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Firass Dirani (born ) is an Australian film and television actor.
He went on to study acting at the Actors College of Theatre and Television (ACTT) in Sydney, graduating from the Professional Actor Program in 2004.
In 2010, he was nominated for the Inside Film Awards 'Out of the Box' award and also won the GQ Australia Men of the Year ‘Best Television Actor’ award in the same year. In April 2010, Dirani was named Cleo Bachelor of the Year. In 2011, he won two Logie Awards – for Best New Talent and the Graham Kennedy Logie for Best Actor.
In 2012, Dirani went on to play Gary Montebello in drama series The Straits, before securing the ongoing main role of Justin in Logie Awards-winning comedy drama House Husbands from 2012 to 2017.
In 2014 he briefly relocated to New York City where he undertook an intensive six week course of study at the Atlantic Theater Company.
In 2020, Dirani participated in Seven Network's reality program . He was given the 'villain edit', after repeatedly talking back and disrespecting the elite staff, prompting backlash from viewers on social media.
Dirani was selected to be a part of the Socceroos’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 squad announcement, where he narrated the football journey of the Socceroos over 100 years.
In 2023, Dirani was cast in the Australian version of British series The Office, but did not make it to the production stage.
Dirani's film credits include the award-winning drama The Black Balloon (2008), The Combination (2009) and 2012 thriller Last Dance. He has also starred in Hollywood fare such as sci-fi film Pitch Black (2000) opposite Vin Diesel, action film Killer Elite (2011) alongside an all-star cast including Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, and Clive Owen and Mel Gibson Oscar-winning biographical war epic Hacksaw Ridge (2015).
Dirani was the subject of a finalist portrait in the Archibald Prize in 2021, painted by artist, Jeremy Eden.
In 2017, Dirani embarked on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya for two months to run a sports program, which saw him organise some football goalposts to be built while visiting a local charity, so that the kids could play with more suitable equipment.
| 2000 | Pitch Black | Ali | Feature film |
| 2000 | Lost | John Savvides | Short film |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer | Butch | TV movie |
| 2002 | Change | Joe Change | Short film |
| 2005 | Pizza Delivery Boy | TV movie | |
| 2006 | The Silence | Anthony Vassalio | TV movie |
| 2006 | The Marine | Al Qaeda Leader | Feature film |
| 2008 | The Black Balloon | Russell | Feature film |
| 2008 | Crooked Business | Stevie | Feature film |
| 2009 | The Combination | Charlie | Feature film |
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Bakhait | Feature film |
| 2012 | Last Dance | Sadiq Mohammad | Feature film |
| 2012 | In the Clear | Brooklyn Thompson | Short film |
| 2013 | Taser | Eddie | Short film |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Vito Rinnelli | Feature film |
| 2016 | Clarence Carmel | Feature film | |
| 2017 | Bang! Bang! | Felix Husk | Short film |
| 2019 | Escape and Evasion | Welshy | Feature film |
| 1998 | Children's Hospital | Marc | 1 episode |
| 2000 | The Potato Factory | David Soloman | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Nick Zenopoulous | 1 episode |
| 2003 | All Saints | Joe Malouf | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Power Rangers Mystic Force | Nick Russell (Red Mystic Ranger) | 32 episodes (Main role) |
| 2007 | Kick | Amen Salim | 13 episodes |
| 2007 | East West 101 | Talai | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Underbelly | John Ibrahim | 13 episodes |
| 2012 | The Straits | Gary Montebello | 10 episodes |
| 2012–17 | House Husbands | Justin | 58 episodes |
| 2018 | Sando | Kevin Kenan | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Mr Inbetween | Davros | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Orange Is the New Brown | Zain | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Real Dirty Dancing | Self | TV series |
| 2020 | Self | 10 episodes |
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