Akbar Abdi

Akbar Abdi
اکبر عبدی
Born	(1960-08-26) 26 August 1960 (age 64) Tehran, Iran
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1983–present
Awards	Order of Culture and Art (1st Class) [1]

Akbar Abdi (Persian : اکبر عبدی, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian actor. ^{[2] [3]} He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Career

He began his career in 1981 with the children's TV series “The Traffic Neighborhood”, directed by Dariush Moadebian. His main credits include “The Actor”, “Delshodegan” and “The Snowman". He also acted in the film "Ejareh-Nesheenha" (The Tenants). ^[4]

Abdi went through Kidney transplant in June 2016. ^[5] He has been criticized for anti-Semitic remarks. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1984	The Great Controversy		Siavash Shakeri
1985	The Man Who Became a Mouse		Ahmad Bakhshi
1986	The Mission		Hossein Zandbaf
1987	The Stranger	Parviz	Rahman Rezaee
	The Tenants	Mr. Ghandi	Dariush Mehrjui
1989	Grand Cinema		Hossein Hedayat
1990	Mother	Gholam Reza	Ali Hatami
1991	The Old Men's School		Ali Sajadi Hosseini
1992	Love-stricken	Faraj Boulsik	Ali Hatami
	Once Upon a Time, Cinema		Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1993	Actor	Akbar Abdi	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
1996	Mr. Sunshine		Homayoun As'adian
1999	All		Fereydoun Hassanpour
2000	Once Upon a Time		Iraj Tahmasb
2007	The Outcast	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
2008	Lover		Godratollah Solh Mirzaee
2009	The Outcast 2	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
	Heartbroken		Ali Rouintan
2010	Pay Back		Tahmineh Milani
2011	The Outcast 3	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
	The Presiden's Cell Phone	Ghorban Ali's brother-in-law	Ali Atshani
2012	Displace	Ali	Ali Tavakolnia
	I Feel Sleepy	Reza's Mother	Reza Attaran
2013	Notoriety	Yousef	Masoud Dehnamaki
2014	The Sleepy Ones	Mother	Fereydoun Jeyrani
	Miʿrajis	Akbar	Masoud Dehnamaki
2015	In Due Course		Vahid Amirkhani
2016	Notoriety 2	Yousef	Masoud Dehnamaki
	Four Isfahanians in Baghdad		Mohammad Reza Momtaz
2018	Loveulance	Keramat	Mohsen Mahini
	Misunderstanding		Ahmad Reza Motamedi
2019	Happy Birthday		Somayyeh Zareinezhad
	X-Large		Mohsen Tavakoli
	Tornado 2	Professor Andish	Javad Hashemi
2021	Automobile		Ali Miri Ramesheh
2022	Hot Silver		Mohsen Aghakhan
TBA	Bitter Smile		Mohammad Reza Momtaz

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2013–2014	King of Ear	Rahman Shoja'at	Davood Mirbagheri	Video CD

Awards and nominations

• Receiving the Crystal Simorgh for the second role of a man from the 8th Fajr Film Festival for his role in Ali Hatami's film Mother (1989) ^[7]
• Receiving Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Fajr International Film Festival for his role in the film I Dream I Made by Reza Attaran ^[8]
• Nominated for the 20th Fajr Film Festival Award for the film Bread, Love and Motor 1000

References

1. نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Wright, Robin B. (2000). The last great revolution: turmoil and transformation in Iran . Alfred A. Knopf. p.  117. ISBN   978-0-375-40639-3. Akbar Abdi is Iran's greatest comedic actor
3. "اکبر عبدی در زادگاهش تجلیل شد/کلید طلایی شهر در دستان هنرپیشه کشوری | خبرگزاری فارس". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
4. "IAF to Review Akbar Abdi's Best Films". Financial Tribune . June 19, 2017.
5. "Comedy king Akbar Abdi undergoes kidney transplant". Tehran Times . July 4, 2016.
6. "Activists campaign against visit of anti-Semitic Iranian comedian". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles . March 11, 2015.
7. "Iranactor.com - Akbar Abdi - اکبر عبدی". 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
8. ""روزهای زندگی و ضد گلوله بهترین فیلم‌های جشنواره فیلم فجر شدند". مهر نیوز. ۲۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۰. دریافت‌شده در ۱۳ فوریه ۲۰۱۲". Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

External links

• Akbar Abdi at IMDb
• Akbar Abdi on SourehCinema (in Persian)