Peter Banifaz
Biography
Peter Banifaz is an Iranian-American actor, comedian, and activist living in Los Angeles. Some of his TV credits include a recurring role on NBC’s Grand Crew, and three seasons recurring on the award-winning show Shameless. Some of his other tv roles have been on shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Superstore, Silicon Valley, Perry Mason, One Day at a Time, Bosch, Lethal Weapon and more. His film work includes Crime 101, a role on the Oscar winning hit Everything Everywhere All At Once, as well as Gus Van Sant’s, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot, and the Cohen brother’s, Hail Caesar. He also creates his own original comedic content for Instagram and TikTok under the Instagram handle @pbani. His videos have garnered over 50 million total views across both platforms.
Known For
All Movies (15)
- Crime 1012026 · as Ben Haddad
- The Last King2024 · as Ehsan
- Sisters2024 · as Bahram
- Fine Dining2023 · as Hugh
- The Van2023 · as Omid
- Steel Cut Oats2023 · as Young Kidd Carraway
- Everything Everywhere All at Once2022 · as Alpha RV Officer
- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot2018 · as Doctor Mirione
- Can't Buy My Love2017 · as Fred
- Captain America: Civil War Reenactors2016 · as Pete Parisi / Hawkeye
- Hail, Caesar!2016 · as Sailor
- Lola's Last Letter2015 · as Pete
- Beginner's Luck2014 · as Peter
- The Greatest Treasure in the World—
- Mock Trial— · as Franklin Peters
All TV Shows (19)
- Wonder Man2026 · as First AD
- Thousandaires2024 · as Al Pacino
- Grand Crew2021 · as Amir
- Perry Mason2020 · as Jiminy Cricket Man
- One Day at a Time2017 · as Tyler
- Lethal Weapon2016 · as Cab Driver Fred
- Teachers2016 · as Armen
- Angel from Hell2016 · as Berry Guy
- Superstore2015 · as Nick
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend2015 · as Cash for Gold Dealer
- Life in Pieces2015 · as TSA Agent Klein
- Game Shakers2015 · as Frank
- Bosch2015 · as Chambliss
- Silicon Valley2014 · as Hooli-Search Engineer
- Mom2013 · as Old Roscoe
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Rob
- Veep2012 · as Oleg Petradze
- Shameless2011 · as Farhad
- Bones2005 · as Terrence