Kamran Saliani
Birth Place: Bronx, NY
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BIO
Kamran Saliani is an Iranian-Italian-American who is the actor-manager of Irvington Shakespeare Company. He received Sir Ian McKellen’s personal blessing to revive Acting Shakespeare, a work that has become the central focus of his artistic mission. He shares a birthday, April 23rd, with William Shakespeare.
Born in the Bronx and raised in Irvington, New York, Saliani holds a B.F.A. in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His early credits include Pericles in Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Friar Laurence and Prince Escalus in Romeo & Juliet; Malvolio in Twelfth Night; and Dumaine in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Since 2022, he has devoted himself exclusively to performing Acting Shakespeare.
He was named a 2023 Westchester Wunderkind honoree, was a finalist for Best Artist in Best of Westchester, and has received multiple BroadwayWorld nominations. In 2023, Westchester County officially proclaimed May 25 "Kamran Saliani Day" in recognition of his contributions to theater and the community.
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