Biography

Revon is a first generation Chaldean American actor from Detroit, Michigan and a graduate of the MFA Acting program at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Prior to moving to New York City in 2021, Revon lived in Chicago working on productions like Promethean Theatre Ensemble's, Blue Stockings, where he and the cast earned a Jeff Award nomination for Best Ensemble.

Chaldeans are Eastern Rite Catholics indigenous to northern Mesopotamia, modernly divided between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Both of Revon's parents are from Iraq and taught him their native language, Aramaic, before he learned English in elementary school. There are just over 600,000 Chaldeans worldwide with a community of 180,000 living in Metro Detroit where Revon grew up.
- IMDb mini biography by: Revon Yousif