Reza Diako
Actor
Chris Mann
Biography
Reza’s recent and current work includes; The Siege (dir. Lewis Arnold) and The Chosen – Season 7 (Amazon Prime), appearing as Apostle Philip.
He also recently starred as Bahri in Reading Lolita in Tehran (US release Spring 2026), opposite Golshifteh Farahani. The film received the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize at the Rome International Film Festival (2024) and was specially selected at Palm Spring 2025.
Film work includes projects with; Guy Ritchie (The Covenant), David Ayer (The Beekeeper), and Maryam Keshavarz (The Persian Version – Sundance Audience Award winner).
Television credits include The Diplomat (Netflix), Tehran (Apple TV+), and I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic).
Reza trained at Mountview in London and Stella Adler in NYC.
Credits
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE CHOSEN (Series 4-7) | Apostle Philip | Dallas Jenkins + | Lionsgate / Amazon |
| LONDON CLASS | Aslan | Mohamed Bakir | Alambic / Netflix |
| THE DIPLOMAT | Basir | Simon Cellan Jones | Netflix |
| I HATE SUZIE (Series 2) | Zak Khalif | Dawn Shadforth | Bad Wolf / Sky Atlantic |
| TEHRAN (Series 1 - 2) | Shaheen | Daniel Syrkin+ | Apple TV+ |
| A SPY AMONG FRIENDS | Henri | Nick Murphy | ITV/Britbox |
| AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS | New York Times Journalist | Steve Barron | BBC |
| INTERNEURS | Joseph | Luis J Kelly | Amazon |
Feature Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN | Bahri | Eran Riklis | Minerva Pictures |
| THE ASTRONAUT | Ethan Marshall | Jess Varley | The Wonder Company |
| THE BEEKEEPER | Barry | David Ayer | Miramax |
| THE PERSIAN VERSION | Hamid | Maryam Keshavarz | Sony |
| THE COVENANT | Haadee | Guy Ritchie | Toff Guy Films |
| THE SON | Waiter | Florian Zeller | Film4 / SeeSaw Films |
| TUMMYACHE | Misha Bernstein | Sasha Dulerayn | Bacchae Productions |
| THE AUDITION | Izzi | Bizhan M. Tong | Amazon |
| TRANSPARENT | Harry Razavi | Vince Gade | Fox & Chips |
Short Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECHO | Tom | Jo Southwell | |
| TRIGGER | Ahmed | Chloe Potamiti | |
| ENDOCRINE | Sam | Daniel Curtis | |
| PARROT...DO YOU LIKE THE WORLD? | Lucas | Federico Cornacchia | |
| ANIMA STONE | Carl | Julian Cupello |
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