Navid Pourfaraj

Navid Pourfaraj (Persian: نوید پورفرج; born April 26, 1988) is an Iranian actor.[1] He is best known for his role as Amir in Sheeple (2018) for which he earned a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award nominations. He won the Best Actor Award at the 8th Duhok International Film Festival for his acting in Zalava (2021).

Navid Pourfaraj
Pourfaraj at the 2020 Fajr Film Festival
Born (1988-04-26) April 26, 1988
Kermanshah, Iran
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
2018 Sheeple Amir Houman Seyyedi the twenty fifth highest-grossing film of all time in Iran
2020 Bone Marrow Amir Bodaghi Hamid Ghorbani
2021 Zalava Masoud Ahmadi Arsalan Amiri
2023 Rainstorm Bahman Touraj Aslani
TBA A Time in Eternity Mehdi Norouzian

Television
Year Title Role Director Notes Channel
2012 The Wall Abbasi Sirous Moghaddam TV series IRIB TV1
2013 Maternal Maryam's brother Javad Afshar TV series IRIB TV3

Awards and nominations
Award Year Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
Duhok International Film Festival 2021 Best Actor of a Kurdish Feature Film Zalava Won
Fajr Film Festival 2018 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sheeple Nominated [2]
2020 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Bone Marrow Nominated [3]
2021 Best Actor in a Leading Role Zalava Nominated [4]
Hafez Awards 2019 Best Actor – Motion Picture Sheeple Nominated [5]
Iran Cinema Celebration 2019 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sheeple Nominated [5]
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association 2018 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sheeple Nominated [5]

References
  1. "نوید پورفرج | بیوگرافی + عکس‌های نوید پورفرج | سلام‌سینما". www.salamcinama.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. "اسامی نامزدهای سی‌وششمین جشنواره فیلم فجر- اخبار فرهنگی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. "نامزدهای بخش سودای سیمرغ جشنواره فیلم فجر اعلام شد". ایرنا (in Persian). 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. "اعلام نامزدهای سی و نهمین جشنواره فیلم فجر". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. "همه جوایز نوید پورفرج". filcin.com | فیلسین (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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