Mojtaba Pirzadeh

Mojtaba Pirzadeh (Persian: مجتبی پیرزاده; born January 1, 1986) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role in the 2016 drama film The Salesman, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is also known for his performances in Rona, Azim's Mother (2018) and No Choice (2020). Pirzadeh received critical acclaim and a Crystal Simorgh nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the drama film Tooman (2020).[1][2][3][4]

Mojtaba Pirzadeh
Pirzadeh at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival
Born (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986
Tehran, Iran
Alma materSoore University
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
SpouseFarzaneh Tafreshi
Children1

Pirzadeh has also starred in the drama television series Awning (2017–2018), the biopic film Gholamreza Takhti (2019), the horror web series Them (2021), the mystery web series The Translator (2023), the war film Metropole Cinema (2023), and the crime web series The Lion Skin (2023).

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
2016 Bridge of Sleep Taxi Driver Oktay Baraheni
The Salesman Majid Asghar Farhadi
2017 Fish Lake Rahman Maryam Dousti
A Special Day Behrouz Homayoun As'adian
Golden Time Faraz Sarabi Pouria Kakavand
2018 Rona, Azim's Mother Faroogh Jamshid Mahmoudi
2019 Gholamreza Takhti Takhti's friend Bahram Tavakoli
The Pink Line Bayan Zarabi Short film
2020 Tooman Aziz Morteza Farshbaf
No Choice Mojtaba Reza Dormishian
2021 Exit Tax Saeed Hasanlou Short film
2022 Towards the Night Saeed Keshavarz Short film
The Craws Shiva Sarmast Short film
2023 Metropole Cinema Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar

Web
Year Title Role Director Notes Platform
2012 Frozen Heart Worker Saman Moghadam Guest role Video CD
2021 Them Maziar Mehdi Aghajani Episode: "Everything Is Over" Filmnet
2023 The Translator Davood Bahram Tavakoli Main role, 13 episodes Namava
The Lion Skin Mansour Bajelan Jamshid Mahmoudi Main role, 4 episodes Filmnet
Amsterdam Shoja Masoud Gharagozlu Main role Tamashakhoneh
Turkish Coffee Parham Alireza Amini Main role Filmnet

Television
Year Title Role Director Notes Network
2017–2018 Awning Sohrab Eghbali Jamshid Mahmoudi, Navid Mahmoudi Leading role, 50 episodes IRIB TV2

Theatre
Year Title
2013 Garden of Wishes
2014 Death of a Salesman
Pinter's Monologue
What You Hear is a Crooked Instrument of Silence
2015 B5-6
Good Night, Mr. Kenneth
A Journey to the Farthest Away
2016 According to Gunpowder
Socrates
2017 Oedipus Afghan
Breakfast in the Evening
2019 Algerian Butterfly

Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
Fajr Film Festival 2020 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tooman Nominated [5]
Hafez Awards 2019 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Awning Nominated [6]
2023 The Lion Skin Nominated [7]
Jam-e-Jam Television Festival 2019 Best Actor Awning Nominated [8]

References
  1. "بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده بازیگر و همسر و دخترش رونا". نم نمک (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. پاسخ, محدثه پنج شنبه ۱۵ شهریور ۱۳۹۷ (2017-11-23). "بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده و همسرش +عکسها ( بازیگر سریال سایه بان)". آریا پیکس (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  3. "مجتبی پیرزاده از فروشنده تا سایه بان+تصاویر". نمناک (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  4. "بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده و همسرش+تصاویر جدید". بنبک (in Persian). 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  5. "اعلام نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ جشنواره فیلم فجر". ایسنا (in Persian). 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. "اعلام نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون هجدهمین جشن "حافظ"". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  7. "اعلام نامزدهای بخش تلویزیون بیست و دومین مراسم سینمایی تلویزیونی دنیای تصویر- اخبار سینما و تئاتر - اخبار فرهنگی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. "نامزدهاي بخش نمايش جشنواره جام جم معرفي شدند". ایرنا (in Persian). 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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