- Has portrayed more than two dozen different nationalities in his career.
- Along with Alexis Cruz, he is one of only two actors to appear in both Stargate (1994) and its spin-off series Stargate SG-1 (1997). He played Kasuf, the father-in-law of Daniel Jackson, in both productions.
- His childhood in Darjeeling, a mystically beautiful Himalayan town in northern India, uniquely prepared him for a career that has taken him from the cricket field to outer space and back several times. The town is a crossroads for people from Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and other exotic locales as well as a favorite vacation spot for aristocratic Europeans and, in the 1960s and 1970s, a required stop for youthful Americans and Australians on the so-called "hippie trail".
- His father had been Chief Game Warden of the West Bengal Forests as a young man.
- Was scheduled to reprise his role as Kasuf in the Stargate SG-1 (1997) Season Six finale "Full Circle" but could not due to his commitment to Dragnet (2003).
- Like Freddie Mercury of Queen and Nina Wadia of "Goodness Gracious Me" (1998), Erick Avari is of Parsi descent.
- Has appeared with Brent Spiner in three different productions: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Independence Day (1996) and The Master of Disguise (2002).
- He is the great-grandson of film director Sir J.J. Madan.
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