Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in Persian?

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with a Persian dub and with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2022 biography film from United States of America. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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Biopics tend to play it straight; "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" does not. Eric Appel's 2022 comedy takes the shape of a music biography and then deliberately breaks it, casting Daniel Radcliffe as the accordion-wielding parody king and treating the genre's usual conventions as something to send up rather than follow.

What is Weird: The Al Yankovic Story about?

The film moves through the arc of a music career the way a biopic usually would, hitting the beats audiences expect from the genre, but Appel and star Daniel Radcliffe push everything toward parody rather than reverence. Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Quinta Brunson, and Will Forte fill out an ensemble built for exaggeration, and Weird Al himself appears in the film he helped shape. The result plays every facet of a musician's rise for laughs, treating the tropes of the biography genre as the joke rather than the structure to be taken seriously.

About the cast

Daniel Radcliffe leads the film in the title role, with Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Quinta Brunson, and Will Forte in support, alongside 'Weird Al' Yankovic himself. K-Time lists the cast as credited by the production without assigning specific roles beyond what has been officially confirmed.

Context & significance

Music biopics have become such a familiar shape on screen that parodying the form has become its own small genre, and "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" leans fully into that idea rather than treating it as a side joke. Casting an actor known for dramatic range in the lead adds to the effect, playing the exaggeration completely straight-faced against a subject whose actual career was already built on parody.

Watching Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on Ktime

"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" streams on K-Time with a free account login, and both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are available. The K-Time experience is built around a Farsi-first interface for the Iranian diaspora, so switching audio or subtitle language takes just one tap in the player.

Cast & crew

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 2022 biography film from United States of America. It was directed by Eric Appel. The cast is led by Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson. It runs 107 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Eric Appel

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Quinta Brunson, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Will Forte

Country

United States of America

Year

2022

Runtime

107 min

Genre

Biography, Comedy, Music

Frequently asked questions

What year did "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" come out?

It is a 2022 American comedy directed by Eric Appel.

Who plays the lead role in "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story"?

Daniel Radcliffe stars in the title role, with Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Quinta Brunson, and Will Forte in support.

Is "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" a real biography?

No, it is a parody that borrows the shape of a music biopic and plays its usual conventions for comedy.

Does "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" have Persian dubbing on K-Time?

Yes, both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are available for the film on K-Time.

What year was Weird: The Al Yankovic Story made?

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story was released in 2022 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.