Mohsen Ghaffari is an Iranian-British stage and screen actor, voice artist, and co-founder of Borderless Ensemble — a theatre company creating work across languages, cultures, and borders. Born and raised in Tehran and now working internationally between the UK, Europe, and North America, his work spans theatre, television, film, and voice across multilingual and cross-cultural storytelling.
Performing fluently in Farsi, Dari, and English, with working familiarity in Arabic, Pashto, and Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji), Mohsen has become known for emotionally grounded performances and a distinctive international screen and stage presence. His work often explores identity, displacement, political tension, and human connection across cultures.
Mohsen trained at the Karnameh School of Fine Arts in Tehran before moving to the UK in 2010. He later trained professionally at The Poor School in London, earned a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London, and completed a Master’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual Studies (IMACS) at the University of St Andrews.
Most recently, he wrapped filming on Season 2 of the international espionage thriller The Agency, produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, set for release later in 2026 on Paramount+. (TVLine) He also recently completed filming for a regular role in the upcoming Swiss/French television series The Deal, directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron, alongside the BBC drama The Prisoner 591, based on the story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, in which he plays one of Nazanin’s lawyers.
His screen credits also include Flight 422, where he played an Iranian army officer, Netflix’s Carlos Ghosn docudrama, We Hunt Together (BBC Studios/UKTV) opposite Eve Myles, Silent Witness (BBC), and Civilised for Riff Raff Films.
On stage, Mohsen is currently multi-rolling in the UK tour of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, produced by Nottingham Playhouse and UK Productions. He recently appeared in The Government Inspector at Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Sir Gregory Doran, alongside Tom Rosenthal. He also played the co-lead role of Destan in Ostan at Park Theatre — a multilingual production performed across English, Farsi, Arabic, Sorani, and Kurmanji Kurdish.
Other theatre credits include Phaedra at the National Theatre directed by Simon Stone, alongside Janet McTeer, Assaad Bouab, Mackenzie Davis, and Paul Chahidi; The Words in Glasgow; A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Australian Shakespeare Company at Kew Gardens; 100 UnEarth with WildWorks; and productions at the Almeida Theatre.
Alongside performance, Mohsen’s voice and multilingual work have led to collaborations with major cultural institutions and international brands including the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Chichester Festival Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, ITV, Sky News, BBC Studios, Netflix, British Council, Burberry, HSBC, McDonald’s, Shelter, Johnson & Johnson, and Premier Inn.
Whether on screen, stage, or in voice work, Mohsen is drawn to stories that cross borders, linguistically, politically, and emotionally, and to collaborations that connect audiences through complexity, humanity, and shared experience.