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Dar Dash

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Dar Dash
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor, voice-over artist
Years active2007–present

Dar Dash is an American actor. After receiving his degree at Arts Educational Schools, in London, he starred in The Glass Cage at the Northampton Theatre Royal,[1] where he made his stage debut.

Early life

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Dash was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia. His father is of Persian descent, and his mother is Cuban with Spanish ancestry. Dash is the middle of five sons.[citation needed]

Career

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Dash has appeared in several stage productions and in the AMC mini-series, The Prisoner; the 2011 Raindance Film Festival nominated independent film, City Slacker; in Ridley Scott's thriller, The Counselor; and BBC's Jonathan Creek.

In 2014, Dash was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a short at the Action On Film International Film Festival for his performance in the internationally acclaimed short film, Warhol,[2] in which he co-starred alongside fellow American actor, Corey Johnson.

In October 2017, Dash played famed Richard Nixon speechwriter and New York Times columnist William Safire in the play In The Event of Moon Disaster at Theatre503 in London. In its review, the Evening Standard described Dash's portrayal as "robust" and "droll" [3] and the overall production also received considerable critical acclaim.

In March 2018, Dash was nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy at the NAVGTR Awards for his performance as Hawkeye in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[4]

Dash is also a prolific voice-over artist for American and English brands.

In 2012, Dash and actor Alexis Peterman opened Drink Me Eat Me,[5] a “treat boutique” and event space. Dash and Peterman sold the company in August 2015.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 City Slacker[6] Alex
2012 Darkness Into Light Haman
2013 The Counselor Barman
2014 Warhol Frank Lockwood Best Supporting Actor Nominee in a short film at the 2014 Action On Film International Film Festival
2015 Florence Foster Jenkins Antonio
2018 Taarof Omid Short film - Winner Best Dramedy Short at 2019 London Independent Film Awards
2021 Admission Hassan
2022 All the Old Knives Bartender
2023 Warhol Pauly Winner of Best Ensemble Cast at the 2024 Paris International Film Festival
2023 Anwhere But the Bed Sam Short Film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Free Agents Pete
2009 The Prisoner 46-5 Miniseries, episode: "Episode 2: Harmony"
2014 Jonathan Creek Kevin Episode: "The Curse of the Bronze Lamp"
2019 Absentia Noah Scott Episode: "Offenders"
2020 Das Boot Joe Minton Television Series
2020 Elvis: Are You Lonesome Tonight Larry Geller Television film
2022 Ten Percent Jay Weinstock Television Series
2024 Piglets Director Television Series

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Forza Horizon Zaki Malik Voice and motion capture
2015 Guitar Hero Live Various
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Dagas
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Dengoso
2017 Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 Hawkeye, Wonder Man Nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy at the 2018 NAVGTR Awards
2018 A Way Out Various
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Various
2019 Another Eden Dunarith [7]
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Vazquez
2020 Operation FROST Various
2022 LifeAfter Season 4: The 2nd Outbreak Marion
2022 CrossfireX Various
2023 Payday 3 Cloaker
2023 Cyberpunk 2077 Various Phantom Liberty Expansion
2024 Age of Water Jimmy Beam

Miscellaneous

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Year Title Role Notes
2019 Alien 3 Tully Audio Drama (Audible)

References

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  1. ^ "The Glass Cage, Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton". The Independent. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  2. ^ "Action on Film Festival - Results". Action On Film MEGAFEST Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  3. ^ "In Event of Moone Disaster review: Get lost in space with strong debut". Evening Standard. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  4. ^ "Winners | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corporation". navgtr.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  5. ^ "Drink Me Eat Me". londontown.com.
  6. ^ Stephenson, John-Paul (13 September 2013). "Interview: Fiona Gillies talks about City Slacker". Giggle Beats. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Dar Dash (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 August 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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