Fahim Fazli

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Fahim Fazli ({{Langx|prs|فهیم فاضلی}}; born May 30, 1966) is an Afghan American film actor, motivational speaker and author.

Fazli is the most successful Afghan-Born American Actor in Hollywood due to the popularity of the Hollywood films he has starred in since 1999.

Biography

Fazli was born into a Tajik family in Kabul, Afghanistan. He left Afghanistan and settled in California, United States in the 1980’s due to the Soviet-Afghan War.

He returned to Afghanistan as an interpreter and as a cultural advisor during tours with the U.S. Marines in 2009 and 2010.{{Cite web |last=Marquez |first=Miguel |date=November 23, 2009 |title=Hollywood Actor's New Role: Serving With Troops in Afghanistan |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/fahim-fazli-hollywood-actor-turned-translator-afghanistan/story?id=9158927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111215712/https://abcnews.go.com/WN/fahim-fazli-hollywood-actor-turned-translator-afghanistan/story?id=9158927 |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2014 |website=ABC News}} After returning, he wrote a memoir, Fahim Speaks that was released in early 2012.{{Cite web |last=Zevely |first=Jeff |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Afghanistan refugee now living the Hollywood dream |url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/your-stories/afghanistan-refugee-now-living-the-hollywood-dream/509-6ab88966-f0bb-42dc-a8ff-1e68ba47b53b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111214831/https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/your-stories/afghanistan-refugee-now-living-the-hollywood-dream/509-6ab88966-f0bb-42dc-a8ff-1e68ba47b53b |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |website=CBS News}}