Bahram Radan

Bahram Radan (Persian: بهرام رادان; born April 28, 1979) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh and a Hafez Award.

Bahram Radan
بهرام رادان
Radan at the 2016 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1979-04-28) April 28, 1979 (age 44) Tehran, Iran
Education	Islamic Azad University
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Mina Mokhtari ​ (m. 2023)​
Musical career
Years active	1999–present
Website	bahramradan.com

Career

While studying business management in college, Radan signed up for acting classes where he was discovered as an emerging talent. He got his first break when he was given an opportunity for his first role starring in the movie The Passion of Love. The movie achieved great success at the Iranian box office and was one of the top-grossing movies of 2000. Radan has since starred in many movies and has become a popular household name in the Middle East,^[1] often referred to as one of the top five superstars of Iranian cinema. His extreme popularity caused Iranian authorities to ban his images from billboards in 2008. In 2010, he was chosen by United Nations as the first Iranian UN ambassador against hunger.

He ventured into music and released his first album, The Other Side, in 2012. Music videos were created for three of the songs from the album: "Jeegh" (Scream), "To Rafti" (You Left) and "Zamouneh" (Era).

In June 2015, Radan tweeted support (in Persian) for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage, and was compelled to delete the Tweet and forced to apologize after criticism from government-affiliated hardline media.^[1] Although The Guardian could not independently verify the claim, Iranian media reported that Radan had been summoned for questioning before the country's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which vets films and cultural materials before their release.^[1]

In 2008, Radan acted in Tardid which is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. After that, he was "Zaal" in "Iran C project theatre“.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2001	The Passion of Love	Kian	Nader Moghaddas
	Blue	Arastoo	Hamid Labkhandeh
	Swan Song	Peyman Fadayi	Saeed Asadi	Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
	Dark Rising		Ebrahim Sheibani	Short film
2002	Bartender	Reza Tehrani	Mohamad Reza A'alami
	Thirst	Ashkan	Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh
2003	The Yellow Rose	Davood	Dariush Farhang
	The River's End	Khashayar	Behrouz Afkhami	Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
2004	Friday's Soldiers	Asef	Masoud Kimiai
	A Candle in the Wind	Farzin Zarban	Pouran Derakhshandeh	Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
	Gilaneh	Esmaeel	Mohsen Abdolvahab
2005	The Pink Marriage	Aria Shadab	Manouchehr Mosayyeri
	Salvation at 8:20	Taha Rahmani	Sirus Alvand
	The Command	Sahand	Masoud Kimiai
2006	Crossroads	Pedram	Abolhassan Davoodi
	Mainline	Arash	Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab	Cameo
2007	The Music Man	Ali Boloorchi	Dariush Mehrjui	Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
	Four Finger	Foad / Farzad	Saeed Soheili
2008	Canaan	Ali Rezvan	Mani Haghighi
2009	Penniless	Iraj	Hamid Nematollah
	Doubt	Siavash	Varuzh Karim Masihi
	Motherland	Amir Ali	Abolhassan Davoodi
2010	The Killer	Maziar Mafi	Reza Karimi	Won – Ladakh International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
	Death Carnival	Hamid Jahanbakhsh	Reza Azamian, Habibollah Kasesaz
2011	Principles	Babak Saman	Tahmineh Milani
	The Maritime Silk Road	Shazan	Mohammad Bozorgnia
2012	Tehran 2121	Javad (voice)	Bahram Azimi
	The Wooden Bridge	Amir	Mehdi Karampour
2014	Tragedy	Habib	Azita Moguie
	Negar's Role	Farzad	Ali Atshani
	Cease Fire 2	Khosrow	Tahmineh Milani	Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
2015	Ice Age	Farid	Mostafa Kiaee
	A Tale of Love	Ali	Ahmad Ramezanzadeh
2016	Barcode	Hamed	Mostafa Kiaee	Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture
	Polaris	Poorya	Soudabeh Moradian
2017	Yellow	Shahab	Mostafa Taghizadeh
2018	Istanbul Junction	Bahman	Mostafa Kiaee
2019	Tsunami	Morteza Nezhadi	Milad Sadrameli	Won – Iran International FICTS Festival Award for Best National Actor in a Feature Film
	Mastermind	Saeed Parsa	Azita Moguie
	The Agitation	Bardia / Barbod	Fereydoun Jeyrani
2020	The Black Cat	Bahram Radan	Karim Mohammad Amini	also as producer
2021	Pinto	Jalal	Narges Abyar
2022	Grassland		Kazem Daneshi	as producer Nominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Film
TBA	Breakfast with Giraffes		Soroush Sehhat

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2019	Dance on the Glass	Yaghma Namdar	Mehdi Golestaneh	Video CD
2022–2023	Jeyran	Naser al-Din Shah Qajar	Hassan Fathi	Filimo
TBA	Azazel		Hassan Fathi
TBA	One Thousand and One Nights		Mostafa Kiaee	Filimo

Awards and nominations

 

Bahram Radan at the 35th Fajr Film Festival

• Best Actor, Ladakh International Film Festival, India (LIFF) for "The Killer", 2012
• "Young Artist of the Decade" Award, Best Artist of the Decade, 2007
• Crystalline Roc Award (Best Actor in a Leading Role) for "Santoori (The Music Man)", 25th Fajr Film Festival (The only actor under 30 years of age having won 2 Crystalline Roc Awards), 2007
• Paramount Male Youth of the Year, National Youth Magazine (40 Cheragh), 2006
• Nominated in "Cinema Home" Yearly Awards (Best Actor in a Leading Role) for "Candle in the Wind", 2001
• Crystalline Roc Award (Best Actor in a Leading Role) for "Candle in the Wind", 22nd Fajr Film Festival (The youngest actor receiving a Crystalline Roc Award), 2004
• Hafiz Statuette Award (Best Actor) for "River's End", 7th Picture World Festival, 2004
• Paramount Male Youth of the Year, National Youth Organization, 2004
• First Iranian star attending Cannes Film Festival’s Red Carpet, 2004
• Family Films Festival Award (Best Actor in a Leading Role) for "Swan's Cry", 2001
• Nominated in "Cinema Home" Yearly Awards (Best Actor in a Leading Role) for "Swan's Cry", 2001
• Nominated for Hafiz Statuette Award (Best Actor) for "Swan's Cry”

See also

• Iranian cinema
• List of Iranian actors

References

1. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2 July 2015). "Iranian actor apologises after tweeting support for US gay marriage ruling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

External links

• Official Website
• Bahram Radan at IMDb