Erick Avari is an Indian born American stage, film and television actor, best known for roles in feature films such as "The Beast of War", "Independence Day", "The Mummy", and "Planet of the Apes".

KNOWN FOR

The Mentalist
2013
Law & Order
1990
NCIS
2003
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2025
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2007
Castle
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2012
JAG
1998
The X-Files
2001
The West Wing
2000
Seinfeld
1993
Stargate SG-1
1998

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
128
Directing
1
Writing
1
Producing
1
2027
The Chosen: Crucifixion
as Nicodemus · unreleased
2025
The Solomon Saga
as King David
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2020
Chasing Eagle Rock
as Cam Avery
2019
Love & Debt
as Johnny
2019
The Chosen
as Nicodemus
2017
Project Eden: Vol. I
as The Shepherd
2017
Graves
as Ahsan
2015
California Winter
as Douglas Hariri
2015
Madam Secretary
as Ozan Canoglu
2014
Scorpion
as Richter
2014
Grimm
as JP
2013
A Haunting at Silver Falls
as Dr. Parrish
2013
It's Not You, It's Me
as Cedrick
2013
The Mentalist
as Dr. Lance Reinhardt
2012
Parenthood
as Leon Dengraff
2012
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Hosein Khadem
2011
Dispatch
as Sergeant Pincus
2011
Three Veils
as Mr. Qasim
2011
Warehouse 13
as Caturanga
2010
Castle
as Rupert Bentley
2010
Human Target
as Gerard
2010
Party Down
as Reverend
2010
Lie to Me
as Dr. Kozell
2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Jasjeet
2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
as Vijay
2009
Fault Line
2009
Stargate: History Made
as Self
2009
Life
as Edward Zakaria
2008
AmericanEast
as Fikry
2008
Dark Matter
as Professor R.K. Gazda
2008
InAlienable
as Howard
2008
Burn Notice
as Nefzi
2008
The Middleman
as Lord Jeremiah Purcell
2008
The Sarah Silverman Program
as Alex Gilbert
2007
Postal
as Habib
2007
Charlie Wilson's War
as Avi Perlman
2007
Charlie Wilson's War
as Ari Goldman (uncredited)
2007
Flight of the Living Dead
as Dr. Bennett
2007
Choose Connor
as Arthur Dennison
2007
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Kazi Hasni
2006
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as General Samir
2006
Heroes
as Chandra Suresh
2006
The O.C.
as Dr. Overbee
2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as Matre'd
2005
Dancing in Twilight
as Matt
2005
Tru Calling
as Dr Thomas Burell
2005
Hope & Faith
as Hassan
2004
Judging Amy
as Steven Nashte
2003
Daredevil
as Natchios
2003
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
as Sanjay Ramachandran
2003
Alias
as Dr. Vasson
2003
Everwood
as James Gellar
2003
Law & Order
as Divorce Attorney Ravi Patel
2003
L.A. Dragnet
2003
NCIS
as William Gamal
2002
Mr. Deeds
as Cecil Anderson
2002
Home Alone 4
as Prescott
2002
Ritual
as Dr. Peter Winsfold
2002
Three Days of Rain
as Alex
2002
The Master of Disguise
as Cigar Maker
2002
Incest
as Paul
2002
The District
as Omar Khalid
2002
Dharma & Greg
as Lalit
2001
Planet of the Apes
as Tival
2001
The Glass House
as Ted Ross
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Jamin
2001
The X-Files
as Dr. Herb Fountain
2001
Cousin Skeeter
2001
The Education of Max Bickford
2001
Felicity
as Dr. Ansari
2000
The West Wing
as Pakistani ambassador
2000
The Wild Thornberrys
as Guard (voice)
2000
The Wild Thornberrys
as Guard / Soldier (voice)
1999
The Mummy
as Terence Bey
1999
The 13th Warrior
as Caravan Leader
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
as Hasim / Jigme / Nepal / Egypt Wallah (voice)
1999
Family Law
as Malavi Ahmed
1998
JAG
as Minister Nassan
1998
Stargate SG-1
as Kasuf
1997
McHale's Navy
as European Leader (uncredited)
1997
The Undercover Kid
as Brach
1997
Baywatch Nights
as Dr. Kasan
1997
Profiler
as Ashok Dupree
1997
Gun
as Proprietor
1996
Project: ALF
as Rocket (voice)
1996
Murder, She Wrote
as Raul Jaffa
1996
Babylon 5
as Rabbi Leo Meyers
1996
Almost Perfect
1996
Bone Chillers
as Dr. Lumbago
1996
Roseanne
as Prince's Assistant
1995
Aladdin on Ice
as The Mystic Traveler
1995
VR.5
as Boise
1995
Cybill
as Paolo
1995
Chicago Hope
as Dr. Goodman (uncredited)
1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Vedek Yarka
1995
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Mr. Moonhauer
1994
Stargate
as Kasuf
1994
Color of Night
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1994
Dream Lover
as Dr. Spatz
1994
Don't Drink the Water
as Emir's Aide
1994
Mad About You
as Dr. Arzupian
1993
Scam
as Mr. Ayub
1993
The Hit List
as Pharmaceutical Wholesaler
1993
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
as Surgeon
1993
For Love or Money
as Benny the Jewler
1993
Martin
as Rashidi (uncredited)
1993
Seinfeld
as Cabbie
1993
seaQuest DSV
as Lybyan Representative
1993
The John Larroquette Show
as Targ
1993
Good Advice
as Mr. Vajneesh
1992
Final Analysis
as Moderator (uncredited)
1992
Treacherous Crossing
as Don Gallegher
1992
Encino Man
as Raji
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Cedric
1992
Wings
as Artist
1992
Great Scott!
as Luggage Salesman
1992
Dream On
as Dr. Dawson
1992
Cheers
as Mr. Cranston
1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as B'iJik
1991
L.A. Law
as William Harris
1990
Law & Order
as Dr. 'Ekballa' Raza
1989
She's Back
as Deli Owner
1989
True Blue
as Hakim Huzan
1988
The Beast of War
as Samad
1986
On Wings of Fire
as Professor
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Toulouse Lautrec