Reza Diako

Reza Diako is an EnglishPersian actor of Austrian nationality and Iranian origin He has taken over the role of Apostle Philip in the worldwide influential TV series The Chosen A historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him the popular series returns in February via its fourth season with a singular viewing experience releasing biweekly in theaters On the big screen Reza has two upcoming projects the indie film The Astronaut Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne as Ethan Marshall the director of NASA and Reading Lolita in Tehran alongside awardwinning actress Golshifteh Farahani and Zar Mir Ebrahimi The film is based on the bestselling memoir and Reza portrays Bahri an intellectual literature student caught in the middle of his role as a leading member of the student Islamic society at the University of Allameh Tabatabei in Tehran and his deep love and respect for both literature for his professor Azar Nafisi Golshifteh Farahani under the backdrop of the early days of Iranian Revolution and the IranIraq War in the early 1980s In 2018 Reza was cast as Harry Razavi in Transparent a feature film about homelessness in Central London He subsequently had lead roles as Misha in Tummyache a feature film about an exfamous child actor struggling with addiction winning several festival awards and as Eli in Son of Man a theatre production reflecting on the life of Jesus Christ during his adolescence He was later featured in the theatre production Fatherless Son a drama about gang violence in the streets of London Reza then made his way into mainstream TV and Film projects He was cast as a regular for both seasons of Apple TVs Original International Emmy Award winning drama Tehran in the regular role of Shahin He also played Henri in ITVs new series A Spy Among Friends and featured in the BBC series Around the World in 80 Days and in The Son directed by Florian Zeller More recentlyReza appeared in Sundances 2023 Audience Award and Best Screenwriter Award winning film The Persian Version as Hamid He also played series regular Zak in HBO Max and Sky Atlantics second season of I Hated Suzie He can also be seen in MBC1 and Shahid Series London Class in the regular role of Aslan in a story about an Iranian family close to the King of Iran the Shah who was forced to take refuge in London after the Shahs downfall in 1978 Reza also appears in the role of Haadee in Guy Ritchies feature The Covenant and in the Netflix Drama The Diplomat in the role of Basir