Wali Razaqi (born January 25, 1979) is an American film producer and actor. He is of Afghan descent. He is the founder of Raz Entertainment, a film and television production company.At age 21, Wali Razaqi and produced his first feature film In the Wrong Hands (2002). The action comedy screened theatrically in ten cities across the US and Canada.His next feature film, September Tapes (2004) premiered and sold at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving critical response.After having his films screened in over 30 festivals worldwide – including Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival – Razaqi went on to produce the feature films Crushed (2009) & Your Name Here (2008), a biopic which premiered at the 10th Annual CineVegas Film Festival and stars Bill Pullman and Traci Lords.He recently finished filming in St. Petersburg, Russia and Nevada for Mario Van Peebles' action thriller Kerosene Cowboys, starring alongside Cam Gigandet, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Shane West. He is also the creator and producer of "The Michael Vick Project," an eight-part docu-series TV show due to air on BET in early 2010.
Training for new TV show - 4th and Goal [August 2006]
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Completed Your Name Here and has begun pre-production on Untitled Anna Foerster project. [October 2007]
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Son Ahmad Jack Razaqi was born January 22, 2007.
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Younger brother is Ellyas Razaqi.
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Married his high school sweetheart. They have known eachother since junior high school.
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Played quarterback from the age of 9 up until his second year in college. Quit football to make his first movie.
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Has two male rottweilers - Rex & Spike
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Filming September Tapes (2002) was the first time he had been back to Afghanistan since his family escaped the country (1979) when he was only nine months old.
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Grew up in Santa Cruz, California from the time he was 8 years old. Before that his family lived in Afghanistan, India, Germany, and New York.
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Mayor Scott Kennedy made an official proclamation naming October 8th, 2004 Wali Razaqi Day in the city of Santa Cruz.
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