| Akbar Abdi | |
| Native Name: | اکبر عبدی |
| Native Name Lang: | Fa |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation: | Actor, comedian |
| Yearsactive: | 1983–present |
| Awards: | Order of Culture and Art [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.
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1984 | The Great Controversy | Siavash Shakeri | |||
| scope=row | 1985 | The Man Who Became a Mouse | Ahmad Bakhshi | |||
| scope=row | 1986 | The Mission | Hossein Zandbaf | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 1987 | The Stranger | Parviz | Rahman Rezaee | ||
| The Tenants | Mr. Ghandi | Dariush Mehrjui | ||||
| scope=row | 1989 | Grand Cinema | Hossein Hedayat | |||
| scope=row | 1990 | Mother | Gholam Reza | Ali Hatami | ||
| scope=row | 1991 | The Old Men's School | Ali Sajadi Hosseini | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 1992 | Love-stricken | Faraj Boulsik | Ali Hatami | ||
| Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | |||||
| scope=row | 1993 | Actor | Akbar Abdi | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | ||
| scope=row | 1996 | Mr. Sunshine | Homayoun As'adian | |||
| scope=row | 1999 | All | Fereydoun Hassanpour | |||
| scope=row | 2000 | Once Upon a Time | Iraj Tahmasb | |||
| 2007 | The Outcast | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | |||
| scope=row | 2008 | Lover | Godratollah Solh Mirzaee | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2009 | The Outcast 2 | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| Heartbroken | Ali Rouintan | |||||
| scope=row | 2010 | Pay Back | Tahmineh Milani | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2011 | The Outcast 3 | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| The Presiden's Cell Phone | Ghorban Ali's brother-in-law | Ali Atshani | ||||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2012 | Displace | Ali | Ali Tavakolnia | ||
| I Feel Sleepy | Reza's Mother | Reza Attaran | ||||
| scope=row | 2013 | Notoriety | Yousef | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| 2014 | The Sleepy Ones | Mother | Fereydoun Jeyrani | |||
| Miʿrajis | Akbar | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||||
| scope=row | 2015 | In Due Course | Vahid Amirkhani | |||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2016 | Notoriety 2 | Yousef | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| Four Isfahanians in Baghdad | Mohammad Reza Momtaz | |||||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2018 | Loveulance | Keramat | Mohsen Mahini | ||
| The Misunderstanding | Ahmad Reza Motamedi | |||||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2019 | Happy Birthday | Somayyeh Zareinezhad | |||
| X-Large | Mohsen Tavakoli | |||||
| Tornado 2 | Professor Andish | Javad Hashemi | ||||
| scope=row | 2021 | Automobile | Ali Miri Ramesheh | |||
| scope=row | 2022 | Hot Silver | Mohsen Aghakhan | |||
| Bitter Smile | Mohammad Reza Momtaz |