Acting
Amir Talai
Amir Talai (born June 24, 1977, in San Francisco, California) is an Iranian-American actor, singer, voice artist, writer, and activist, 5′ 7″ (170 cm) tall. The first child of Iranian immigrants Mohammad and Sima Talai, he grew up in a Muslim household, attended a French immersion school through 8th grade, then Lowell High School, and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Dramatic Arts. He speaks English, Persian, and French, and is married to Nina Manni (since 2011). He serves on the boards of The Story of Stuff and Healing Justice, and volunteers for Campaign Zero and SAG-AFTRA. He is best known for voicing Alastor in Hazbin Hotel (2024–2025, Amazon Prime), Crane in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–2016, Nickelodeon), and Skidmark in Turbo Fast (2013–2016, Netflix). His most notable film credits include an Associate in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), a Clerk in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006, with Will Smith), Raza in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008, with John Cho and Kal Penn), Patel in What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012, with Cameron Diaz), Omid in Grandma (2015, with Lily Tomlin), Matt in The Circle (2017), Izzat "Crusher" Bukhari in Killing Gunther (2017), Rami in A Patient Man (2019, with Mark Ruffalo), Amir in Marriage Story (2019, with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson), and Bill Morley in The Present (2024). On television he has appeared in How I Met Your Mother (2005), Bones (2005, 2015), American Horror Story (2016), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014), LA to Vegas (2018, 14 episodes), Bosch (2020, 3 episodes), and The Shrink Next Door (2021, 3 episodes), with voice work in Family Guy, American Dad!, The Lion Guard, Amphibia, and We Baby Bears
Filmography
Bday Private Dick
Film · 2025
Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along
Film · 2025
Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway
Film · 2025
The Present
Film · 2024
Hazbin Hotel
Series · 2024
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Series · 2024
High Potential
Series · 2024
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Series · 2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Series · 2023
Krapopolis
Series · 2023
We Baby Bears
Series · 2022
We Baby Bears
Series · 2022
We Baby Bears
Series · 2022
The Shrink Next Door
Series · 2021
Ghosts
Series · 2021
Pooka Lives!
Film · 2020
Stay Home
Film · 2020
Outmatched
Series · 2020
A Patient Man
Film · 2019
Marriage Story
Film · 2019
Stuck
Film · 2018
LA to Vegas
Series · 2018
Killing Gunther
Film · 2017
The Circle
Film · 2017
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
Film · 2016
Down Dog
Film · 2015
Grandma
Film · 2015
How to Survive a Breakup
Film · 2015
Fresh Off the Boat
Series · 2015
Bosch
Series · 2015
Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4
Film · 2014
10 Cent Pistol
Film · 2014
What's Next for Sarah?
Series · 2014
Scorpion
Series · 2014
About a Boy
Series · 2014
Love, Sex, and Missed Connections
Film · 2013
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc
Film · 2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Series · 2013
Turbo FAST
Series · 2013
Turbo FAST
Series · 2013
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Film · 2012
Major Crimes
Series · 2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Series · 2012
Touch
Series · 2012
Guys with Kids
Series · 2012
Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood
Film · 2011
Best Player
Film · 2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Series · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
2 Broke Girls
Series · 2011
The Paul Reiser Show
Series · 2011
Love Bites
Series · 2011
Castle
Series · 2009
Modern Family
Series · 2009
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Film · 2008
The Ex List
Series · 2008
The Winner
Series · 2007
Wizards of Waverly Place
Series · 2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
Film · 2006
Fighting Words
Film · 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Series · 2006
Campus Ladies
Series · 2006
Hannah Montana
Series · 2006
Fractalus
Film · 2005
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Bones
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Film · 2003
Cold Case
Series · 2003
Nip/Tuck
Series · 2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
Series · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Gilmore Girls
Series · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Nash Bridges
Series · 1996