Hamid Farrokhnezhad
Introduction '''Hamid Farrokhnezhad''' (, Romanized as 'Hamīd Farrokhnežād'; born 17 April 1969) is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh (two for acting), two Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Career He started his career in student theatre and making some short films. After acting in Khosrow Sinai's ''Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh'' he had the chance to play a role in another movie by Sinai, Aroos-e Atash aka ''Bride of fire'' which brought him many awards in Fajr Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Khane-ye Cinema award. He had roles in three films by Sinai and had worked with notable Iranian directors such as Ebrahim Hatamikia, Asghar Farhadi and  Bahram Beyzayi.He also gained TV popularity after acting in the role of a ghost named "''Hasan Golab''" in a TV series directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.On 26 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Farrokhnezhad criticized the invasion of Ukraine, calling it “savagery” and “brutal attack”, and announced that he returned the best actor award he had received from the 2005 Moscow International Film Festival, in protest of the invasion.
Filmography ===Film=== Year Film English Title Role Director 1991 ''Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh'' "In the alleys of love" Khosrow Sinai 2000 ''Aroos-e Atash'' "Bride of fire" Farhan Khosrow Sinai 2002 ''Low Heights'' "Ertefa-e Past"GhasemEbrahim Hatamikia 2004 ''Tab'' "The Fever" Reza karimi 2004 ''Be Rang-e-Arghavan'' "In Amethyst Color" Behzad Ebrahim Hatamikia 2005 ''Big Drum Under Left Foot'' "Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap" "Hafez  Kazem Ma'soumi 2006 ''Sahne-ye Jorm, Voroud Mamnou''' "Crime scene, No admittance" Maj. Parsa Ebrahim Sheibani 2006 ''Fireworks Wednesday'' "Chaharshanbeh Soori" Morteza Asghar Farhadi 2008 ''Haghighat-e Gomshodeh'' "The lost truth" Dr. Kia Mohammad Ahmadi 2008 ''Atashkar'' "Fire keeper" Sohrab Mohsen Amiryoussefi 2008 ''Hareem'' "Sanctum" Maj. Mohebbi Reza Khatibi 2008 ''Shab-e Vaghe'e'' "The night of the incident" Daryagholi Shahram Asadi 2009 ''Poosteh'' "The shell" Saeed Mostafa Al-e Ahmad 2009 ''Bidari-e Royaha'' "The Awakening of the Dreams" Ayub's Brother Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar 2009 ''Democracy Tou Rouze Roshan '' "Democracy in Daylight" Sotudeh Ali Atshani 2010 ''Shokolat-e Dagh'' "Hot Chokolate"  Hamed Kolahdari 2010 ''Dar Entezare Mojezeh'' "Waiting for a Miracle" Amir Rasul Sadr Ameli 2010 ''Mohammad'' "Muhammad" Abu sufyan Majid Majidi 2011 ''Gasht-e Ershad'' "Guidance Patrol" Haj Abbas Saeed Soheili 2012 ''Zendegi-e Khosusi-e Agha va Khanom-e Mim'' "The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M " Mohsen Mehrad Rouhollah Hejazi 2012 ''Parinaaz'' "Parinaz" Zakaria Bahram Bahramian 2012 ''Esterdad'' "Reclamation" Faramarz Takin Ali Ghaffari 2012 ''The Wedlock'' "Zendegi-ye Moshtarek-e Aghaye Mahmoudi va Banoo" Mansour Mahmoodi Ruhollah Hejazi 2012 ''Besharat be yek shahrvand-e Hezareye Sevvom'' "Annunciation to a Third Millennium Citizen" Detective Mohammad Hadi Karimi 2013 ''Mordan be Vaght-e Shahrivar'' "Death ath the Time of Shahrivar" Alireza Hatef Alimardani 2013 ''Parvaz-e Zanburha'' "Flight of the Bees"  Hamed Amrayi 2015 ''Yasin'' "Yasin" Mahmoud Hamed Amrayi 2015 ''Moshkel-e Giti'' "Guiti's Problem" Iraj Bahram Kazemi 2016 ''Khoob, Bad, Jelf'' "the Good,the Bad, the Gaudy" Major Shademan Peiman Ghasemkhani 2016 ''Gasht 2'' "The Patrol 2" Haj Abbas Saeed Soheili 2017 ''Bi hesab '' Getting Even Mohsen Mostafa Ahmadi 2018 ''Lottery'' Lottery Morteza Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian 2018 ''Tegzas'' Texas Uncle Hushang Masoud Atyabi 2018 ''Ma shoma ra doost darim khanom-e Yaya'' We like you Mrs Yaya Morteza Abdolreza Kahani 2019 ''Symphony No. 9'' Symphony No. 9  Mohammad Reza Honarmand 2019 ''The Devil's Daughter'' nader Ghorban Mohammadpour===Writing, directing and producing===* Kooche-ye Payeez -1998 - Production Manager - Dir. Khosrow Sinai* Aroos-e Atash - 2000 -  Screenwriter - Dir. Khosrow Sinai* Safar-e Sorkh - 2001 - Screenwriter and Director===Theater career===*2004 - Shab-e Hezaroyekom (''1001st night'') - Dir. Bahram Beyzayi===TV career===*2008 - Halghe-ye Sabz - Dir. Ebrahim Hatamikia
Awards and nominations *Crystal Simorgh of Best supporting actor for ''Aroos-e Atash'' in 18th Fajr International Film Festival*Crystal Simorgh of Best screenplay for ''Aroos-e Atash'' in 18th Fajr International Film Festival*35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival award for best actor for ''Aroos-e Atash''*The award for  Iranian actor of the year by Film Magazine critics in 2002 and 2003*Best Actor award for ''Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap'' at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival in 2005* Crystal Simorgh for Best leading actor for Esterdad in 31st Fajr International dFilm Festival
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