Phoenix Raei

Phoenix Raei is an Australian actor, writer and director. Born in Shiraz to Persian parents, he immigrated to Australia as a young child. He made his acting debut in the feature film Indefinite (2015) shot in a small town in Western Australia. His first Australian breakthrough came in Kriv Stenders' Australia Day (2017) starring next to Bryan Brown, Daniel Webber and Sean Keenan. Phoenix was praised by audiences at Melbourne International Film Festival for his performance as Yaghoub Ghaznavi, a small time drug dealer who feels the pressure from his family to take action when his brother is violently assaulted. Since then, Phoenix has worked on the acclaimed Australian TV show Romper Stomper (2018-) teaming up with Stan and the writer/directer of the original Geoffrey Wright. He also played the recurring guest star role Lukas, an Albanian hit-man, in Wentworth (2013-) on Netflix. Phoenix stars alongside Anthony LaPaglia and Ryan Corr in the much anticipated dark comedy film, Below (2019) which premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival (2019). He recently finished production on the first season of the 30-episode hit television series The Heights (2019-) where he plays series regular Ash Jafari, a confused 22 year old who is trying to find his way in an ever-challenging environment. The series is produced by Matchbox Pictures and NBC for the ABC (Australia). The series is set in the inner-city neighborhood of Arcadia Heights and explores the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it. Phoenix has joined the all-star cast in the drama series, Stateless, co-created by Cate Blanchett for the ABC (Australia). In addition to acting, Phoenix's other artistic pursuits include writing and directing. He founded Little Fish Films with his partner Kate Lister. The duo have multiple projects in development and have recently completed production on their short film 7 Storeys Down.FE IMDb Mini Biography By: [Filmbites](https://imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=Filmbites&view=simple&sort=alpha) Vis kilde på IMDb