- At the request of Director Betty Thomas, he lost 30 pounds to be the same size as Eddie Murphy in the boxing scenes for "I-Spy".
- Once appeared in a Taiwanese beer commercial with Jackie Chan.
- When he wasn't working in films in Hong Kong, he was a bouncer and bodyguard for visiting celebrities.
- His name translates to King Lion, Shah is King in Persian and Lavi meaning Lion in Hebrew.
- Is of Iranian-British descent.
- Studied Martial arts since the age of 7.
- Middle name Majian, means "our lion" in Persian, named by his parents due to his star sign in Leo.
- His sister is actress Elisabeth Shahlavi.
- Worked as a stuntman in a few Hong Kong action films before establishing himself as an actor in his own right.
- He was trained in Shotokan Karate, Judo, boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai.
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