Amir Talai
- Acting
- June 24, 1977 · San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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
Known for
Filmography
- Hazbin Hotel: Live on Broadway · Self
- Hazbin Hotel: Sing-Along · Alastor (Voice)
- Bday Private Dick · Kevin
- Wizards Beyond Waverly Place · Alistair Goodspeed
- High Potential · Mark Wilson
- The Present · Bill Morley
- Hazbin Hotel · Alastor (Voice)
- Krapopolis · Timon (Voice)
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter · EHC Booking Officer (Voice), Boarfish Boy / Robot Dealer / Snooty Cashier (Voice)
- We Baby Bears · Brad / Chad (Voice), Snake Attendant / Vampire Attendant (Voice)
- The Shrink Next Door · Joe
- Ghosts · Director Daniel
- Stay Home · Dario
- Pooka Lives! · Amir
- Outmatched · Cedric
- Marriage Story · Amir
- A Patient Man · Rami
- Stuck · Mo
- LA to Vegas · Alan
- Killing Gunther · Izzat "Crusher" Bukhari
- The Circle · Matt
- Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse · Farheed
- How to Survive a Breakup · Amir
- Grandma · Omid
- Fresh Off the Boat · Frank
- Down Dog · Matt Jobrani
- Bosch · John Klein
- Scorpion · Vadat
- What's Next for Sarah? · Jason
- 10 Cent Pistol · Amir
- Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 · Crane (Voice)
- About a Boy · Orlando
- Turbo FAST · Fire Ants (Voice), Skidmark / Tito (Voice)
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Schneider
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc · Crane (Voice)
- Love, Sex, and Missed Connections · Ted
- Guys with Kids · Gabe
- Major Crimes · Geoff Klein
- What to Expect When You're Expecting · Patel
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 · Mitchell
- Touch · Sami
- Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood · Ahmet / Voodoo Guru / Thug 2 (Voice)
- American Horror Story · Mitch
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness · Crane (Voice)
- 2 Broke Girls · Amir
- Love Bites · Aram
- The Paul Reiser Show · Amir
- Best Player · Wendell
- Modern Family · Dale
- Castle · Sam Spear
- The Ex List · Cyrus
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay · Raza
- Wizards of Waverly Place · Alien
- The Winner
- Fighting Words · Ralph
- The Pursuit of Happyness · Clerk
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip · Fred
- Hannah Montana · Sanjay
- Campus Ladies
- Fractalus · Lee
- Love, Inc. · Patrick
- How I Met Your Mother · Richard Greenleaf
- Bones · Hamid Vaziri
- American Dad! · Sanjay Bhudapar (Voice), Scientist (Voice)
- Cold Case · Malvinder Khatani (1999 & 2005)
- 10-8: Officers on Duty · Gang Member
- NCIS · Simi
- Nip/Tuck · Dr. Hamir Gindi
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · Associate
- Curb Your Enthusiasm · Waiter
- Gilmore Girls · Patel
- Family Guy · Hindu Man / Wedding Priest (Voice), Nugget (Voice)
- Nash Bridges · Khalid Dib
- Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang
- go-LOVE-go · Haled