He spent the ensuing years at Santa Monica High School where he excelled in sports; playing football, baseball and basketball.
While at the SDSU, he was awarded the Commendation of Honor by the San Diego Fire Department for his valor in saving two women from a burning apartment.
[1] After college, he had the opportunity to work with Bruce Weber, which launched his modeling career and also landed a Versace advertising campaign.
After attending intense acting workshops for several years, he did several guest spots and independent films before being cast to play Ian Nottingham in the Warner Brothers/TNT movie of the week, Witchblade, which led to two seasons as a series regular.
[citation needed] In 2003, Etebari appeared in 2 Fast 2 Furious, racing the classic 1970 Dodge Challenger.