Mehran Modiri

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Mehran Modiri (مهران مدیری in Persian) (Born 1967 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actor, director, and musician.His artistic career began when he was a teenager, acting in local plays. He would continue doing this until he entered the world of radio and television. He started his television work in the early 1990s, writing for and participating in various comedy skits during the annual Norooz comedy television shows broadcast by the IRIB. He would continue appearing in television comedies, but he achieved real fame with the creation of his now famous show: Pavarchin. He won many awards for this show, having starred in it, as well as directing. He would taste success again, directing and starring in Noghtechin, Jayezeye Bozorg, major hits again on television in Iran. Afterwads, He starred in and directed Shabhaye Barareh, a prequel to Pavarchin. This is arguably his most popular television program. At times he was criticized for supposedly making fun of rural people, and the show ended incomplete after 92 episodes without completely explaining the Barareh history.

Modiri has also released a number of music albums and performed in a number of concerts. All of the concerts he made were all sold out. He has starred in two full length films, and planned on entering the film industry again, once Shabhaye Barareh was complete, but this was not be as he is now working on his next television series, Baghe Mozaffar.

He is also a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War.