Peter Banifaz
Acting
Peter Banifaz is an Iranian-American actor, comedian, and activist living in Los Angeles. Some of his TV credits include a recurring role on NBC’s Grand Crew, and three seasons recurring on the award-winning show Shameless. Some of his other tv roles have been on shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Superstore, Silicon Valley, Perry Mason, One Day at a Time, Bosch, Lethal Weapon and more. His film work includes Crime 101, a role on the Oscar winning hit Everything Everywhere All At Once, as well as Gus Van Sant’s, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot, and the Cohen brother’s, Hail Caesar. He also creates his own original comedic content for Instagram and TikTok under the Instagram handle @pbani. His videos have garnered over 50 million total views across both platforms.
Filmography
- 2026Crime 101 — Ben Haddad
- 2026Mock Trial — Franklin Peters
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — Acolyte
- Wonder Man — First AD
- 2024Sisters — Bahram
- 2024The Last King — Ehsan
- Thousandaires — Al Pacino
- 2023Fine Dining — Hugh
- 2023Steel Cut Oats — Young Kidd Carraway
- 2023The Van — Omid
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once — Alpha RV Officer
- Grand Crew — Amir
- Perry Mason — Jiminy Cricket Man
- 2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot — Doctor Mirione
- 2017Can't Buy My Love — Fred
- One Day at a Time — Tyler
- Angel from Hell — Berry Guy
- 2016Captain America: Civil War Re-enactors — Pete Parisi / Hawkeye
- 2016Hail, Caesar! — Sailor
- Lethal Weapon — Cab Driver Fred
- Teachers — Armen
- Bosch — Chambliss
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Cash for Gold Dealer
- Game Shakers — Frank
- Life in Pieces — TSA Agent Klein
- 2015Lola's Last Letter — Pete
- Superstore — Nick
- 2014Beginner's Luck — Peter
- Silicon Valley — Hooli-Search Engineer
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Rob
- Mom — Old Roscoe
- Veep — Oleg Petradze
- Shameless — Farhad
- Bones — Terrence
- The Greatest Treasure in the World