Reza Attaran

{{short description|Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Reza Attaran

| image = Reza Attaran 1397 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Attaran in 2018

| native_name = رضا عطاران

| native_name_lang = Fa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|05|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mashhad, Iran

| nationality = Iranian

| alma_mater = University of Tehran

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter|singer}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Farideh Faramarzi|1994}}

| website = [http://rezaattaran.org/ Official website]

| years_active = 1990–present

}}

Reza Attaran (Persian: رضا عطاران; born 10 May 1968) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh, six Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.{{Cite web|title=رضا عطاران برای نمایش خانگی سریال می‌سازد|url=https://www.ilna.news/بخش-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-6/1043286-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF|access-date=2021-11-15|website=خبرگزاری ایلنا|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=بیوگرافی "رضا عطاران" + عکس|url=https://namnak.com/رضا-عطاران.p354|access-date=2021-11-26|website=نمناک|language=fa}}

Early life

Attaran was born in Mashhad on 10 May 1968. He has two older sisters and a younger brother and is the third child in the family. Attaran is originally from Kakhk. He lost his mother in an earthquake in Kakhk.{{Cite web|title=بیوگرافی رضا عطاران + عکسهای رضا عطاران و همسرش|url=https://www.beytoote.com/fun/actor-news/biography-reza-ataran1.html|access-date=2021-11-26|website=www.beytoote.com}}{{Cite web|date=2017-10-07|title=بیوگرافی رضا عطاران و همسرش فریده فرامرزی +گفتگو و عکسها|url=https://ariapix.net/بیوگرافی-رضا-عطاران-همسر/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=آریا پیکس|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-13|title=بیوگرافی رضا عطاران {{!}} عکس ، حواشی و مصاحبه با رضا عطاران و همسرش|url=http://parsino.com/16824/%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%88%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%81%db%8c-%d8%b1%d8%b6%d8%a7-%d8%b9%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=پارسی نو|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|last=filcin.com|title=همه جوایز رضا عطاران|url=https://filcin.com/person/allawards/13011|access-date=2021-11-26|website=filcin.com {{!}} فیلسین|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-10|title=ببینید {{!}} حرف‌های جالب رضا عطاران بعد از دریافت سیمرغ بلورین بهترین بازیگر نقش اول مرد|url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1485134/ببینید-حرف-های-جالب-رضا-عطاران-بعد-از-دریافت-سیمرغ-بلورین-بهترین|access-date=2021-11-26|website=خبرآنلاین|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-01|title=از شوخی‌های رضا عطاران تا عصبانیت محمدحسین مهدویان/ گزارش نشست خبری فیلم «شیشلیک»|url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1482191/از-شوخی-های-رضا-عطاران-تا-عصبانیت-محمدحسین-مهدویان-گزارش-نشست|access-date=2021-11-26|website=خبرآنلاین|language=fa}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=بیوگرافی و اسامی بازیگران سریال (بزنگاه)+ خلاصه داستان و عکس|url=https://matlabnew.ir/%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%88%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%81%db%8c-%d9%88-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%85%db%8c-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b2%db%8c%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%b3%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%b2%d9%86%da%af%d8%a7/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=مطلب نیو|language=fa-IR}}

He received a degree in economics in the Mashhad before moving to Tehran to study industrial design at the University of Tehran, faculty of Fine Arts. In 1982, he left his education unfinished to pursue a career in theater.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100%

