Shahab Hosseini

Shahab Hosseini
Shahab Hosseini
شهاب حسینی
	Hosseini at the 2014 Fajr Film Festival
Born	Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni; February 3, 1974 (age 50); Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Actor; producer; director; screenwriter; host;
Years active	1997–present
Spouses	; Parichehr Ghanbari (m. 1997; div. 2021) ; Sanaz Arjmand (m. 2022)
Children	2

Sir Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni (Persian: سر سید شهاب‌الدین حسینی تنکابنی; born February 3, 1974) is an Iranian actor, producer, director and screenwriter. He is known for his collaborations with Iranian Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016). His accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, and a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor.

Early life[edit]

Shahab Hosseini was born on February, 3rd, 1974 in Tehran. He earned his high school diploma in Biology. He dropped out of the University of Tehran as a psychology student and emigrated to Canada. Later, he became a radio host in Iran, and hosted a TV show for youth. He also took on some small acting roles in a few TV series. Hosseini's cinematic debut was in Rokhsareh (2002) directed by Amir Ghavidel. His career took off with his performance in the movie The Fifth Reaction directed by Tahmineh Milani.^[1] In June 2011, he announced that he would be taking a break but would return to cinema in 2013.^[2]

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

Hosseini has won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for A Separation at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Salesman.^[3] Hosseini won his first award, Crystal Simorgh for Superstar in 2009.^[4] In 2013, he made his directorial debut.^[5] In 2020, Hosseini co-founded Pol Media ("pol" translating to "bridge" in Persian) with director Kourosh Ahari and producer Alex Bretow, a distribution and production company aiming to "bridge the gap" between Iranian art, culture and cinema with that of the U.S.^[6]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2002	Rokhsareh	Mahan Farzam	Amir Ghavidel
2002	Dummies	Morad	Ali Ghavitan
2003	The Fifth Reaction	Majid	Tahmineh Milani
	The Woman Keeps Silent	Mani	Ahmad Amini
	Poisonous Honey	Shahin	Ebrahim Sheibani
2004	A Candle in the Wind	Babak	Pouran Derakhshandeh
2004	The Ziggurat Goddess	Bahram	Rahman Rezaei
2005	Fifty Million Proposal	Barmak	Mehdi Sabaghzadeh
	Salvation at 8:20	Foad	Sirus Alvand
	Whirlpool	Homayoun	Hassan Hedayat
2006	The Online Murder	Keyvan	Masoud Abparvar
	Love Story		Bijan Birang
	Eternal Children	Iman	Pouran Derakhshandeh
2007	Unexpected	Salk	Mohammad Hadi Karimi
	Paradise Station	Soroush	Nader Moghadas
	Flags of Kaveh's Castle	Sadegh	Mohammad Nourizad
2008	Niloofar	Aziz	Sabine El Gemayel
2008	Mahya	Javid	Akbar Khajouei
2009	About Elly	Ahmad	Asghar Farhadi
	Superstar	Kourosh Zand	Tahmineh Milani
	Heartbroken	Amirali	Ali Rouintan
	Around the Highway	Pasha	Siavash As'adi
2010	A Walk in the Fog	Amin	Bahram Tavakoli
2010	Anahita	Behnam	Azizollah Hamidnezhad
2011	Snow on a Hot Tin Roof	Bahman	Mohammad Hadi Karimi
	Final Whistle	Saman	Niki Karimi
	A Separation	Hojjat	Asghar Farhadi
	Goodbye	Esfandiar	Mohammad Rasoulof
2012	The Paternal House	Naser	Kianoush Ayari
	Someone Wants to Talk with You	Mostafa	Manouchehr Hadi
	Ziba and I	Jafar	Fereidoun Hassanpour
2013	Africa	Shahab	Houman Seyyedi	Direct-to-video
	The Painting Pool	Reza	Maziar Miri
	The Interpretation of a Dream	Major	Reza Dadooi	Direct-to-video
	Hush! Girls Don't Scream	The Detective	Pouran Derakhshandeh
2014	A Five Star	Reza	Mahshid Afsharzadeh
2014	Resident of the Middle Floor		Shahab Hosseini	also as director
2015	Time to Love	Hamid	Alireza Raeesian
2015	Sweet Taste of Imagination	Grous	Kamal Tabrizi
2016	Come with Me		Shahab Hosseini	Short film, also as director
	Parallel Shadows	Rabiei	Asghar Naimi
	Wednesday	Salim	Soroush Mohammadzadeh
	The Salesman	Emad	Asghar Farhadi
	My Brother Khosrow	Khosrow	Ehsan Bigleri
	Gholam	Gholam	Mitra Tabrizian
2017	Final Exam	Farhad	Adel Yaraghi
2017	Lobby		Mohammad Parvizi	unreleased film
2018	The Midnight Sun		Shabir Shirazi	also as producer, casting director
2018	The Residents of Nowhere		Shahab Hosseini	also as director and producer; released in 2023
2019	Lovely Trash	Mansour	Mohsen Amiryoussefi
	Nabat	Saeed	Pegah Arzi
	Labyrinth	Amirali	Amir Hossein Torabi
2020	Any Day Now	Bahman Mehdipour	Hamy Ramezan
	Sheen		Meisam Kazazi	as producer
	The Night	Babak Naderi	Kourosh Ahari
	After the Incident		Pouria Heidary Oureh	as producer
2021	Mahrokh's House		Shahram Ebrahimi	as producer
2021	Nargesi		Payam Eskandari
2022	The Writer Is Dead		Shahab Hosseini	as director, producer
2022	Golden Blood	Mr. Keshavarz	Ebrahim Sheibani
2024	Intoxicated by Love	Shams Tabrizi	Hassan Fathi
TBA	South Terminal		Arash Sajadi Hosseini	Post-production
TBA	Shukran	Taher	Pietro Malegori	Post-production
TBA	The Far Mountains		Mitra Tabrizian	Pre-Production
TBA	Wild Berries	Davood	Soudabeh Moradian	Pre-production

