Wali Razaqi (born January 25, 1979) is a producer, actor, & motivational speaker. He is the president of TapouT Films in partnership with Dan Punkass Caldwell founder of

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. He grew up in

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& at age 21, he quit college & football to produce & act in his first feature film '' In the Wrong Hands'' (2002). He went on to produce & act in a dozen more feature films including Sundance winner “

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” and “

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” with

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and

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., '' Red Sky'' aka “ Kerosene Cowboys” with

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, and

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. He is also the creator and executive producer of two TV series:''4th and Long'' for

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and ''The

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Project'', a ten-part docu-series on

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. He is currently finishing his directing debut with the feature documentary Almost Champions as well as appearing on radio & podcasts & speaking at various churches around the country about his unexpected journey from being a life long Muslim to becoming a devout Christian three years ago.

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