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- Arsalan Nami (Persian: ارسلان نامی) (born May 21, 1984) better known as Arsi Nami, is a Swedish-Persian actor, music therapist, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California. He won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian American Giovanni. He earned himself the Best Actor award for portraying two characters in Aion, a film presented by FujiFilm, at 2022 New York International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards and BrazilVisions Film Fest. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at world famous Palais des Festival et des Congrès. Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Film Festival International Entr'2 Marches He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production Healthcare in the Cloud, which premiered at the 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards, raising over $8 million for children's vision health. He portrayed as the manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning drama motion picture Camelia. He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the Just Cause 4 commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube.Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey show on NBCUniversal, as well as The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Google, PlayStation, BMW, Puma, MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, Facebook, Hewlett Packard, KIA, Ford, Samsung, Disney, NBA and Guitar Center to name a few. He was also nominated for best lead male actor in the comedy film Villa, at 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India. Arsi Nami's National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden). organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award. He won the Jury Prize for Best Short Screenplay for his screenplay Bachata at the 2021 New York Movie Awards, 2021. He won the Best Drama Short Screenplay award at 2021 Austin After Dark Film Festival and at the 2021 CFIFF Changing Face International Film Festival in Australia. His music credits include music written, sang and released on Fox TV shows Bones and The Goodwin Games as well Cannes Film Festival Entr'2 Marches winning film Love is Blind and Crown Prince of Heaven. According to MTV.com, he is also listed as one of the few multilingual actors, musicians and music therapists outside of Shiraz. He is also known to be the first Persian to introduce Music Therapy to the Persian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits. He is also being a philanthropist contributing to the special needs and disability communities through arts, film and music therapy. (en)
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- Arsalan Nami (Persian: ارسلان نامی) (born May 21, 1984) better known as Arsi Nami, is a Swedish-Persian actor, music therapist, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California. He won the Jury Prize award at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian American Giovanni. He earned himself the Best Actor award for portraying two characters in Aion, a film presented by FujiFilm, at 2022 New York International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards and BrazilVisions Film Fest. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at world famous Palais des Festival et des Congrès. Arsi Nami was also named a (en)
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