Web[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform
2015–2018	Shahrzad	Ghobad Divansalar	Hassan Fathi	Lotus Play
2020–2021	Mutual Friendship	Himself	Shahab Hosseini	Namava
2022–2023	The Lion Skin	Moheb Meshkat	Jamshid Mahmoudi	Filmnet
2023–2024	Fereshteh's Sin	Hamed Tehrani	Hamed Angha	Filimo
TBA	Poker		Reza Dadooi	Sheida

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Network
2001	After the Rain	Ali Ahmadi	Saeed Soltani	TV series	IRIB TV3
	Fellow Traveler	Reza	Ghasem Jafari		IRIB TV3
	The Lawyer		Sirus Moghaddam		IRIB TV5
	Young Police	Younes Behgar	Sirus Moghaddam		IRIB TV3
2004	Cold Fever	Shahab Kianfar	Alireza Afkhami		IRIB TV3
2007	The Dance Fly	Dr. Vahid Molaei	Ahmad Moradpour		IRIB TV2
2007	Zero Degree Turn	Habib Parsa	Hassan Fathi		IRIB TV1
2012–2013	Flying Passion	Abbas Babaei	Yadollah Samadi		IRIB TV1
2014	Red Hat 93	Himself	Iraj Tahmasb		IRIB TV2
2014	Seven	Himself	Mojtaba Amini	TV program	IRIB TV3
2019	Sugarland	Narrator	Saeed Zamani, Babak Nazari	TV series	IRIB Nasim
2023–2024	Homeland	Rahi Bahadori	Kamal Tabrizi	TV series	IRIB TV3

Awards and nominations[edit]

