Hamed Behdad Explained

Hamed Behdad
Native Name:حامد بهداد
Native Name Lang:Fa
Birth Date:17 November 1973
Birth Place:Mashhad, Iran
Nationality:Iranian
Yearsactive:2000–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).

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
scope=row2001The End of GamePouya SadeghiHomayoun As'adianNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
scope=row2003The Woman Keeps SilentSoroushAhmad Amini
scope=row2004BoutiqueMehrdadHamid NematollahNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
scope=row rowspan="2" 2006Cafe SetarehKhosrowSaman MoghaddamNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion PictureNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
5 P.M Ferdous ParkBahramSiamak Shayeghi
scope=row rowspan="2" 2007AdamSehat MohebatAbdolreza Kahani
The Third DayFoadMohammad Hossein LatifiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorWon – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor

scope=row rowspan="4" 2008Hidden FeelingBahram TolouiMostafa Razagh KarimiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
TambourinePeugeot 206 DriverParisa Bakhtavar
Layla's MajnunHedayatGhasem Jafari
Two Solutions for One ProblemGhasem Jafari
scope=row rowspan="7" 2009The Day Goes and the Night ComesSiavash KasraiOmid Bonakdar, Keyvan AlimohammadiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
Every Night, LonelinessHamid RahmaniRasul Sadr Ameli
Bleeding HeartEmadMohammad Reza Rahmani
Trial on the StreetHabibMasoud Kimiai
A Man Who Ate His CherriesPeyman HaghaniCameo
The Third WaveBabakArash Sajadi Hosseini
No One Knows About Persian CatsNaderBahman Ghobadi
scope=row rowspan="7" 2010
Pay BackHamidTahmineh Milani
AssassinHamid ZahediReza Karimi
Life with Closed EyesAli FakharRasul Sadr Ameli
Elixir And DustHaj MohsenAbbas RafeiNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Please Do Not DisturbRepairmanMohsen Abdolvahab
Seven Minutes Until AutumnFarhadAlireza AminiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

Nominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor

scope=row rowspan="6" 2011WakefulnessMohammadFarzad Motamen
Non-profit GraveyardCaptainMohsen DamadiCameo
At the End of 8th StreetMoosaAlireza AminiNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Supporting Actor
Blood OrangeSiavash KhodabandehSirus Alvand
CrimeNaserMasoud KimiaiWon – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
Felicity LandMohsen TanbakooiMaziar MiriNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best Actor
scope=row rowspan="3" 2012Bita Is Restless AmirMehrdad Farid
The Last StepAli MosaffaCameo
The Orange SuitHamed AbanDariush Mehrjui
scope=row rowspan="2" 2013The Fourth ChildEbrahimVahid Mousaian
Good to Be BackDr. Farzad MatinDariush Mehrjui
scope=row rowspan="3" 2014Hard MakeupMasoudHamid NematollahNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best ActorNominated – 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 HouseMansourShahram Shah HosseiniNominated – Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award for Best ActorWon – Iranian Film Festival Australia Award for Best Actor
scope=row2015There Will Be Blood on WednesdayMortezaHamase Parsa
scope=row rowspan="3" 2016NeverHadi Moghadamdoost
7 Months PregnantMehrdadHatef Alimardani
It Happened at MidnightHosseinTina PakravanNominated – Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor
scope=row2017BlockageGhasemMohsen GharaieNominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion PictureWon – 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

scope=row2018SlyGhodratollah SamadiKamal TabriziWon – Cine-Iran Festival of Toronto Award for Best Actor
scope=row rowspan="2" 2019AliveNaeemHossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri
Castle of DreamsJalalReza MirkarimiNominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best ActorNominated – 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

scope=row2021Punch DrunkHassan KhoshnoodAdel TabriziWon – Iran International FICTS Festival Award for Best National Actor in a Feature Film
scope=row2024The Old BachelorOktay Baraheni
Bob MarleyDavood KhayambaziPost-production
Red GlassesHossein Mahkam
Moft BarAdel Tabrizi

Web

YearTitleRoleDirectorPlatform
scope=row2016Golden ToothBolbol / AtashDavood MirbagheriVideo CD
scope=row2019–2020HeartArash SepantaManouchehr HadiNamava, Filimo
scope=row2021I Want to LiveAmir ShayganSharam Shah HosseiniFilimo
2023VertigoPeyman PouyeshBehrang TofighiNamava
Turkish CoffeeDanial AzinAlireza AminiFilmnet
HeartlessKamal TabriziI Net

Television

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesNetwork
scope=row2000Fellow TravelerSiamakGhasem JafariTV seriesIRIB TV3
scope=row2002Searching in the CityGuiltyHassan HedayatTV seriesIRIB TV5
scope=row2005Sun's ShadowRezaMohammad Reza AhanjTV seriesIRIB TV3
scope=row2008One Fist of Eagle Feather Amir Hossein DaneshvarAsghar HashemiTV seriesIRIB TV1
scope=row2009The Last InvitationEmad KhaliliHossein SoheilizadehTV seriesIRIB TV2
scope=row2011Free FallMajor Amir SaberiAlireza AminiTV seriesIRIB TV1
scope=row2015My SkyMohsenMohammad Reza AhanjTV seriesIRIB Ofogh
scope=row2015–2016KimiaMohammad Jahan Ara Javad AfsharTV series
scope=row2015Red Hat 94HimselfIraj TahmasbTV programIRIB TV2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 April 2012 . زیر و بم نقش‌های حامد بهداد در سینما، تلویزیون و تئاتر. Khabar Online .