Ardalan Esmaili

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Summary

Ardalan Esmaili is a Swedish actor whose work includes The Charmer, Greyzone, Snabba Cash, Opponent and Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. He has spoken repeatedly about racial stereotyping and the lack of non-white actors in leading roles, criticizing the industry for typecasting actors with immigrant backgrounds and describing its casting patterns as an almost unconscious racist agenda. His public record includes these comments on representation and structural racism in the acting industry; no public party campaigning, political affiliations, or advocacy organization roles are on record.