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
Action On Film International Film Festival	2016	Best Director – Motion Picture	Resident of the Middle Floor	Won
Action On Film International Film Festival	2016	Best Actor	Hush! Girls Don't Scream	Won
Beijing International Film Festival	2021	Best Supporting Actor	Any Day Now	Won
Berlin International Film Festival	2011	Best Actor	A Separation	Won
Cannes Film Festival	2016	Best Actor	The Salesman	Won
Chlotrudis Awards	2012	Best Supporting Actor	A Separation	Nominated
Cine Paris Film Festival	2022	Best Feature Film	The Writer Is Dead	Won
Fajr Film Festival	2004	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Candle in the Wind	Nominated
	2005	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Salvation at 8:20	Nominated
	2008	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Mahya	Honorary Diploma
	2009		About Elly	Nominated
	2009		Superstar	Won
	2011	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Separation	Honorary Diploma
	2015	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Time to Love	Nominated
Hafez Awards	2010	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Zero Degree Turn	Nominated
	2011	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Superstar and About Elly	Won
	2016	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Shahrzad	Nominated
	2017	Best Actor – Motion Picture	The Salesman	Won
	2018	Best Actor – Motion Picture	My Brother Khosrow	Nominated
	2018	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Shahrzad	Nominated
	2023	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	The Lion Skin	Nominated
	2023	Abbas Kiarostami Prize	Residents of Nowhere	Nominated
International Cinephile Society	2012	Best Supporting Actor	A Separation	Runner-up
Iran Cinema Celebration	2003	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Fifth Reaction	Nominated
	2004	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Candle in the Wind	Nominated
	2008	Best Actor in a Leading Role	A Walk in the Fog and About Elly	Won
	2011	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Separation	Won
	2014	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Painting Pool	Nominated
	2017	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Salesman	Won
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2010	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Superstar and About Elly	Nominated
	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	A Walk in the Fog	Won
	2012	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Separation	Won
	2014	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Painting Pool	Honorary Diploma
	2016	Best Actor in a Leading Role	My Brother Khosrow	Nominated
Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco	2020	Best Actor	Labyrinth	Won
Jasmine International Film Festival	2013	Best Actor in a Direct-to-video	The Interpretation of a Dream	Nominated
Jasmine International Film Festival	2016	Best Actor – Television Series	Shahrzad	Nominated
Jussi Awards	2021	Best Actor	Any Day Now	Won
Molins Horror Film Festival	2020	Best Actor	The Night	Won
Urban International Film Festival	2015	Best Actor in a Direct-to-video	The Interpretation of a Dream	Golden Statue

References[edit]

^ Shahab Hosseini in MUBI
^ Shahab Hosseini says goodbye to cinema
^ Iranian star Shahab Hosseini wins Best Actor Award at Cannes
^ Festival Cannes 2016 – Shahab Hosseini
^ Iranian star Shahab Hosseini wins Best actor award at Action on Film Festival
^ "Shahab Hosseini, Kourosh Ahari and Alex Bretow Team for New Production Company (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

External links[edit]

[1] Shahab Hosseini in MUBI

[2] Shahab Hosseini says goodbye to cinema

[3] Iranian star Shahab Hosseini wins Best Actor Award at Cannes

[4] Festival Cannes 2016 – Shahab Hosseini

[5] Iranian star Shahab Hosseini wins Best actor award at Action on Film Festival

