Phoenix Raei is a Persian-born Australian actor, director, and writer. He was born in Shiraz, Iran and emigrated to Perth, Australia as a child.
In 2019, he was the recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia, Rising Star Award and was cast as a lead in the Netflix series Clickbait (2021) (NBCUniversal International Studios, Matchbox Pictures).
Raei appears as Javad, a charismatic detainee and leader, in the drama Stateless (2020) with Cate Blanchett, Yvonne Strahovski and Jai Courtney. He can also be seen in the critically acclaimed ABC series The Heights (2019-2020) (Matchbox Pictures and NBC) in which he plays series regular Ash.
His breakthrough role came in Kriv Stenders' Australia Day (2017) starring next to Bryan Brown, Daniel Webber and Sean Keenan. Raei was praised by audiences for his performance as Yaghoub Ghaznavi, a small-time drug dealer who feels the pressure from his family to take action when his brother is violently assaulted.
He also starred in the feature film, Below (2019) which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival alongside Anthony LaPaglia and Ryan Corr. Critics praised Raei's performance for carrying the heart of the film.
Raei has worked as a recurring guest star on multiple award-winning series such as Romper Stomper (2018) with writer/director of the original Geoffrey Wright, the hit prison drama Wentworth (2018-2019) and Mustangs FC (2017).
He is a co-founder of Little Fish Films alongside his partner Kate Lister.
