Amin Hayai (; born June 9, 1970) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to a nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.
Career 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.امروز داوران برنامه عصر جدید معرفی شدند؛ در میان داوران رویا نونهالی، امین حیایی، آریا عظیمی نژاد و سید بشیر حسینی حضور دارند.(persian) on Young Journalists Club, 15 January 2019
Personal life
He was married to Mona Bankipour and they have a son, Dara Hayai. They were divorced, and he is now married to Niloufar Khoshkholgh, who is an Iranian actress.
Hayai boycotted the Fajr International Film Festival in protest of the government's crackdown of the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.https://www.iranintl.com/202602139001
Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1993Two CompanionsAsghar Hashemi1994Two Faces of the CoinMohammad MotevaselaniThe PrecipiceBahram Reypour1995PeaceGhodratollah Solhmirzaie1996The Special GuardParviz Sabri2004Mum's GuestThe DoctorDariush Mehrjui2007The OutcastBijanMasoud Dehnamaki2008The TambourineMr. JafariParisa BakhtavarThe NightRasul Sadr AmeliWon – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor2009The Outcast 2BijanMasoud Dehnamaki2010Saint PetersburgThe MurdererBehrouz Afkhami2011The Outcast 3BijanMasoud Dehnamaki2012The Golden CollarsEngineer KamranAbolghasem Talebi2018AxingRouzbehBehrouz ShoeibiFlamingFaridHamid NematollahWon – Diploma Honorary Fajr Film Festival Award for Best ActorMiss YayaAzimAbdolreza Kahani2019DarkhoongahReza MisaghSiavash As'adiLoverPeymanKamran GhadakchianUnsophisticatedBehrouz ShabkhizFarzad Motamen20222888Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar HeydariThe Last SnowYousefAmir Hossein AsgariWon – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor2023In the Form of LoveSiavash As'adi2024HawaiiBahman Goudarzi2025The Killer and the SavageHamid NematollahWhisper My NameRasoul SadrameliNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best ActorMolotov CocktailHossein Amiri Doomari
Web Year Title Role Director PlatformNotes 2010–2012Frozen HeartAminMohammad Hossein LatifiVideo CDMain role; season 1–22012–2022Made in IranGholam Hossein JafarzadehMohammad Hossein Latifi, Borzou Niknejad, Bahman GoudarziFilimoMain role2020–2021Blue BloodBehrouz BahramiBehrang TofighiFilimo, NamavaMain role 2021–2022JokerHimselfEhsan Alikhani, Seyyed Hamed MirfattahiFilimoReality show2025AbanBabak MahmoudiReza DadooiSheydaMain role
References
External links
Amin Hayai on Instagram