Draft:Jerry Habibi

Jerry Farzan Habibi is an American actor. He is known for his role as Abbas in the Sony Pictures Classics film The Persian Version.. He began performing at a young age by acting, dancing, and singing at a Nowruz festival in Plano, Texas.

Early life
Habibi was born in Dallas, Texas. He is a first generation Iranian-American. His father, an engineer, died in 1996 when Habibi was 11 months old—collapsing from a heart attack on a soccer field during a company team-building exercise.

Career
Habibi taped for The Persian Version in December 2019 using a Macbook Pro. He auditioned in English, Farsi, and Finglish, a romanization of Persian. After various delays, including the Covid-19 Pandemic, Habibi shot the film in 2022.

In January 2023, Jerry Habibi attended the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of The Persian Version. The film won the audience award and Waldo Screenwriting Award. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films on October 20, 2023. .

Letterboxd Editor-in-Chief Gemma Gracewood, praised the screenplay and performances in their October 2023 'Watchlist This!' Column, directly noting that "there is also an abundance of thirst for one family member in particular: Jerry Habibi", who portrays Abbas.

Other projects he has worked on include a guest star role in the 2022 Crunchyroll acquisition of Natsume's Book of Friends, and narrating a digital piece for American Experience

Habibi was profiled in the June 2024 issue of D Magazine by Matt Zoller Seitz in an article titled "The Hardest Working Man in Show Biz".