Arvin Kananian is a Swedish-Iranian actor and film maker. He was born in Sweden in 1988 and grew up in Stockholm and Yokohama, Japan. He relocated to the UK in his late teens to commence a degree in law at The University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Subsequently in 2009, Arvin dropped out of law school and began studying Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg methods at acting schools in London and Stockholm. He is most well known for his acting in various Swedish feature films and TV shows, and his script writing and directing for TV-commercials and short films.