponent | Abbas | ||
| A Beautiful Life | Patrick | [11] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Alex | Ivan | TV movie | ||
| 2016 | Beck | Amir Ghanbari | 1 episode | ||
| 2017–20 | Rebecka Martinsson | Tommy Rantakyrö | 16 episodes | [12] | |
| 2018 | Den döende detektiven | Joseph Ermegan | 2 episodes | ||
| 2020 | The Rain | Uncle | 2 episodes | ||
| Alfa | Ibrahim | 4 episodes | |||
| White Wall | Said | 6 episodes | |||
| 2021 | Snöänglar | Salle | 6 episodes | ||
| 2022 | Snabba Cash | Jamal | 6 episodes | ||
| 2023 | Rasmus Ståhlgren | 6 episodes | [13] | ||
| 2024 | Deliver Me | Farid | 5 episodes | [14] | |
| The Helicopter Heist | |||||
| 2025 | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi | ||||
| Scener efter ett äktenskap | Kian |