| Wali Razaqi | |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghanistan |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Film & tv producer, actor, motivational speaker |
Wali Razaqi (born January 25, 1979) is a producer, actor, & motivational speaker.[1] [2] He is the president of TapouT Films in partnership with Dan Punkass Caldwell founder of TapouT.
He grew up in Santa Cruz, CA & at age 21, he quit college & football to produce & act in his first feature film In the Wrong Hands (2002).[3] He went on to produce & act in a dozen more feature films including Sundance winner “September Tapes”[4] [5] and “Your Name Here” with Bill Pullman and Traci Lords.,[6] Red Sky aka “Kerosene Cowboys” with Mario Van Peebles[7] Cam Gigandet, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Shane West. He is also the creator and executive producer of two TV series:4th and Long for Spike tv[8] and The Michael Vick Project, a ten-part docu-series on BET.[9]
He is currently finishing his directing debut with the feature documentary Almost Champions[10] as well as appearing on radio & podcasts [11] & speaking at various churches around the country about his unexpected journey from being a life long Muslim to becoming a devout Christian three years ago.[12]