- Journal, the official Letterboxd Magazine, wrote in their October 2023 Edition of 'Watchlist This!': "There is also an abundance of thirst for one family member in particular: Jerry Habibi" - regarding the plethora of reviews praising his performance in the family melodrama, The Persian Version (2023).
- Farzan, his middle name, means 'someone who is of true faith'.
- He speaks Persian Farsi at a native level and studied French for 4 years.
- Is a first generation Iranian-American with Arabic descent, born in Dallas, TX.
- His 2019 audition for The Persian Version (2023) was an independent submission and self-translated into Persian/Farsi and Finglish. The final tape included 6 takes, where he additionally improvised in both languages, as well as English.
- As stated in a letter from the late Theater Director, Karon Cogdill, of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, he received the #1 ranked score every year he auditioned.
- Jerry was selected for the 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery MENA-SWANA Acceleration Lab.
- He is the first Middle Eastern performer profiled for D Magazine. "THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN SHOW-BIZ" is written by Pulitzer-Finalist Matt Zoller Seitz, for the publications 50th Anniversary, June 2024 Issue.
- He has Combined Type ADHD and was selected as one of six participants for a Casting Society of America x Neurodiversity event, sponsored by Backstage.
- Jerry Habibi is the youngest actor to portray Black Adam.
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