[6] "Shahab Hosseini, Kourosh Ahari and Alex Bretow Team for New Production Company (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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v t e Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
1946–1975	Ray Milland (1946) Edward G. Robinson (1949) Michael Redgrave (1951) Marlon Brando (1952) Spencer Tracy / Sergei Lukyanov / Boris Andreyev / Aleksey Batalov / Sergei Kurilov / Vadim Medvedev / Boris Bityukov / Nikolai Gritsenko / Pavel Kadochnikov / Boris Kokovkin / Nikolay Sergeev (1955) John Kitzmiller (1957) Paul Newman (1958) Bradford Dillman / Dean Stockwell / Orson Welles (1959) Anthony Perkins (1961) Dean Stockwell / Jason Robards / Ralph Richardson / Murray Melvin (1962) Richard Harris (1963) Antal Páger / Saro Urzì (1964) Terence Stamp (1965) Per Oscarsson (1966) Oded Kotler (1967) Jean-Louis Trintignant (1969) Marcello Mastroianni (1970) Riccardo Cucciolla (1971) Jean Yanne (1972) Giancarlo Giannini (1973) Jack Nicholson (1974) Vittorio Gassman (1975)
1976–2000	José Luis Gómez (1976) Fernando Rey (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Jack Lemmon / Stefano Madia (1979) Michel Piccoli / Jack Thompson (1980) Ugo Tognazzi / Ian Holm (1981) Jack Lemmon (1982) Gian Maria Volonté (1983) Alfredo Landa / Francisco Rabal (1984) William Hurt (1985) Michel Blanc / Bob Hoskins (1986) Marcello Mastroianni (1987) Forest Whitaker (1988) James Spader (1989) Gérard Depardieu (1990) John Turturro / Samuel L. Jackson (1991) Tim Robbins (1992) David Thewlis (1993) Ge You (1994) Jonathan Pryce (1995) Pascal Duquenne / Daniel Auteuil (1996) Sean Penn (1997) Peter Mullan (1998) Emmanuel Schotte (1999) Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2000)
2001–present	Benoît Magimel (2001) Olivier Gourmet (2002) Muzaffer Özdemir / Mehmet Emin Toprak (2003) Yūya Yagira (2004) Tommy Lee Jones (2005) Jamel Debbouze / Samy Naceri / Roschdy Zem / Sami Bouajila / Bernard Blancan (2006) Konstantin Lavronenko (2007) Benicio del Toro (2008) Christoph Waltz (2009) Javier Bardem / Elio Germano (2010) Jean Dujardin (2011) Mads Mikkelsen (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Timothy Spall (2014) Vincent Lindon (2015) Shahab Hosseini (2016) Joaquin Phoenix (2017) Marcello Fonte (2018) Antonio Banderas (2019) Caleb Landry Jones (2021) Song Kang-ho (2022) Koji Yakusho (2023)

v t e Silver Bear for Best Actor
1956–1975	Burt Lancaster (1956) Pedro Infante (1957) Sidney Poitier (1958) Jean Gabin (1959) Fredric March (1960) Peter Finch (1961) James Stewart (1962) Sidney Poitier (1963) Rod Steiger (1964) Lee Marvin (1965) Jean-Pierre Léaud (1966) Michel Simon (1967) Jean-Louis Trintignant (1968) Jean Gabin (1971) Alberto Sordi (1972) Vlastimil Brodský (1975)
1976–2000	Gerhard Olschewski (1976) Fernando Fernán Gómez (1977) Craig Russell (1978) Michele Placido (1979) Andrzej Seweryn (1980) Jack Lemmon / Anatoly Solonitsyn (1981) Michel Piccoli / Stellan Skarsgård (1982) Bruce Dern (1983) Albert Finney (1984) Fernando Fernán Gómez (1985) Tuncel Kurtiz (1986) Gian Maria Volonté (1987) Manfred Möck / Jörg Pose (1988) Gene Hackman (1989) Iain Glen (1990) Maynard Eziashi (1991) Armin Mueller-Stahl (1992) Denzel Washington (1993) Tom Hanks (1994) Paul Newman (1995) Sean Penn (1996) Leonardo DiCaprio (1997) Samuel L. Jackson (1998) Michael Gwisdek (1999) Denzel Washington (2000)
2001–2020	Benicio del Toro (2001) Jacques Gamblin (2002) Sam Rockwell (2003) Daniel Hendler (2004) Lou Taylor Pucci (2005) Moritz Bleibtreu (2006) Julio Chávez (2007) Reza Naji (2008) Sotigui Kouyaté (2009) Grigoriy Dobrygin / Sergei Puskepalis (2010) Shahab Hosseini / Babak Karimi / Payman Maadi / Ali-Asghar Shahbazi (2011) Mikkel Følsgaard (2012) Nazif Mujić (2013) Liao Fan (2014) Tom Courtenay (2015) Majd Mastoura (2016) Georg Friedrich (2017) Anthony Bajon (2018) Wang Jingchun (2019) Elio Germano (2020)

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