Mojtaba Pirzadeh
{{short description|Iranian actor (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mojtaba Pirzadeh
| image = Mojtaba Pirzadeh attends the 37th Fajr Film Festival on February 4, 2019 in Tehran.jpg
| caption = Pirzadeh at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival
| native_name = مجتبی پیرزاده
| native_name_lang = Fa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|01|01}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| alma_mater = Soore University
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2012–present
| spouse = Farzaneh Tafreshi
| children = 1
}}
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).{{Cite web|title=بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده بازیگر و همسر و دخترش رونا|url=https://namnamak.com/فرهنگ-و-هنر/بیوگرافی-بازیگران/بیوگرافی-مجتبی-پیرزاده|access-date=2021-11-11|website=نم نمک|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|last=پاسخ|first=محدثه پنج شنبه ۱۵ شهریور ۱۳۹۷|date=2017-11-23|title=بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده و همسرش +عکسها ( بازیگر سریال سایه بان)|url=https://ariapix.net/بیوگرافی-مجتبی-پیرزاده-و-همسرش/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=آریا پیکس|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|title=مجتبی پیرزاده از فروشنده تا سایه بان+تصاویر|url=https://namnak.com/مجتبی-پیرزاده.p61232|access-date=2021-11-11|website=نمناک|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2018-07-02|title=بیوگرافی مجتبی پیرزاده و همسرش+تصاویر جدید|url=http://www.banbak.com/mojtaba-pirzade/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=بنبک|language=fa-IR}}
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 =
| 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=row rowspan="2" |2016
|Bridge of Sleep |Taxi Driver |Oktay Baraheni | |
|---|
| The Salesman
|Majid | |
| scope=row rowspan="3" |2017
|Fish Lake |Rahman |Maryam Dousti | |
| A Special Day
|Behrouz |Homayoun As'adian | |
| Golden Time
|Faraz Sarabi |Pouria Kakavand | |
| scope=row|2018
|Faroogh | |
| scope=row rowspan="2" |2019
|Takhti's friend | |
| The Pink Line
| |Bayan Zarabi |Short film |
| scope=row rowspan="2" |2020
|Aziz | |
| No Choice
|Mojtaba | |
| scope=row|2021
|Exit Tax | |Saeed Hasanlou |Short film |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |2022
|Towards the Night | |Saeed Keshavarz |Short film |
| The Craws
| |Shiva Sarmast |Short film |
| scope=row|2023
|Metropole Cinema | | |
= Web =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:100%"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Platform !Notes |
| scope=row |2012
|Frozen Heart |Worker |Saman Moghadam |Namava |Guest role |
|---|
| scope=row |2021
|Them |Maziar |Mehdi Aghajani |Filmnet |Episode: "Everything Is Over" |
| rowspan="4" scope="row" |2023
|The Translator |Davood |Namava |Main role, 13 episodes |
| The Lion Skin
|Mansour Bajelan |Filmnet |Main role, 4 episodes |
| Amsterdam
|Shoja |Masoud Gharagozlu |Tamashakhaneh |Main role |
| Turkish Coffee
|Parham Pashaee |Alireza Amini |Filmnet |Main role |
| scope=row|2023–2024
|The Marsh |Kouhyar |Borzou Niknejad |Filmnet |Main role |
| scope=row|2024–2025
|Die Hard |Ashkan |Mostafa Taghizadeh |Filmnet |Main role |
= Television =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100%
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Network ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope=row|2017–2018
|Awning |Sohrab Eghbali |Jamshid Mahmoudi, Navid Mahmoudi |Leading role; 50 episodes |
|---|
Theatre
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100%
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title |
| scope=row|2013
|Garden of Wishes |
|---|
| scope=row rowspan="3" |2014 |
| Pinter's Monologue |
| What You Hear is a Crooked Instrument of Silence |
| scope=row rowspan="3" |2015
|B5-6 |
| Good Night, Mr. Kenneth |
| A Journey to the Farthest Away |
| scope=row rowspan="2" |2016
|According to Gunpowder |
| Socrates |
| scope=row rowspan="2" |2017
|Oedipus Afghan |
| Breakfast in the Evening |
| scope=row|2019
|Algerian Butterfly |
| scope=row|2024 |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
| scope="row"|Fajr Film Festival
|2020 |Best Actor in a Supporting Role |{{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Hafez Awards
|2019 | rowspan="2" |Best Actor – Television Series Drama |Awning |{{Nom}} |
| 2023
|The Lion Skin |{{Nom}} |
| scope="row"|Jam-e-Jam Television Festival
|2019 |Best Actor |Awning |{{Nom}} |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|8511148}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirzadeh, Mojtaba}}
Category:Male actors from Tehran
Category:Iranian male film actors