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Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi (Persian: پیمان معادی, born 30 June 1970 in New York) is an Iranian actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in A Separation, and About Elly.[1]films directed by Asghar Farhadi. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in the late 2000's with the successful movie Swan Song. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. He started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Festival.


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Born:
Jul 30, 1970 In New York, New York City, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
27
First Appeared:
In the movie The Test
Latest Project:
Movie Arenas 2025
Known For
Poster of Bomb: A Love Story
Poster of Life and a Day
Poster of Mourning
Poster of From Iran, a Separation
Filmography
Movie The Test 2025
Movie Arenas 2025
Series Viper of Tehran Arman Bayani 2024-03-06
Movie Viper of Tehran Arman Bayani 2024-03-06
Movie Aporia Jabir 2023-08-11
Movie Opponent Iman 2023-10-26
Movie Hamid's Symphony Payman 2022-03-07
Movie Leila's Brothers Manouchehr 2022-08-24
Movie Night Shift Asomidin Tohirov 2020-05-21
Movie Walnut Tree Qader 2020-02-01
Movie Suddenly a Tree Farhad 2019-02-01
Movie 6 Underground Murat Alimov 2019-12-10
Movie Law of Tehran Samad 2019-03-17
Movie Bomb: A Love Story Iraj 2018-02-20
Movie Pig Payman Maadi 2018-04-19
Movie Window Horses Payman 2017-03-10
Movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Amahl 2016-01-14
Series The Night Of Salim Khan 2016-07-10
Movie Life and a Day Morteza 2016-03-16
Movie Last Knights Emperor 2015-04-03
Movie Tales Taxi Driver 2014-02-01
Movie Melbourne 2014-02-07
Movie Camp X-Ray Ali 2014-10-17
Movie Mourning Masoud (voice) 2011-10-29
Movie A Separation Nader 2011-02-15
Movie From Iran, a Separation Self - Actor 2011-03-16
Movie About Elly Peyman 2009-06-06