From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zekeria Ebrahimi (born 1996) is an Afghan actor. Ebrahimi is possibly best known for his role in the 2007 film The Kite Runner as Young Amir. He has received extensive media coverage for playing the role of Amir in the film The Kite Runner, both because of his acting talent and because of the cultural misunderstandings that surrounded the making of the film and are thought to have endangered his life at home in Afghanistan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zekeria Ebrahimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.