13 things about Laredo, Texas native Eman Esfandi

Eman Esfandi is an Iranian-Ecuadorian-American actor, musical artist and tennis player. He was born in Laredo, Texas, United States to an Iranian father and an Ecuadorian mother, who immigrated to the country from Iran and Ecuador, respectively.

As an artist, Esfandi is also known as DragonWulf. His music developed from a fondness for spoken word and slam poetry.

Eman Esfandi arrives to the "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" premiere in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/tJcMbYGO3q

— Variety (@Variety) July 28, 2026

BIOGRAPHY

On September 27, 2025, Esfandi turned 31. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2007, he started playing tennis.
2. From 2011 to 2016, he was a tennis professional and a tennis director at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas.
3. From 2012 to 2014, he attended Laredo Community College in Laredo where he earned an associate’s degree in business administration.
4. From 2014 to 2017, he attended The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in French.
5. From 2015 to 2017, he was an actor at A Millennium Agency and in 2017, he joined Collier Talent Agency in Austin as an actor.
6. From 2015 to 2018, he was a tennis professional at Mac 360 Tennis Academy in Austin and in 2018, he moved to Los Angeles, California, USA and joined A3 Artists Agency and Mosaic Media Group.
7. From 2018 to 2020, he was a tennis professional at Beverly Hills Tennis in Beverly Hills, California.
8. In 2021, he starred in “King Richard” and released his songs “you’re perfect in every way”, “I’m tired”, “What Do I Want” and “History”.
9. In 2022, he starred in “The Inspection” and released his song “On Top” and his extended play “A DragonWulf Summer”.
10. In 2023, he starred in “Ahsoka” and released his EPs “La Vie En Vert” and “La Sagrada Familia” and his songs “The Moment” and “At Long Last Alexei”.
11. In 2024, he released his song s”East Side Livin'”, “Drunk Text”, “Die 4 This”, “333” and “Alexei3049: DeLorean”.
12. In 2025, he released his songs “Light of Mine” and “Got it”.
13. In 2026, he starred in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”.

TIMELINE

Esfandi is 5’11” tall. He speaks English, French and Spanish.

2010s

• In December 2011, he joined the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch.
• In August 2012, he entered Laredo Community College.
• In May 2014, he graduated from Laredo Community College.
• In August 2014, he entered The University of Texas at Austin.
• In July 2015, he joined A Millennium Agency.
• In August 2015, he was an Extreme Marketing and Promotions brand ambassador in Austin.
• In September 2015, he joined Mac 360 Tennis Academy.
• In May 2016, he left the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch.
• In January 2017, he left A Millennium Agency and joined Collier Talent Agency.
• In May 2017, he graduated from The University of Texas at Austin.
• In June 2018, he left Mac 360 Tennis Academy and became an A3 Artists Agency actor.
• In April 2018, he joined Mosaic Media Group.
• In August 2018, he joined Beverly Hills Tennis.

2020s

• In February 2020, he left Beverly Hills Tennis.
• He played a tennis player in Reinaldo Marcus Green‘s film “King Richard”, which was released in the U.S. on November 19, 2021.
• He played Ismail in Elegance Bratton‘s film “The Inspection”, which was released in the U.S. on November 18, 2022.
• He played Ezra Bridger in the space fantasy television series “Ahsoka”, which aired on Disney+ from August 22, 2023 to October 3, 2023.
• He played the boyfriend of Zendaya’s character in Destin Daniel Cretton‘s film “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, which was released in the U.S. on July 31, 2026.