Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Fahim Fazli (Actor, Author, Motivational Speaker)

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Tune in as Poorman interviews Fahim Fazli (Dari: فهیم فاضلی), Afghan American film actor, author and collaborative author, script collaborator, motivational speaker, and Afghan culture technical advisor. Fazli was most recently cast by Writer/Director James Gunn in the new Superman movie Superman 2025, released on July 11, 2025, playing the role of Jarhanpurian Village Leader. In the DC Comics Universe, Jarhanpur is a fictional, ancient, and secluded nation ruled by a monarch who inherits the title of Rama Khan, elemental defender of Jarhanpur who has clashed with the Justice League. Fazli is the most successful Afghan-Born American Actor in Hollywood due to the popularity of the Hollywood films he has starred in since 1999. He was born into a Tajik family in Kabul, Afghanistan. He left Afghanistan and settled in California, United States in the 1980’s due to the Soviet-Afghan War. He returned to Afghanistan as an interpreter and as a cultural advisor during tours with the U.S. Marines in 2009 and 2010. After returning, he wrote a memoir, Fahim Speaks that was released in early 2012.

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