Iranian actor, writer and director
Hamid Farrokhnezhad
Born حمید فرخنژاد
(1969-04-17 ) 17 April 1969 (age 55) Occupation(s) Actor, writer, director Years active 1991–present Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Spouse Foroozan Jalilifar[ 1] Children 1
Hamid Farrokhnezhad (Persian : حمید فرخنژاد , Romanized as 'Hamīd Farrokhnežād'; born 17 April 1969) is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh (two for acting), two Hafez Awards , three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Career
He started his career in student theatre and making some short films . After acting in Khosrow Sinai 's Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh he had the chance to play a role in another movie by Sinai, Aroos-e Atash aka Bride of fire which brought him many awards in Fajr Film Festival , Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Khane-ye Cinema award. He had roles in three films by Sinai and had worked with notable Iranian directors such as Ebrahim Hatamikia , Asghar Farhadi and Bahram Beyzayi .
He also gained TV popularity after acting in the role of a ghost named "Hasan Golab " in a TV series directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia .[ 2] [ 3]
On 26 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Farrokhnezhad criticized the invasion of Ukraine, calling it “savagery” and “brutal attack”, and announced that he returned the best actor award he had received from the 2005 Moscow International Film Festival , in protest of the invasion.[ 4] [ 5]
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
English Title
Role
Director
1991
Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh
"In the alleys of love"
Khosrow Sinai
2000
Aroos-e Atash
"Bride of fire"
Farhan
Khosrow Sinai
2002
Low Heights
"Ertefa-e Past"
Ghasem
Ebrahim Hatamikia
2004
Tab
"The Fever"
Reza karimi
2004
Be Rang-e-Arghavan
"In Amethyst Color"
Behzad
Ebrahim Hatamikia
2005
Big Drum Under Left Foot
"Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap"
"Hafez [ 6]
Kazem Ma'soumi
2006
Sahne-ye Jorm, Voroud Mamnou'
"Crime scene, No admittance"
Maj. Parsa[ 7]
Ebrahim Sheibani
2006
Fireworks Wednesday
"Chaharshanbeh Soori"
Morteza
Asghar Farhadi
2008
Haghighat-e Gomshodeh
"The lost truth"
Dr. Kia[ 8]
Mohammad Ahmadi
2008
Atashkar
"Fire keeper"
Sohrab
Mohsen Amiryoussefi
2008
Hareem
"Sanctum"
Maj. Mohebbi
Reza Khatibi
2008
Shab-e Vaghe'e
"The night of the incident"
Daryagholi
Shahram Asadi
2009
Poosteh
"The shell"
Saeed[ 9]
Mostafa Al-e Ahmad
2009
Bidari-e Royaha
"The Awakening of the Dreams"
Ayub's Brother
Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar
2009
Democracy Tou Rouze Roshan
"Democracy in Daylight"
Sotudeh
Ali Atshani
2010
Shokolat-e Dagh
"Hot Chokolate"
Hamed Kolahdari
2010
Dar Entezare Mojezeh
"Waiting for a Miracle"
Amir
Rasul Sadr Ameli
2010
Mohammad
"Muhammad"
Abu sufyan
Majid Majidi
2011
Gasht-e Ershad
"Guidance Patrol "
Haj Abbas
Saeed Soheili
2012
Zendegi-e Khosusi-e Agha va Khanom-e Mim
"The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M "
Mohsen Mehrad
Rouhollah Hejazi
2012
Parinaaz
"Parinaz"
Zakaria
Bahram Bahramian
2012
Esterdad
"Reclamation "
Faramarz Takin
Ali Ghaffari
2012
The Wedlock
"Zendegi-ye Moshtarek-e Aghaye Mahmoudi va Banoo"
Mansour Mahmoodi
Ruhollah Hejazi
2012
Besharat be yek shahrvand-e Hezareye Sevvom
"Annunciation to a Third Millennium Citizen"
Detective
Mohammad Hadi Karimi
2013
Mordan be Vaght-e Shahrivar
"Death ath the Time of Shahrivar"
Alireza
Hatef Alimardani
2013
Parvaz-e Zanburha
"Flight of the Bees"
Hamed Amrayi
2015
Yasin
"Yasin"
Mahmoud
Hamed Amrayi
2015
Moshkel-e Giti
"Guiti's Problem"
Iraj
Bahram Kazemi
2016
Khoob, Bad, Jelf
"the Good,the Bad, the Gaudy"
Major Shademan
Peiman Ghasemkhani
2016
Gasht 2
"The Patrol 2"
Haj Abbas
Saeed Soheili
2017
Bi hesab
Getting Even
Mohsen
Mostafa Ahmadi
2018
Lottery
Lottery
Morteza
Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
2018
Tegzas
Texas
Uncle Hushang
Masoud Atyabi
2018
Ma shoma ra doost darim khanom-e Yaya
We like you Mrs Yaya
Morteza
Abdolreza Kahani
2019
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 9
Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2019
The Devil's Daughter
nader
Ghorban Mohammadpour
Writing, directing and producing
Kooche-ye Payeez -1998 - Production Manager - Dir. Khosrow Sinai
Aroos-e Atash - 2000 - Screenwriter - Dir. Khosrow Sinai
Safar-e Sorkh - 2001 - Screenwriter and Director
Theater career
TV career
Awards and nominations
References
External links
International National Other