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Shpend Xani

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Shpend Xani
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Shpend Xani is an Albanian-American actor known for FBI: Most Wanted (2024), New Amsterdam (2022), and The Blacklist (2019).

Shpend received a BFA from Millikin University in Illinois and an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Academy at George Washington University in DC.

Shpend was born and raised in Kosovo during the war, moved to Colorado as a war refugee, and now lives in New York with his family.
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    Known for

    The Blacklist (2013)
    The Blacklist
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Albanian Gunman #1
    Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)
    New Amsterdam
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Tenant Omar
    FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
    FBI: Most Wanted
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Kamal Berk
    If the Trees Could Talk (2014)
    If the Trees Could Talk
    7.7
    Short
    • Levi
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actor

    • East of the River
      • Arben
      • Post-production
    • Hana (2025)
      Hana
      • Besniku
      • 2025
    • Bullet Wipe (2024)
      Bullet Wipe
      TV Movie
      • Donnie Beganovic
      • 2024
    • FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
      FBI: Most Wanted
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Kamal Berk
      • 2024
    • Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)
      New Amsterdam
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Tenant Omar
      • 2022
    • The Hospitality. (2021)
      The Hospitality.
      Short
      • Pirro
      • Spiro
      • 2021
    • Flowers by Peter (2020)
      Flowers by Peter
      Short
      • Pete
      • 2020
    • The Blacklist (2013)
      The Blacklist
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Albanian Gunman #1
      • 2019
    • Fantasy Man (2017)
      Fantasy Man
      • Brent Wilheid
      • 2017
    • Growing Up Fat & Albanian (2016)
      Growing Up Fat & Albanian
      6.0
      Short
      • Rocky
      • 2016
    • If the Trees Could Talk (2014)
      If the Trees Could Talk
      7.7
      Short
      • Levi
      • 2014
    • Shpend Xani and Moujan Shirazi in Salima (2014)
      Salima
      Short
      • 2014
    • Frostbite (2013)
      Frostbite
      4.3
      • Ville
      • 2013
    • Partisan (2013)
      Partisan
      Short
      • Hershel
      • 2013
    • Ara Woland in Let Our Fame Be Unheard (2012)
      Let Our Fame Be Unheard
      Short
      • Tambi
      • 2012
    • Right to Love (2012)
      Right to Love
      6.5
      • Tony
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Flowers by Peter (2020)
      Flowers by Peter
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    SAG-AFTRA

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    Shpend Xani Showreel
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    Growing up FAT and Albanian
    Trailer 1:18
    Growing up FAT and Albanian
    Growing up FAT and Albanian
    Trailer 1:18
    Growing up FAT and Albanian

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    • Height
      • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Race / Ethnicity
      • White

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