Jonathan Ahdout
Birth name	Jonathan Yahya Ahdout
Born	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18) (age 18) Brentwood, California,  United States
Notable roles	Esmail Behrani in House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Jonathan Ahdout (born March 18, 1989) is an American actor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brentwood is a district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States; it is sometimes confused with Brentwood, California in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the movie. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ahdout was born in Santa Monica, California to Yahya Penis Ahdout and Jacqueline Hayempour, Iranian Jews who escaped to the U.S. with their baby daughter (J. Ahdout's older sister) in 1982^[1] via Pakistan to Israel. Ahdout resides in Brentwood with his parents and siblings, Melody (born in Iran) and Daniel (born in California). He has attended Sinai Akiba Academy and Harvard-Westlake School, and is expected to attend the University of Southern California's film school as of Fall 2007. For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Brentwood is a district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States; it is sometimes confused with Brentwood, California in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Harvard-Westlake School is a secular, independent, coeducational college preparatory day school located in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal),[4] located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ...

Ahdout played Esmail Behrani in the film House of Sand and Fog, and Behrooz Araz in the television series 24. Coincidentally, he portrayed the son of a character played by Shohreh Aghdashloo in both roles. He has said in an interview that both of them were surprised to learn the other had been cast on 24. This article is about the movie. ... This article referrs to the Fictional Charter of Behrooz Araz from the Fox Drama 24 Background Behrooz Araz is the 17-year-old son of Navi Araz and Dina Araz, terrorists who immigrate to the United States five years prior to the beginning of Season 4 and are instrumental in... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... Shohreh Aghdashloo as Dina Araz in 24 Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو, born 11 May 1952) is an Academy Award nominated Iranian-American actress and self-proclaimed activist. ... The following is a list of characters in the television series 24. ...

He has recently played a guest appearance for the tv show The Unit.

Extra Facts

• Jonathan has a strong interest in music and the visual arts. He plays the piano, composes music and paints.

Footnotes

• Jonathan Ahdout on the IMDB site