Hamed Behdad ( fa, حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. He has won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the

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for his role in '' Castle of Dreams'' (2019).

Early life

Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

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. He has lived his childhood and youth in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, and

Nishabur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is w ...

in a row. Behdad has returned to his hometown,

, again with his family when he was a high school freshman. He holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; fa, دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی, ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a private university system headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleg ...

of Tehran, Iran.

Career

Behdad was first introduced to Iran's Cinema with the movie, '' End of Game''. He was then, nominated for Crystal Simorgh in the

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

for the Best First Actor for this movie. In continue, he has been performing many memorable strong supporting roles in Iran's Cinema. Behdad played as an Iraqi army officer in the movie ''

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'' in 2006. In this role, he is falling in love with an Iranian girl who lived in

Khoramshahr Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also Romanization, romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population wa ...

, where it was in the siege of Iraq at that time. He again, for the second time, was nominated for Crystal Simorgh award in 25th

. He played his role in this movie that impressive that it drew a lot of attention from everyone of the contemporaneous filmmakers and critics. Behdad's success in movie '' No One Knows About Persian Cats'' directed by Bahman Ghobadi qualified him to have an access to the

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. He received Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his incredible role-playing in movie ''

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'' directed by Masoud Kimiai in 29th

. Behdad has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as ''Boutique'', ''Third Day'', '' No One Knows About Persian Cats'', ''

Felicity Land ''Felicity Land'' ( fa, سعادت آباد ''Saadat Abad'') is a 2011 Iranian drama film directed by Maziar Miri. Cast * Hamed Behdad as Mohsen * Leila Hatami as Yasi * Mahnaz Afshar as Laleh * Hossein Yari as Bahram * Amir Aghaei as Ali * He ...

'', ''Crime'', ''Hard Makeup'', ''It Happened at Midnight'', ''

Blockage ''Blockage'' (Persian: سد معبر, romanized: Sade Ma'bar) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Mohsen Gharaie and written by Saeed Roustayi. The film screened for the first time at the 35th Fajr Film Festival and received 4 nominations. I ...

'' and '' Castle of Dreams''. During his path of career, he had great opportunities to cooperate with many of so successful and famous Iranian directors as

Abbas Kiyarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

Naser Taghvai Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer ...

, Masoud Kimiai and

Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...

however unfortunately some of these cooperation have not been released yet.

Filmography

Film

Web

Television

References

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* * Iranian male film actors 1973 births Living people Iranian male stage actors 20th-century Iranian male actors 21st-century Iranian male actors People from Mashhad Male actors from Tehran Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor winners {{Iran-bio-stub