Bahram Radan

{{short description|Iranian actor and singer born in shirvan(born 1979)}}

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| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

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| education = Islamic Azad University

| occupation = Actor

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| years_active = 1999–present

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

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, 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. 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.{{cite news|title=Iranian actor apologises after tweeting support for US gay marriage ruling|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/iranian-actor-apologises-tweeting-support-us-gay-marriage-ruling|date=2 July 2015|accessdate=2 July 2015|first=Saeed Kamali|last=Dehghan|work=The Guardian}}

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=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100% ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|references}}
scope=row rowspan="4" \| 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 \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \| 2002 \|Bartender \| Reza Tehrani \|Mohamad Reza A'alami \| \|
Thirst \| Ashkan \| Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \| 2003 \|The Yellow Rose \| Davood \| Dariush Farhang \| \|
The River's End \| Khashayar \| Behrouz Afkhami \|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture \|
scope=row rowspan="3" \|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 \| \|
scope=row rowspan="3" \| 2005 \|The Pink Marriage \| Aria Shadab \| Manouchehr Mosayyeri \| \|
Salvation at 8:20 \| Taha Rahmani \| Sirus Alvand \| \|
The Command \| Sahand \| Masoud Kimiai \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \| 2006 \|Crossroads \| Pedram \| Abolhassan Davoodi \| \|
Mainline \| Arash \|Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab \|Cameo \|
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| 2007 \|The Music Man \| Ali Boloorchi \| Dariush Mehrjui \|Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor \|
Four Finger \| Foad / Farzad \| Saeed Soheili \| \|
scope=row\| 2008 \|Canaan \|Ali Rezvan \| Mani Haghighi \| \|
scope=row rowspan="3" \|2009 \|Penniless \| Iraj \| Hamid Nematollah \| \|
Doubt \| Siavash \| Varuzh Karim Masihi \| \|
Motherland \|Amir Ali \|Abolhassan Davoodi \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \|2010 \|The Killer \|Maziar Mafi \|Reza Karimi \|Won – Ladakh International Film Festival Award for Best Actor \|
Death Carnival \|Hamid Jahanbakhsh \|Reza Azamian, Habibollah Kasesaz \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \|2011 \|Principles \|Babak Saman \|Tahmineh Milani \| \|
The Maritime Silk Road \|Shazan \|Mohammad Bozorgnia \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \|2012 \|Tehran 2121 \|Javad (voice) \|Bahram Azimi \| \|
The Wooden Bridge \| Amir \| Mehdi Karampour \| \|
scope=row rowspan="3" \| 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 \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \| 2015 \|Ice Age \| Farid \|Mostafa Kiaee \| \|
A Tale of Love \| Ali \| Ahmad Ramezanzadeh \| \|
scope=row rowspan="2" \|2016 \|Barcode \| Hamed \| Mostafa Kiaee \|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture \|
Polaris \|Poorya \|Soudabeh Moradian \| \|
scope=row\|2017 \|Yellow \|Shahab \|Mostafa Taghizadeh \| \|
scope=row\|2018 \|Istanbul Junction \|Bahman \|Mostafa Kiaee \| \|
scope=row rowspan="3" \|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 \| \|
scope=row\|2020 \|The Black Cat \|Bahram Radan \|Karim Mohammad Amini \|also as producer \|
scope=row\|2021 \|Pinto \|Jalal \|Narges Abyar \| \|
scope=row\|2022 \|Grassland \| \| Kazem Daneshi \|as producer Nominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Film \|
scope=row\|2024 \|Breakfast with Giraffes \|Mojtaba \|Soroush Sehhat \|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture \|

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! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

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scope=row rowspan="4" | 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

scope=row rowspan="2" | 2002

|Bartender

| Reza Tehrani

|Mohamad Reza A'alami

Thirst

| Ashkan

| Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh

scope=row rowspan="2" | 2003

|The Yellow Rose

| Davood

| Dariush Farhang

The River's End

| Khashayar

| Behrouz Afkhami

|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

scope=row rowspan="3" |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

scope=row rowspan="3" | 2005

|The Pink Marriage

| Aria Shadab

| Manouchehr Mosayyeri

Salvation at 8:20

| Taha Rahmani

| Sirus Alvand

The Command

| Sahand

| Masoud Kimiai

scope=row rowspan="2" | 2006

|Crossroads

| Pedram

| Abolhassan Davoodi

Mainline

| Arash

|Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab

|Cameo

rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2007

|The Music Man

| Ali Boloorchi

| Dariush Mehrjui

|Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Four Finger

| Foad / Farzad

| Saeed Soheili

scope=row| 2008

|Canaan

|Ali Rezvan

| Mani Haghighi

scope=row rowspan="3" |2009

|Penniless

| Iraj

| Hamid Nematollah

Doubt

| Siavash

| Varuzh Karim Masihi

Motherland

|Amir Ali

|Abolhassan Davoodi

scope=row rowspan="2" |2010

|The Killer

|Maziar Mafi

|Reza Karimi

|Won – Ladakh International Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Death Carnival

|Hamid Jahanbakhsh

|Reza Azamian, Habibollah Kasesaz

scope=row rowspan="2" |2011

|Principles

|Babak Saman

|Tahmineh Milani

The Maritime Silk Road

|Shazan

|Mohammad Bozorgnia

scope=row rowspan="2" |2012

|Tehran 2121

|Javad (voice)

|Bahram Azimi

The Wooden Bridge

| Amir

| Mehdi Karampour

scope=row rowspan="3" | 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

scope=row rowspan="2" | 2015

|Ice Age

| Farid

|Mostafa Kiaee

A Tale of Love

| Ali

| Ahmad Ramezanzadeh

scope=row rowspan="2" |2016

|Barcode

| Hamed

| Mostafa Kiaee

|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

Polaris

|Poorya

|Soudabeh Moradian

scope=row|2017

|Yellow

|Shahab

|Mostafa Taghizadeh

scope=row|2018

|Istanbul Junction

|Bahman

|Mostafa Kiaee

scope=row rowspan="3" |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

scope=row|2020

|The Black Cat

|Bahram Radan

|Karim Mohammad Amini

|also as producer

scope=row|2021

|Pinto

|Jalal

|Narges Abyar

scope=row|2022

|Grassland

| Kazem Daneshi

|as producer

Nominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Film

scope=row|2024

|Breakfast with Giraffes

|Mojtaba

|Soroush Sehhat

|Nominated – Hafez Award for Best Actor Motion Picture

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scope=row\|2019 \|Dance on the Glass \|Yaghma Namdar \|Mehdi Golestaneh \|Video CD \|
scope=row\|2022–2023 \|Jeyran \| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar \| Hassan Fathi \|Filimo \|
scope="row" \|2025 \|Azaazil \| \|Hassan Fathi \|Namava \|
{{TBA}} \|1001 Nights \| \|Mostafa Kiaee \|Filimo \|

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scope=row|2019

|Dance on the Glass

|Yaghma Namdar

|Mehdi Golestaneh

|Video CD

scope=row|2022–2023

|Jeyran

| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

| Hassan Fathi

|Filimo

scope="row" |2025

|Azaazil

|Hassan Fathi

|Namava

|1001 Nights

|Mostafa Kiaee

|Filimo

Awards and nominations

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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”