Ali Sivandi is a Danish actor in Danish films, television series, on
stage and radio.Ali Sivandi comes from various ethnic roots. His
father is an Iranian immigrant who worked as an auto painter and his
mother is an Arab Iraqi with additional roots in Kazakhstan and Russia
and had worked as a head chef at a restaurant in Tivoli, Copenhagen.
With encouragement from his mother, he had various roles in stage
theatre. He also attended vocational trade school, to learn to be a
mechanic, a cook, but without completing any of it.Sivandi grew up in
Nørrebro and Brøndby Strand, areas with high concentrations of
immigrants to Denmark. He was witness to the tough streets leading to
playing violent gangster roles, drug dealing and urban life. He
befriended and hung out with rappers Gilli, Sivas and KESI and notably
his old schoolmate Dulfi Al-Jabouri, who had ended up in a leading
role in the third season of the Danish TV series Follow the Money
(original Danish title Bedrag) and in the film Nordvest. Although he
did not have a formal acting education, his breakthrough came through
meeting Danish film director Fenar Ahmad who saw a potential in him
and offered him a lead role in his debut long feature Flow (original
Danish title Ækte vare) in 2014 in a gangster role. Gaining critical
acclaim from film critics, also leading to a nomination to "Best
Supporting Actor" award for his role in the film during the 68th Bodil
Awards in 2015, he has moved to acting in a number of well received
film and television productions.He appeared in Eliten in 2015, a film
directed by Thomas Daneskov Mikkelsen. In 2017 Fenar Ahmad offered him
another lead role in Darkland (Danish title Underverden), and in 2019
he also appeared in Ahmad's film Valhalla.
stage and radio.Ali Sivandi comes from various ethnic roots. His
father is an Iranian immigrant who worked as an auto painter and his
mother is an Arab Iraqi with additional roots in Kazakhstan and Russia
and had worked as a head chef at a restaurant in Tivoli, Copenhagen.
With encouragement from his mother, he had various roles in stage
theatre. He also attended vocational trade school, to learn to be a
mechanic, a cook, but without completing any of it.Sivandi grew up in
Nørrebro and Brøndby Strand, areas with high concentrations of
immigrants to Denmark. He was witness to the tough streets leading to
playing violent gangster roles, drug dealing and urban life. He
befriended and hung out with rappers Gilli, Sivas and KESI and notably
his old schoolmate Dulfi Al-Jabouri, who had ended up in a leading
role in the third season of the Danish TV series Follow the Money
(original Danish title Bedrag) and in the film Nordvest. Although he
did not have a formal acting education, his breakthrough came through
meeting Danish film director Fenar Ahmad who saw a potential in him
and offered him a lead role in his debut long feature Flow (original
Danish title Ækte vare) in 2014 in a gangster role. Gaining critical
acclaim from film critics, also leading to a nomination to "Best
Supporting Actor" award for his role in the film during the 68th Bodil
Awards in 2015, he has moved to acting in a number of well received
film and television productions.He appeared in Eliten in 2015, a film
directed by Thomas Daneskov Mikkelsen. In 2017 Fenar Ahmad offered him
another lead role in Darkland (Danish title Underverden), and in 2019
he also appeared in Ahmad's film Valhalla.
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