Majid Vasheghani Farahani (; born May 27, 1980) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his roles in Detour (2012), Under the Mother's Feet (2017), and From Destiny (2019–2022). Vasheghani gained recognition and popularity for playing in game shows Mafia Nights (2020–2022), Joker (2022), and Godfather (2022–2024).
He won an Honorary Diploma at the 13th Iran International FICTS Festival for his performance in the sport drama The Highway (2019).
Early life Majid Vasheghani Farahani was born on May 27, 1980, in Tehran, Iran. He is the first child in the family and his only sister is a sports coach. His father is an Air Force soldier and his mother is a housewife.
He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical engineering. Vashghani started acting from 1998 by attending Amin Tarokh's acting classes.
Career
Him and director Behrang Tofighi are frequent collaborators. They have collaborated nine times in The Losers Squad (2011), Spare (2012), Dominos (2012), Detour (2012), Burning (2014), Beautiful Revolution (2014), Amen (2015), The Roof Top of Tehran (2016) and Under the Mother's Feet (2017).
On June 20, 2022, he won his first award at the 13th Iran International FICTS Festival for his performance in the sport drama The Highway (2019).
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Director Notes 2001The Passion of LovePassengerNader Moghaddas2005Crimes and MisdemeanorsHamid Reza MohseniUnreleased film2006A Cup of Tea in TownMajid VasheghaniDirectorial debut2008RevengeBehrouz Taheri2010The UngratefulHassan HedayatPremiered at the 28th Fajr Film Festival2013LeiliHamed Kheiri Motlagh2014BurningBehrang TofighiDirect-to-video2016RabidityAmir Ahmad AnsariPremiered at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival2018Alma GroupEhsanAbbas Moradian2019The HighwayTaxi DriverFarnaz AminiPremiered at the 37th Sport Movies & TV – Milano International FICTS Fest2020Frosted GlassesBahador AsadiPremiered at the 17th Mashhad Fajr Film FestivalTehran LondonMorteza Zolfaghari Nasab
Web Year Title Role Director PlatformNotes 2019RecoverySoheil BourbourBahador AsadiNamavaMain role2020–2022Mafia NightsHimselfSaeed AboutalebFilimoGame show2021Ahangi NightHimselfHamed AhangiFilmnetTalk show; 1 episode2022JokerHimselfEhsan Alikhani, Seyyed Hamed MirfattahiFilimoGame showBattleHimself Behnam TashakkorNamavaTalk show; 1 episode 2022–2024GodfatherHimselfSaeed AboutalebFilmnetGame show2023ZZSaeed AboutalebTamashakhanehGame show
Television Year Title Role Director Network Notes 2001With the SunMojtaba YasiniIRIB TV1TV theaterAmbushMasoud KeramatiIRIB TV3TV series2007Burn NoticeAhmad MoazemiTV film2008RevengeBehrouz TaheriTV filmJoorchinEsmail JalaliTV film2010Under 8Siroos MoghaddamIRIB TV1TV series2011CapitalSiamakSiroos MoghaddamIRIB TV1TV seriesThe Losers SquadBehrang TofighiTV film2012Rental HouseShahed Ahmadlo, Ramin NasernasirIRIB TV3TV seriesDetourNimaBehrang TofighiIRIB TV3TV series2013SpareBehrang TofighiTV filmDominosBehrang TofighiTV filmBlack IntelligenceIman AkbarnezhadMasoud AbparvarIRIB TV3TV series, Season 2MatadorEhsan SamenFarhad NajafiIRIB TV1TV series2014OstrichAli AsadollahiTV filmI Laugh with YouRezaVahid HosseiniIRIB TV5TV filmBeautiful RevolutionCaptain BahramiBehrang TofighiIRIB TV1TV seriesThey Live in StoriesDavoud BidelIRIB TV2TV series39 WeeksCommittee OfficierMorteza Ahmadi HaraniIRIB TV5TV seriesThe Marriage ContestSoheil MoafeghIRIB TV5TV filmLampFereydounAsghar DehghanIRIB TV3TV film2015LoverAbbas MoradianAzerbaijan TVTV filmMichaelSiroos MoghaddamIRIB TV1TV seriesZendeh RoodHimselfAlireza AminmaneshIsfahan IRIBTV programAmenDiego Luis Behrang TofighiIRIB TV1TV series2016The Roof Top of TehranBehrang TofighiIRIB TV1TV seriesGet TogetherHimselfMehran ModiriIRIB NasimTV programBrotherMehranJavad AfsharIRIB TV2TV seriesInscriptionHossein Ghasemi JamiTV film 2017, 2021KhandevanehHimselfRambod JavanIRIB NasimTV program2017AnotherMarjan AshrafizadehIRIB TV3TV seriesUnder the Mother's FeetSohrab MahmoudiBehrang TofighiIRIB TV1TV seriesGlass WallRama GhavidelIRIB TV1TV seriesBetter Days: The Last Letter EpisodesHamedDanesh EghbashaviIRIB TV3TV series2018Thieves of the SoulAhmad MoazamiIRIB TV5TV seriesMy MotherBijanJavad AfsharIRIB TV3TV series2019, 2021ShootballHimselfMohammad PeyvandiIRIB NasimTV program2019Days of RestlessnessMansourKazem MasoumiIRIB TV3TV series, Season 2TurbulenceSinaVahid BitarafanIRIB TV5TV seriesDongleSoheilBahador AsadiIRIB TV3TV film2019–2022From DestinyMansour AfsharMohammad Reza Kheradmand, Alireza BazrafshanIRIB TV2TV series2020NarrativeSeyyed Jamal Seyyed HatamiIRIB TV1TV seriesSteering WheelHimselfMasoud SanamIRIB NasimTV programHot GroundPoliceSaeed NematollahIRIB TV3TV series2021–2022Open ParenthesisHimselfMaral DoustiRadio NamayeshTV program2022UnmarkedMasoud KazemiRama GhavidelIRIB TV2TV seriesOperation ThunderAsghar NaeemiIRIB TV1TV series2024Seven Heads of the DragonMatin SoltankhahAbolqasem TalebiIRIB TV3TV series
Theatre Year Title Playwright Director Stage 2019A Little BiteFarzaneh SoheiliFaghihe SoltaniShahrzad Theater Complex
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award Year Category Nominated Work Result Iran International FICTS Festival2022Best National Acting in a Narrative FilmThe Highway
References
External links
Majid Vasheghani official website