Firass Dirani

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Firass Dirani
Firass Dirani in 2012
Born	(1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 37) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997-present

Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles of Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Ranger on Power Rangers Mystic Force, Charlie in the 2009 Australian film The Combination, and as John Ibrahim on the 2010 series Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Since 2012, he has played Justin Baynie in the Australian TV series House Husbands.

Early life[]

Dirani was born in Sydney in 1984, of Lebanese descent. ^[1] He trained at the Actors College of Theatre and Television in Sydney central. The College set up a scholarship there in his honour.

Career[]

Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role of John Ibrahim in Underbelly: The Golden Mile. In April 2010, Dirani was named Cleo Bachelor of the Year.^[2]He is well known for playing Nick Russell aka the red mystic force ranger in Power Rangers Mystic Force.

Films include Killer Elite, which starred Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski and Robert De Niro.

In 2020, it was announced Dirani would be participating the Seven Network's reality program SAS Australia.^[3]

Filmography[]

Film[]

• Pitch Black (2000) as Ali
• Lost (2000) as John Savvides
• MI7 (2003) as Special Agent
• Change (2003) as Joe Change
• The Marine (2006) as Rebel Leader
• The Black Balloon (2008) as Russell
• Crooked Business (2008) as 'Stand-Up' Stevie
• The Combination (2009) as Charlie
• Killer Elite (2011) as Bakhait
• Last Dance (2012) as Sadiq
• Hacksaw Ridge (2016) as Vito Rinnelli
• Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016) as Carmel

Television[]

• Children's Hospital (1997) as Marc
• Home and Away (1998) as Billy
• The Potato Factory (2000) Mini Series as David Solomon
• as Butch Kalajzich
• White Collar Blue Episode #1.7 (2002) as Nick Zenopoulos
• All Saints Suspicious Minds (2003) as Joe Malouf
• Small Claims: White Wedding (2005) as Benny
• The Silence (2006) as Anthony
• Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006) as Nick Russell, Red Mystic Ranger
• Kick (2007) as Amen Salim
• East West 101 (2007) as Telal
• Underbelly: The Golden Mile (2010) as John Ibrahim
• The Straits (2012) as Gary Montebello
• House Husbands (2012–2017) as Justin
• Mr Inbetween (2018) as Davros
• SAS Australia (2020) as himself

Theatre[]

• Sydney Dream Ball (2003) as Aerial Acrobat
• Stories (2003)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003) as Puck
• Kid Stakes/Other Times (2003)
• The Tempest (2004) as Caliban

References[]

External links[]

• Firass Dirani at IMDb

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