Hamed Behdad

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Hamed Behdad
حامد بهداد
Hamed Behdad 2020.jpg
Born (1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 (age 51)
Mashhad, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2000–present
Website Official website

Hamed Behdad (Persian : حامد بهداد; 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 has won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in Castle of Dreams (2019).

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Early life

Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran. He has lived his childhood and youth in Mashhad, Tehran, and Nishabur in a row.

Behdad has returned to his hometown, Mashhad, again with his family when he was a high school freshman. He holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran.

Career

Behdad was first introduced to Iran's Cinema with the movie, End of Game . [1] He was then, nominated for Crystal Simorgh in the Fajr Film Festival for the Best First Actor for this movie.

In continue, he has been performing many memorable strong supporting roles in Iran's Cinema.

Behdad played as an Iraqi army officer in the movie Third Day in 2006. In this role, he is falling in love with an Iranian girl who lived in Khoramshahr, where it was in the siege of Iraq at that time. He again, for the second time, was nominated for Crystal Simorgh award in 25th Fajr Film Festival. He played his role in this movie that impressive that it drew a lot of attention from everyone of the contemporaneous filmmakers and critics.

Behdad's success in movie No One Knows About Persian Cats directed by Bahman Ghobadi qualified him to have an access to the Cannes Film Festival.

He received Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his incredible role-playing in movie Crime directed by Masoud Kimiai in 29th Fajr Film Festival.

Behdad has also received critical acclaim for roles 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 .

During his path of career, he had great opportunities to cooperate with many of so successful and famous Iranian directors as Abbas Kiyarostami, Naser Taghvai, Masoud Kimiai and Dariush Mehrjui however unfortunately some of these cooperation have not been released yet.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2001The End of GamePouya SadeghiHomayoun As'adianNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2003The Woman Keeps SilentSoroushAhmad Amini
2004BoutiqueMehrdadHamid NematollahNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
2006Cafe SetarehKhosrowSaman MoghaddamNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor

5 P.M Ferdous ParkBahram Siamak Shayeghi
2007AdamSehat Mohebat Abdolreza Kahani
The Third Day FoadMohammad 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 Actor

2008Hidden FeelingBahram TolouiMostafa Razagh KarimiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
Tambourine Peugeot 206 Driver Parisa Bakhtavar
Layla's MajnunHedayat Ghasem Jafari
Two Solutions for One Problem Ghasem Jafari
2009The Day Goes and the Night ComesSiavash KasraiOmid Bonakdar, Keyvan AlimohammadiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
Every Night, Loneliness Hamid Rahmani Rasul Sadr Ameli
Bleeding HeartEmadMohammad Reza Rahmani
Trial on the StreetHabib Masoud Kimiai
A Man Who Ate His CherriesPeyman HaghaniCameo
The Third WaveBabakArash Sajadi Hosseini
No One Knows About Persian Cats Nader Bahman Ghobadi
2010
Pay BackHamid Tahmineh Milani
AssassinHamid ZahediReza Karimi
Life with Closed EyesAli Fakhar Rasul Sadr Ameli
Elixir And DustHaj MohsenAbbas RafeiNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Please Do Not Disturb RepairmanMohsen Abdolvahab
Seven 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 Actor

2011WakefulnessMohammad Farzad Motamen
Non-profit GraveyardCaptainMohsen DamadiCameo
At the End of 8th StreetMoosaAlireza AminiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
Blood OrangeSiavash Khodabandeh Sirus Alvand
CrimeNaser Masoud Kimiai Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
Felicity Land Mohsen Tanbakooi Maziar Miri Nominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor
2012Bita Is RestlessAmirMehrdad Farid
The Last Step Ali Mosaffa Cameo
The Orange Suit Hamed Aban Dariush Mehrjui
2013The Fourth ChildEbrahimVahid Mousaian
Good to Be Back Dr. Farzad Matin Dariush Mehrjui
2014Hard 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 Actor

Life Is ElsewhereDavoodManouchehr Hadi
The Girl's House MansourShahram Shah HosseiniNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor

Won – Iranian Film Festival Australia Award for Best Actor

2015There Will Be Blood on WednesdayMortezaHamase Parsa
2016Never Hadi Moghadamdoost
7 Months PregnantMehrdadHatef Alimardani
It Happened at MidnightHossein Tina Pakravan Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor
2017 Blockage GhasemMohsen 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 Actor

2018SlyGhodratollah Samadi Kamal Tabrizi Won – Cine-Iran Festival of Toronto Award for Best Actor
2019AliveNaeem Hossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri
Castle of Dreams Jalal Reza Mirkarimi Nominated – 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 Actor

2021Punch DrunkHassan KhoshnoodAdel TabriziWon – Iran International FICTS Festival Award for Best National Actor in a Feature Film
2024 The Old Bachelor Ali BastaniOktay Baraheni
Go FreeHoumanAdel Tabrizi
For RanaArefIman Yazdi
2025Setareh's HusbandYounesEbrahim Irajzad
Juliet and the King Malek Jahan Khanom (voice) Ashkan Rahgozar Animation
Red ShadesHossein Mahkam
TBABob MarleyDavood KhayambaziPost-production

Web

YearTitleRoleDirectorPlatform
2016Golden ToothBolbol / Atash Davood Mirbagheri Video CD
2019–2020HeartArash SepantaManouchehr Hadi Filimo, Namava
2021 I Want to Live Amir ShayganSharam Shah Hosseini Filimo
2023VertigoPeyman PouyeshBehrang TofighiNamava
Turkish CoffeeDanial AzinAlireza AminiFilmnet
TBAHeartless Kamal Tabrizi I Net

Television

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesNetwork
2000Fellow TravelerSiamak Ghasem Jafari TV series IRIB TV3
2002Searching in the CityGuiltyHassan HedayatTV series IRIB TV5
2005Sun's ShadowRezaMohammad Reza AhanjTV series IRIB TV3
2008One Fist of Eagle FeatherAmir Hossein DaneshvarAsghar HashemiTV series IRIB TV1
2009The Last InvitationEmad KhaliliHossein SoheilizadehTV series IRIB TV2
2011Free FallMajor Amir SaberiAlireza AminiTV series IRIB TV1
2015My SkyMohsenMohammad Reza AhanjTV series IRIB Ofogh
2015–2016KimiaMohammad Jahan AraJavad AfsharTV series IRIB TV2
2015Red Hat 94Himself Iraj Tahmasb TV program IRIB TV2

References

  1. "زیر و بم نقش‌های حامد بهداد در سینما، تلویزیون و تئاتر". Khabar Online. Retrieved 10 April 2012.