Hamed Behdad (; 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 won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in Castle of Dreams (2019).
Early life
Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran. In his youth, he lived in Mashhad, Tehran, and Nishabur before returning with his family to Mashhad as a high school freshman.
Behdad received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran.
Career
Behdad's first role was in the film End of Game, for which he was nominated for Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the Fajr Film Festival.
He has subsequently performed in a number of supporting roles in Iranian Cinema.
Behdad played as an Iraqi army officer in the movie Third Day in 2006. In this role, he falls in love with an Iranian girl who lives in Khoramshahr, where it was in the siege of Iraq at that time. He was again nominated for a Crystal Simorgh at the 25th Fajr Film Festival. The role in drew positive attention from a number of filmmakers and critics.
For his performance in the film No One Knows About Persian Cats, directed by Bahman Ghobadi, Behdad received access to the Cannes Film Festival.
He received Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Crime, directed by Masoud Kimiai, at the 29th Fajr Film Festival.
Behdad has also received critical acclaim for his performances in films such as Boutique, Third Day, No One Knows About Persian Cats, Felicity Land, Crime, Hard Makeup, It Happened at Midnight, Blockage and Castle of Dreams.
Over the course of his career, Behdad has had opportunities to collaborate with many prolific Iranian film directors, such as Abbas Kiyarostami, Naser Taghvai, Masoud Kimiai, and Dariush Mehrjui. Some of these projects have yet released.
Filmography Film Year Title Role DirectorNotes2001The End of GamePouya SadeghiHomayoun As'adianNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor2003The Woman Keeps SilentSoroushAhmad Amini2004BoutiqueMehrdadHamid NematollahNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor2006Cafe SetarehKhosrowSaman MoghaddamNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor5 P.M Ferdous ParkBahramSiamak Shayeghi2007AdamSehat MohebatAbdolreza KahaniThe Third DayFoadMohammad Hossein LatifiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor Won – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor2008Hidden FeelingBahram TolouiMostafa Razagh KarimiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting ActorTambourinePeugeot 206 DriverParisa BakhtavarLayla's MajnunHedayatGhasem JafariTwo Solutions for One ProblemGhasem Jafari2009The Day Goes and the Night ComesSiavash KasraiOmid Bonakdar, Keyvan AlimohammadiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting ActorEvery Night, LonelinessHamid RahmaniRasul Sadr AmeliBleeding HeartEmadMohammad Reza RahmaniTrial on the StreetHabibMasoud KimiaiA Man Who Ate His CherriesPeyman HaghaniCameoThe Third WaveBabakArash Sajadi HosseiniNo One Knows About Persian CatsNaderBahman Ghobadi2010Pay BackHamidTahmineh MilaniAssassinHamid ZahediReza KarimiLife with Closed EyesAli FakharRasul Sadr AmeliElixir And DustHaj MohsenAbbas RafeiNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Supporting ActorPlease Do Not DisturbRepairmanMohsen AbdolvahabSeven Minutes Until AutumnFarhadAlireza AminiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor2011WakefulnessMohammadFarzad MotamenNon-profit GraveyardCaptainMohsen DamadiCameoAt the End of 8th StreetMoosaAlireza AminiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting ActorBlood OrangeSiavash KhodabandehSirus AlvandCrimeNaserMasoud KimiaiWon – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorFelicity LandMohsen TanbakooiMaziar MiriNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor2012Bita Is Restless AmirMehrdad FaridThe Last StepAli MosaffaCameoThe Orange SuitHamed AbanDariush Mehrjui2013The Fourth ChildEbrahimVahid MousaianGood to Be BackDr. Farzad MatinDariush Mehrjui2014Hard MakeupMasoudHamid NematollahNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best ActorLife Is ElsewhereDavoodManouchehr HadiThe Girl's HouseMansourShahram Shah HosseiniNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor Won – Iranian Film Festival Australia Award for Best Actor2015There Will Be Blood on WednesdayMortezaHamase Parsa2016NeverHadi Moghadamdoost7 Months PregnantMehrdadHatef AlimardaniIt Happened at MidnightHosseinTina PakravanNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor2017BlockageGhasemMohsen GharaieNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Won – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor
Won – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Urban International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Won – Malaysia International Film Festival Award for Best Actor2018SlyGhodratollah SamadiKamal TabriziWon – Cine-Iran Festival of Toronto Award for Best Actor2019AliveNaeemHossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram PouramiriCastle of DreamsJalalReza MirkarimiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
Won – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor
Won – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor
Won – Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Asian Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Urban International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Won – Cyrus International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Won – Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Award for Best International Actor2021Punch DrunkHassan KhoshnoodAdel TabriziWon – Iran International FICTS Festival Award for Best National Actor in a Feature Film2024The Old BachelorAli BastaniOktay BaraheniGo FreeHoumanAdel TabriziFor RanaArefIman Yazdi2025Setareh's HusbandYounesEbrahim IrajzadJuliet and the KingMalek Jahan Khanom (voice)Ashkan RahgozarAnimationRed ShadesHossein MahkamBob MarleyDavood KhayambaziPost-production
Web Year Title Role Director Platform2016Golden ToothBolbol / AtashDavood MirbagheriVideo CD2019–2020HeartArash SepantaManouchehr HadiFilimo, Namava2021I Want to LiveAmir ShayganSharam Shah HosseiniFilimo2023VertigoPeyman PouyeshBehrang TofighiNamavaTurkish CoffeeDanial AzinAlireza AminiFilmnet2026The HeartlessParhamKamal TabriziFilmnet
Television Year Title Role Director Notes Network2000Fellow TravelerSiamakGhasem JafariTV seriesIRIB TV32002Searching in the CityGuiltyHassan HedayatTV seriesIRIB TV52005Sun's ShadowRezaMohammad Reza AhanjTV seriesIRIB TV32008One Fist of Eagle Feather Amir Hossein DaneshvarAsghar HashemiTV seriesIRIB TV12009The Last InvitationEmad KhaliliHossein SoheilizadehTV seriesIRIB TV22011Free FallMajor Amir SaberiAlireza AminiTV seriesIRIB TV12015My SkyMohsenMohammad Reza AhanjTV seriesIRIB Ofogh2015–2016 Kimia Mohammad Jahan Ara Javad AfsharTV series IRIB TV2 2015Red Hat 94HimselfIraj TahmasbTV programIRIB TV2
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