[Tuesday, 30th August’16]: Pakistani-American Hollywood actor Faran Tahir has been cast in ABC’s acclaimed American TV series Once Upon A Time for the upcoming sixth season. Faran will be portraying the role of legendary fictional character Captain Nemo, a hardened leader of the Nautilus submarine, who appeared in the original novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, and later in the Disney feature film of the same name.
Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale dramatic television series which takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are characters from various fairy tales transported to the “real world” town and robbed of their real memories by a powerful curse. Captain Nemo is described as a passionate believer in a cause, which takes him from 69,047 miles under the sea to a destiny that he won’t let anyone stop him from attaining. Interestingly, his mythology will merge with Captain Hook who also features on the show – audiences can be certain of many twists and turns as they witness how Captain Nemo and Captain Hook are related to each other in Season 6.
Describing his feelings about playing the character, Faran says, “I am extremely excited to play Captain Nemo, a character which has a lot to offer. He’s adventurous, a trait which brings him glory, he’s got immense courage and he’s devoted to his crew”.
“We’re thrilled to give a Once Upon a Time spin to the classic character of Captain Nemo from one of our favorite Disney films, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis said of the casting announcement.
Once Upon a Time Season 6 will premiere on 25th September, 2016 on ABC.
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About Faran Tahir
Faran Tahir (born February 16, 1964) is a Pakistani-American film and television actor. Tahir is best known for his act as Raza, the leader of a terrorist organization, “The Ten Rings” in Iron Man (2008). In 1985, he appeared as Bolshintsov in U.C. Berkeley’s production of A Month in the Country. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a BA in Theatre before acquiring a graduate degree from the American Repertory Theater’s (A.R.T.) Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
He made his film debut playing Nathoo in the Disney’s 1994 live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. He has since appeared in such films as Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999) and Charlie Wilson’s War (2007). He also played the male lead in the 1999 independent film ABCD. In 2008, Tahir played the role of the villain Raza in the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man. He played Starfleet Captain Richard Robau in the 2009 film Star Trek. In 2013, Tahir played President Patel in the science-fiction film Elysium.
Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, Walker, Texas Ranger, The D.A., 24, Monk,
Justice, Cold Case, Chuck and Warehouse 13. He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie Manticore. He also starred in the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy as Isaac and appeared on the CW series Supernatural as the Egyptian god Osiris in the seventh season’s episode “Defending Your Life”. He appeared a Ruslan Denisov in The Blacklist Season 2 Episode 11, as Detective Terrence Amos in How To Get Away With Murder Season 1 Episode 10 and as Dr. Alan Kobrine in Backstrom Season 1, Episode 9. He is also played Frank, Cliff Barnes’ right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas. Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn.
He appeared in JAG in the episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown” which served as the two pilot episodes for the series NCIS. Seven years later, Tahir appeared in the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.
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