Iranian Actors/Actresses - بازیگران ایرانی

Jamshid Mashayekhi is a celebrated Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror(1965, Ebrahim Golestan). After a four-year break, he acted in The Cow (1969, Darius Mehrjui) and Kaiser(Qeysar) (1969, Masoud Kimiai). Mashayekhi commonly appears as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather (1985, Majid Gharizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.

Ezzatolah Entezami (also spell Ezatollah Entezami, born 1924 in Tehran, Iran) is an award-winning Iranian actor. Graduated from theater and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in 1958, Entezami started his career on stage in 1941. He has been acting in movies since 1969. His debut performance in Darius Mehrjui's admired classic film, The Cow(Gaav), received the Golden Hugo in Chicago International Film Festival in 1971. He shined in the role of a naive villager who cannot endure the death of his beloved cow and starts to believe that he is the cow himself.

He is known as one of the most prominent actors in Iranian cinema and has been labeled as the greatest actor in history of the cinema of Iran. He has worked with most of the prominent Iranian film directors, including Darius Mehrjui (eight films), Ali Hatami (four films), Nasser Taqvaee, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behrouz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He has been awarded the Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actor twice from the International Fajr Film Festival, for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel.

His work and accomplishments were recognized in October 2006 at the Iran cultural center in Paris.

Ali Nassirian is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, a Hafez Award, an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award and a Sepas Award. Nasirian, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.

He first appeared in a supporting role in Dariush Mehrjui's The Cow (1969) alongside Ezatollah Entezami, another Iranian actor. Nassirian then played the title role of Mr. Naive (1970), also by Mehrjui. His other films include: The Postman (1971), The Cycle (1974), The Mandrake (1975), Kamalolmolk (1983), Mirza Norouz's Shoes (1985), Stone Lion (1986), Captain Khorshid (1987), The Scent of Joseph's Shirt (1995), and Iron Island (2005), Masxarebaz (2019) for which he received the Crystal Simorgh award for the best supporting actor. He played the lead role in The Saturday Hunter (2011), and Sun Children (2020).

Abolfazl Poorarab is known for Hidden Heaven (1994), The Devil's Dance (2001) and A Man Like Rain (1997).

Elham Pavehnejad is an Iranian Actress born September 18th 1971 Tehran,Iran. She began her career in theater and then became a household name with the TV series Wives (1994) directed by Bijan Birang. She has acted in many Iranian TV series and She also continues to act in film and theater. Poulsheri Cafe, is her most famous Theater work .

Ahmad Najafi is known for Tavarish (1994), The Sergeant (1991) and Hotel carton (1997).

Iraj Ghaderi was born in 1935 in Tehran, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Leilaj (1966), Sam and Nargess (2000) and Claws in the Dust (1997). He was married to Kobra Etminan. He died on 6 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.

Born in Tehran Iran in 1959, Iraj Tahmasb graduated from the University of Tehran in Dramatic Arts and Theatre, where he is now teaching the Masters Program. As a teenager Tahmasb taught puppetry, script writing and film making in varies institutes. His active professional career began in 1979 when he started stage performance and directing in theatrical productions intended for young audiences. Inspired by the revolutionary atmosphere of the period, he staged a number of political and controversial plays, including An Eye For An Eye, The Bear That Wanted to Remain a Bear , (based on Jorg Stainer's famous story), Olduz and the crows ,(based on a popular story by Iranian writer Samad Behrangi), A Pair Of Shoes For Zahara, and A Delicate Story. Tahmasb is best known for his Trilogy and Series Kolah Ghermezi ( Red Hat and Cousin ) which has taken box offices all-time Records .

Amir Hossein Sedigh is known for Darbedarha (2005), Nirvana (2019) and Trap (2005).

Ardalan Shoja-Kaveh was born on 22 June 1962 in Birjand, Iran. He is an actor, known for Mr. President (2000), My duckling (2003) and Boycott (1986). He has been married to Eliza Urami since 24 June 1991. They have one child.

Elnaz Shakerdoost is an Iranian actress, who has gained success inside Iran. Shakerdoost was born in Tehran. Whilst attending primary school, she loved acting. She is studying at architectural university, and her major is in theater. She also likes soccer. She began her acting life in "Ice Flower (2005)" which is directed by Kiumars Poorahmad. She has played in 5 films in less than a year in 2004, and was nominated for Simorghe Bolourin in 2007.

Amin Tarokh was born on 11 August 1953 in Shiraz, Iran. He was an actor and producer, known for Dead End of Trust (2017), Bon bast Vossoughi and Avicenna (1987). He died on 24 September 2022 in Tehran, Iran.

