As a child , Mosaffa discovered his interest in story writing and English , contributing to his fluency in the language . He is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran where he showed an interest in acting ; making his debut in the 1991 film , Omid . In the following year he won best male actor at the Fajr International Film Festival for his role in Darius Mehrjui 's film , Pari . Mosaffa met his future wife , Iranian actress Leila Hatami on the set of Mehrjui 's 1996 film , '' Leila '' . The two married in 1999 and have two children , a son named Mani ( born February 2007 ) and a daughter named Assal ( born October 2008 )
Fajr International Film Festival
Fajr International Film Festival
Ali Mosaffa