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Actor

! scope="col" | Screenwriter

! scope="col" | Director

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

scope=row|1997

|The Key to Marriage

|Abdol

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Davoud Mavasaghi

|

scope=row|2001

|Cinderella

|Sculptor

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Bijan Birang, Masoud Rassam

|

scope=row|2002

|Kolah Ghermezi and Sarvenaz

|Changiz

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Iraj Tahmasb

|

scope=row|2006

|Havoo

|Ata

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Alireza Davood Nejad

|

scope=row rowspan="3" |2007

|A Hat for Baran

|Ebi

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Masoud Navabi

|

Mandatory Success

|Ata

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mohammad Hossein Latifi

|

Fighter Rooster

|Mahmoud Delroba

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Masoud Atyabi

|

scope=row rowspan="5" |2008

|Tigh-zan

|Ata

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Alireza Davood Nejad

|

Quarantine

|Gholamreza

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Manouchehr Hadi

|

Empty Chair

|Esmail

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Saman Estereki

|

Address

|Reza

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Fereidoun Hassanpour

|

Mr. Seven Colors

|Houshang Saman

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Sharam Shah Hosseini

|

scope=row rowspan="2" |2009

|7:05

|Annet's driver

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour

|

Bee Sting

|Reza

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Hamid Reza Salahmand

|

scope=row rowspan="4" |2010

|Pay Back

|Ali

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Tahmineh Milani

|

Accusation

|Ehsan

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mehrdad Farid

|

A Very Dog Day Afternoon

|Salar

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mostafa Kiayee

|

Whatever God Wants

|Daei

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Navid Mihandoust

|

scope=row rowspan="4" |2011

|No Men Allowed

|Vahid Jebelli

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Rambod Javan

|

Mind Your Manners

|Angel of Death

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Masoud Atyabi

|

Absolutely Tame Is a Horse

|Behrouz Shakiba / Kamal Khosrowjordi

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Abdolreza Kahani

|

3 Degrees of Fever

|Abdolkarim

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Hamid Reza Salahmand

|

scope=row rowspan="2" |2012

|Needlessly and Causelessly

|Mohsen

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Abdolreza Kahani

|

I Feel Sleepy

|Reza

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|also as editor

scope=row rowspan="2" |2013

|The Corridor

|Behzad

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Behrouz Shoeibi

|

Good to Be Back

|Kambiz

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Dariush Mehrjui

|

scope=row rowspan="3" |2014

|Sensitive Floor

|Mr. Kamali

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Kamal Tabrizi

|

Kalashnikov

|Reza

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Saeed Sohili

|

Red Carpet

|Reza Attaran

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|

scope=row rowspan="3" |2015

|Sperm Whale

|Arjang Senobar

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Saman Moghaddam

|

Absolute Rest

|Davoud

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Abdolreza Kahani

|

Guinness

|Bahman

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mohsen Tanabandeh

|

scope=row rowspan="3" |2016

|Lollipop

|Farhad

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Hossein Farah Bakhsh

|

I Am Not Salvador

|Naser Izadi / Salvador

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Manouchehr Hadi

|

Dracula

|Javad

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|

scope=row|2017

|Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection

|Arjang Senobar

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Saman Moghaddam

|

scope=row rowspan="3" |2018

|Confiscation

|Esmail Yarjanlo

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mehran Ahmadi

|

Centipede

|Reza Hezarpa

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Abolhassan Davoudi

|

Miss Yaya

|Naser

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Abdolreza Kahani

|

scope=row|2019

|Under the Supervision

|Mosen

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Majid Salehi

|

scope=row rowspan="2" |2021

|Bright House

|Roshan

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Rouhollah Hejazi

|

Shishlik

|Hashem

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian

|

scope=row|2022

|Solitary

|Javad

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Masoud Atyabi

|

scope=row|2023

|Beach Villa

|Farrokh

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Kianoush Ayari

|

scope=row|2024

|Funnel

|

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Mohsen Amiryoussefi

|

scope="row" |2025

|Saddam

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Pedram Pouramiri

|

{{TBA}}

|Limousine

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Ebrahim Amerian

|

{{TBA}}

|Free Like Air

|Rasoul

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Abdolreza Kahani

|Completed

= Television =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100%

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Actor

! scope="col" | Screenwriter

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" | Network

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

scope=row|1990

|Awake

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Asghar Abdollahi

|IRIB TV2

|TV series

scope=row|1994

|Flight No.57

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Mehran Modiri

|IRIB TV1

|TV mini-series

scope=row|1994–1995

|Happy Hour

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Mehran Modiri

|IRIB TV2

|TV series

scope=row|1995

|Happy Year

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Mehran Modiri

|IRIB TV2

|TV series

scope=row rowspan="3" |1997

|Sweet World

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Behrouz Baghai

|IRIB TV1

|TV series

Green Land

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Bijan Birang

|IRIB TV2

|TV series

Laughing Apple

|

|{{No}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran, Shirin Jahed

|IRIB TV1

|TV series

scope=row|1998

|My Dear Majid

|Teymour

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV1

|TV series

scope=row|1999

|Word in Word

|

|{{No}}

|{{Yes}}

|Mehran Ghafourian

|IRIB TV5

|TV series

scope=row rowspan="2" |1999–2000

|Eternal Train

|Psychotic patient

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran, Behrouz Baghai

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

These few People

|

|{{No}}

|{{Yes}}

|Mehran Ghafourian

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row|2001–2002

|Under the City's Sky

|TV presenter

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Mehran Ghafourian

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row|2002

|Sea People

|Behnam

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Sirous Moghaddam

|IRIB TV5

|TV series

scope=row|2003–2004

|Acacia Alley

|Faramarz Tehrani

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV5

|TV series

scope=row|2004

|Homeless

|Ahmad

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row|2005

|The Accused Escaped

|Ramin

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row rowspan="2" |2006

|Hodhod Bookstore

|(Cameo)

