Cast and Crew of Desert Dancer

Cast of
Desert Dancer

About Desert Dancer

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

Full Cast of Desert Dancer

Freida Pinto
plays Elaheh

Reece Ritchie
plays Afshin Ghaffarian

Tom Cullen
plays Ardavan

Nazanin Boniadi
plays Parisa Ghaffarian

Nazanin Boniadi as Parisa Ghaffarian

Nazanin Boniadi was born in Tehran, Iran, at the height of the Iranian Revolution; her parents relocated to London sh...

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Marama Corlett
plays Mona

Marama Corlett as Mona

Marama Corlett is a Maltese actress and dancer, best known for her role as Rina in the 2012 series Sinbad and Aki in ...

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Akin Gazi
plays Farid Ghaffarian

Akin Gazi as Farid Ghaffarian

Akin Gazi (born 15 October 1981) is a British actor.

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Simon Kassianides
plays Sattar

Simon Kassianides as Sattar

Simon Kassianides (born 7 August 1979) is an English actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.

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Makram J. Khoury
plays Mehdi

Tolga Safer
plays Stephano

Neet Mohan
plays Javadi, Naser

Gabriel Senior
plays Young Afshin Ghaffarian


Crew of Desert Dancer

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