Biography
Erick Avari is an Indian born American stage, film and television actor, best known for roles in feature films such as "The Beast of War", "Independence Day", "The Mummy", and "Planet of the Apes".
Known For
Complete Filmography
Chasing Eagle Rock
2020
as Cam Avery
An offbeat examination of Internet crime, shady partnerships and well-deserved revenge, Chasing Eagle Rock asks the question: if they steal your ident...
Chasing Eagle Rock
2020
Producer, Director, Writer
An offbeat examination of Internet crime, shady partnerships and well-deserved revenge, Chasing Eagle Rock asks the question: if they steal your ident...
Love & Debt
2019
as Johnny
When you're up to neck in debt...it's not about the money. A drama full of the comedy of life. A story for our times that examines the durability of m...
Project Eden: Vol. I
2017
as The Shepherd
Aided by an ex-military officer, a young woman becomes an unwitting fugitive after discovering that her son's catatonic state may be at the heart of a...
California Winter
2015
as Douglas Hariri
Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from forecl...
It's Not You, It's Me
2013
as Cedrick
Serial commitment-phobe, Dave, is reeling from his decision to break up with his near perfect, now ex-girlfriend. As he tries to forget her, his battl...
A Haunting at Silver Falls
2013
as Dr. Parrish
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is only to find...
Dispatch
2011
as Sergeant Pincus
Hollywood is the cinema capital of the world - the place where dreams come true. It is associated with glamour and luxury. But for Nick, reality is ve...
Three Veils
2011
as Mr. Qasim
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage ...
Stargate: History Made
2009
as Self
Divided into three segments, "Deciphering the Gate: Concepts and Casting" (7:50), "Opening the Gate: The Making of Stargate" (10:11) and "Passing Thr...
Fault Line
2009
The story of a group of actors and artists living in Los Angeles who are struggling to find their humanity within the whirlwind of show business, part...
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
as Jasjeet
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009
as Vijay
Mild-mannered Paul Blart has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his c...
AmericanEast
2008
as Fikry
Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an...
Dark Matter
2008
as Professor R.K. Gazda
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a c...
InAlienable
2008
as Howard
Still guilt-ridden over the accident that took his family's lives, Eric Norris discovers that his body is host to a parasite from another world. Excep...
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Avi Perlman
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Ari Goldman (uncredited)
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...
Postal
2007
as Habib
The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle...
Choose Connor
2007
as Arthur Dennison
Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in...
Flight of the Living Dead
2007
as Dr. Bennett
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected wi...
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
as General Samir
After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon's Mines. When the scroll ...
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as Matre'd
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...
Dancing in Twilight
2005
as Matt
When the wife of Indian immigrant Matt Singh dies suddenly (having kept her illness a secret), the successful businessman suddenly finds himself adrif...
Dragnet: Sticks and Stones
2003
as Sanjay Ramachandran
A high school student is murdered in a satanic ritual.
Daredevil
2003
as Nikolas Natchios
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Home Alone 4
2002
as Prescott
Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich gir...
Ritual
2002
as Dr. Peter Winsfold
An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.
The Master of Disguise
2002
as Cigar Maker
After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, It...
Mr. Deeds
2002
as Cecil Anderson
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different ki...
Three Days of Rain
2002
as Alex
Six Anton Chekhov short stories set in modern day Cleveland during a three day rain storm.
Incest
2002
as Paul
Teenage nightmare: parents walk in on you while you're having sex. Parent nightmare: walk in on your daughter having sex, with your son. That's what h...
The Glass House
2001
as Ted Ross
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Mali...
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Tival
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes domi...
The 13th Warrior
1999
as Caravan Leader
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their behavior but growing to respect them. As they trave...
The Mummy
1999
as Terence Bey
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It ha...
The Undercover Kid
1997
as Brach
Nine-year-old Max Anderson has a big problem: he knows about an evil plot to kill the president, and no one believes him. Adults don’t usually believe...
McHale's Navy
1997
as European Leader (uncredited)
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit ...
Gun
1997
as The Proprietor
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.
Independence Day
1996
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...
Project: ALF
1996
as Rocket (voice)
Six years ago, the space alien ALF was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now he is being studied a...
Aladdin on Ice
1995
as The Mystic Traveler
A retelling of the Disney film, Aladdin (1992). This was staged on ice, and featured songs and clips from the animated film.
Don't Drink the Water
1994
as Emir's Aide
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset i...
Stargate
1994
as Kasuf
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Color of Night
1994
as Cabbie (uncredited)
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense a...
Dream Lover
1993
as Dr. Spatz
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incid...
For Love or Money
1993
as Benny the Jewler
New York concierge Doug Ireland wants to go into business for himself and refurbish a hotel on Roosevelt Island, N.Y., but he needs an investor. With ...
Scam
1993
as Mr. Ayub
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself be...
The Hit List
1993
as Pharmaceutical Wholesaler
A hit man's boss refers him to a client, a dangerous woman who mixes business with pleasure.
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
as Surgeon
Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife...
Encino Man
1992
as Raji
High school misfits Stoney and Dave discover a long-frozen primeval man buried in their backyard. But the thawed-out Link—as the boys have named him—q...
Treacherous Crossing
1992
as Don Gallegher
In 1947, a passenger on an ocean liner says her husband went missing right after they boarded together, but all evidence shows she's traveling alone.
Final Analysis
1992
as Moderator (uncredited)
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens t...
She's Back
1989
as Deli Owner
A henpecked electrician is nagged by his recently deceased wife into taking revenge on the gang responsible for her death.
The Beast of War
1988
as Samad
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen...
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Professor
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees o...
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Toulouse Lautrec
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who ta...