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Marzieh Boroomand

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

Sweet and Sour

|Naser Morovat

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row rowspan="2" |2008

|Three by Four

|(Cameo)

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Majid Salehi, co-director Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV1

|TV series

Right on Time

|Nader Parvar

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row|2010

|Stepmother

|

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|Saeed Aghakhani, co-director Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

scope=row|2011

|Waves and Rocks

|

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|Majid Salehi, co-director Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV5

|TV series

scope=row rowspan="2" |2012

|Right on Point

|

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|Saeed Aghakhani, co-director Reza Attaran

|IRIB TV3

|TV series

Gap

|Himself

|{{No}}

|{{No}}

|Rambod Javan

|iFilm

|TV program

= Web =

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! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Actor

! scope="col" | Screenwriter

! scope="col" | Director

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

scope=row|2012–2014

|Frozen Heart

|Esfandiyar

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Saman Moghaddam

|Video CD

scope=row|2023–2024

|The Notebook

|Iraj Majd

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|Kiarash Asadizadeh

|Filmnet

scope=row|2025

|Ajale Moalagh

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Adel Tabrizi

|Filmnet

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominated Work

! scope="col" | Result

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|references}}

rowspan="7" scope="row" |Fajr Film Festival

| rowspan="2" |2012

|Best First Director

|I Feel Sleepy

|{{Won}}

|

rowspan="6" |Best Actor in a Leading Role

|I Feel Sleepy

|{{Nom}}

|

2013

|The Corridor

|{{Nom}}

|

2014

|Sensitive Floor

|{{Won}}

|

2018

|Confiscation

|{{Nom}}

|

2021

|Bright House

|{{Won}}

|

2025

|Saddam

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |date=2025-02-09 |title=نامزدهای جشنواره فیلم‌ فجر اعلام شدند؛ «بچه مردم» با ۱۴ نامزدی در صدر |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6373781/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%B1%DB%B4-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}

rowspan="15" scope="row" |Hafez Awards

| rowspan="2" |2006

|Best Director – Television Series

|The Accused Escaped

|{{Won}}

|

Best Original Song – Television Series

|The Accused Escaped

|{{Nom}}

|

rowspan="2" |2010

|Best Director – Television Series

|Sweet and Sour

|{{Nom}}

|

Best Actor – Television Series Comedy

|Sweet and Sour

|{{Nom}}

|

2014

|Best Actor – Motion Picture

|The Corridor and Sensitive Floor

|{{Won}}

|

rowspan="3" |2015

|Jury Prize

|Red Carpet

|{{Won}}

|

Best Actor – Motion Picture

|Red Carpet

|{{Nom}}

|

Best Director – Motion Picture

|Red Carpet

|{{Nom}}

|

2016

|Best Actor – Motion Picture

|Sperm Whale

|{{Nom}}

|

2017

|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

|Dracula

|{{Won}}

|

2018

|Best Actor – Motion Picture

|Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection

|{{Nom}}

|

rowspan="2" |2019

|Best Actor – Motion Picture

|Centipede

|{{Nom}}

|

Best Special Individual Achievement

|Himself

|{{Won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2024

|Best Actor – Television Series Comedy

|The Notebook

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web |title=بازیگران و سریال‌های نامزد دریافت تندیس حافظ را بشناسید - خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6291653/%DA%86%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.mehrnews.com}}

Best Actor – Motion Picture

|Bright House

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=کدام آثار سینمایی نامزد تندیس حافظ شدند؟ |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/6293940/%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |language=fa}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" |Iran Cinema Celebration

|2011

| rowspan="2" |Best Actor in a Leading Role

|Absolutely Tame Is a Horse and No Men Allowed

|{{Won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2014

|Sensitive Floor

|{{Nom}}

|

Best New Director

|I Feel Sleepy

|{{Nom}}

|

rowspan="7" scope="row" |Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association

|2011

| rowspan="7" |Best Actor in a Leading Role

|Absolutely Tame Is a Horse

|{{draw|Honorary Diploma}}

|

2012

|Needlessly and Causelessly

|{{draw|Honorary Diploma}}

|

2013

|The Corridor

|{{Won}}

|

rowspan="2" |2014

|Red Carpet

|{{Nom}}

|

Sensitive Floor

|{{Nom}}

|

2015

|Sperm Whale

|{{Nom}}

|

2018

|Confiscation

|{{Nom}}

|

References

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