Anoshirvan Arjmand was born in 1941 in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Ravayat-e Eshgh (1985), Duel (2004) and The Fifth Sun (2010). He died on 14 December 2014 in Tehran, Iran.

Afsar Asadi was born on 16 January 1958 in Maragheh, Iran. She is an actress, known for Nightingales (1988), The Eminent (1995) and Once Upon a Time in Tehran (1999). She has been married to Asghar Hemmat since 1981. They have two children.

Amin Hayai is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award. He started acting in theater along with his education. After finishing high school, he entered military service, and also acted in the art center of air force army. In 1991 he acted in a theatrical show for kids with the directorship of Soraya Ghasemi. It took him long to get a main acting role in movies, and he was successful in his first movie Eve's Red Apple. He has also won the best male actor award in Fajr film festival for the film by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli, "The Night", in 2008. Hayai appeared in the film Woodpecker in 2018. Hayai also will appear in the film We Like You Miss Yaya which he filmed in 2017. He was awarded the Diploma Honorary for Best Actor for Blazing at the Fajr Film Festival in 2018. In 2019, he became a judge in the first Iranian Talent Show called Asre Jadid Produced by Ehsan Alikhani.

Akbar Abdi was born in 1958 in Teheran, Iran. He is an actor, known for I Feel Sleepy (2012), Scandal (2013) and Dreamy (2014).

Ahoo Kheradmand is known for We Have a Guest (2014), We Are All Fine (2005) and Fairy Tale (2011).

Azita Hajian is known for 180 Degree Rule (2020), The Wall (2008) and Snowman (1995). She is married to Mohammad Reza Sharifinia.

Annahita Nemati was born on 11 July, 1977. She has been acting since 1993. She trained at the Theater Institute by Professor Hamid Samandarian and started her professional career in 1996 and was seen in several movies and TV series and short movies where she got good notices. In 2011 she got nominated for acting in the movie "Aal" in the International Festival and later her cooperation was asked to act in a French movie. In 2011 she got nominated for acting in the movie "Snow on Hot Gable" in Fajr Festival. She was also the nominee for the aforementioned movie in Critics' Festival later in the same year. She won the Judges award in Toronto Festival for acting in "Snow on Hot Gable". She was also one of the judges in Avanca Film Festival in Portugal. She first appeared on stage in 2011 in Fajr Festival where she was seen in four distinctive roles in "Changizkhan". In 2011, her movies were on the best-seller list and she was announced as the second well-paid actress of the year. Off-screen, Annahita has become prominently involved in international and domestic charity projects, especially those involving children and she has been the sponsor of many works of art. She has also been active in different sports fields such as kick-boxing, tennis, squash, car racing, and horse riding.

Ateneh Faghih Nasiri is known for Mehr-e Khamoosh (2002), Octopus (2005) and The Wild Deer (1993).

Elham Hamidi is known for So Close, So Far (2005), A Cradle for the Mother (2013) and Sword's Edge (2006).

Amin Zendegani is an Iranian actor who started as king Solomon in the film The Kingdom of Solomon. He also starred in the Persian series Mukhtarnameh as Muslim ibn Aqeel. In 1995, he started acting in movies with "Young Advocates" directed by Bahram Beyzai, continuing with "towards victory", "the third path", "the youth age", etc. In 1995 he won the best male actor award in Fajr International Film Festival, and 2001 he was people's favorite actor of TV series. He also appeared in the movie "Mission in Tehran", which won 11 Golden Kolts in the Police Film Festival in Moscow.

Atila Pesyani was an Iranian actor. Among the films in which he performed are The Hidden Half (2001), Ceasefire 1 and 2 (2005 and 2014), Hidden Feeling (2006), Throughout the Night (2010), The Redemption (2010), The President's Cell Phone (2011) and The Wooden Bridge (2011). Some series which he played roles in are The First Night of Peace (2006), Privacy Policy (2009), Goodbye Child (2012), A Piece of Land (2012), Like a Mother (2013), Madineh (2014) and A Beautiful Revolution (2014).

Pesyani received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor Golden Statue for the movies Two Women (1998), The Burnt Generation (1999), The Last Supper (2001) and Who Killed Amir? (2005) as well as a nomination for the Crystal Simorgh's Best Leading Actor for In Cold Blood (1994) from the Fajr International Film Festival.

Atila Pesyani was the son of actress Jamileh Sheykhi.

Pesyani died of stomach cancer on 6 October 2023, at the age of 66.

Jamileh Sheikhi was born on 19 May 1930 in Tabriz, Iran. She was an actress, known for Travellers (1992), Leila (1997) and The Accused (1996). She died on 23 May 2001 in Tehran, Iran.

Iraj Rad is known for Minister plenipotentiary (1991), Passion of Love (2001) and The Tenants (1987).