Ali tabatabaee actor biography

Iranian-American musician (born 1973)

For other uses, see Ali Tabatabaei (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Ali Tabatabaee (Persian: علی طباطبایی ‌پور; born February 27, 1973)^[1] is an Iranian-American musician who is one of two main vocalists in the rock band Zebrahead.

Alongside bandmate Matty Lewis, he performed the titular character's theme song for the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog.^[2]

Biography

Tabatabaee was born in Tehran, Iran^[1] on February 27, 1973.

Before joining Zebrahead, Tabatabaee was a pre-med student at UC Irvine majoring in Biology and minoring in Theater. After graduating, he decided to take a year off from school to take the MCAT and to apply to medical school.

Theatre actor biography

It was during this time that he started singing with the other members of Zebrahead. After a year away from school he was accepted into the University of Chicago Medical School. However, due to Zebrahead's early success, he deferred acceptance