American Wrestler: The Wizard

"In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team."

Cast

George Kosturos

as Ali

Jon Voight

as Principle Skinner

William Fichtner

as Coach Plyler

Lia Marie Johnson

as Kristi Larsen

Kevin G. Schmidt

as Rowan Knox

Gabriel Basso

as Jimmy Petersen

Shannon Collis

as Wendy

Courtney Hope Turner

as Jenny

Ali Afshar

as Hafez Tabad

Nicholas Guilak

as Pasha

Sasha Feldman

as Dan 'Toad' Webster

Michael Girgenti

Crew

Ali Afshar

Story

Brian Rudnick

Story

Alex Ranarivelo

Director

Ali Afshar

Producer

Hadeel Reda

Producer

Brett Hedlund

Editor

Brian Rudnick

Writer

Jamie Christopherson

Original Music Composer

Reuben Steinberg

Director of Photography