Mehran Modiri

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Mehran Modiri

Born Mehran Modiri
1961
Tehran, Iran

Mehran Modiri (Persian: مهران مدیری , born 1961 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actor, television director, and musician.

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[edit] Career

His artistic career began in his teenage years as he acting in local plays. He then entered the world of radio and television in the early 1990s. Actively writing scripts for and participating in various comedy skits during the annual Norooz comedy television shows broadcasted by the IRIB.

He continued appearing in television comedies, however he achieved real stardom with his creation of Pavarchin in which he won numerous awards for directing and staring in the picture. He tasted success again when he directed and starred in Noghtechin, and Jayezeye Bozorg, which became major hits on television in Iran.

Afterwards, he followed Pavarchin storyline with the making of Shabhaye Barareh which became his most popular television program yet; the show remained incompelete after it was criticized for defending rural people, resulting in an incomplete end to the show, after 92 episodes without completely explaining the Barareh history.

He has starred in two full length films, and planned on entering the film industry once again after Shabhaye Barareh was complete, which did not happen as he started working on his next project, television series Baghe Mozaffar.

Modiri is also an active participant in the music world as he released a number of music albums and performed in a number of concerts in which all of his concerts were all sold out. He is also a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. He is married and has two children.


[edit] Filmography

Mehran Modiri has acted in various TV series. The most of his popularity and fame which has been gained among the people of Iran , emanates from his participation in these programs.

  • TV Series
Year Film Film ( in English ) Director of the film Occupation
1992 Moshtha-ye Kuchak The Little Fists Soraya Ghasemi Actor
Hekayat-ha Tales Mojtaba Yassini Actor
Pand-ha va Andarz-ha The Advices Mojtaba Yassini Actor
1993 Norooz-e 72 Norooz of 72 Dariush Kardan Actor
Bagh-e Gilas Cherry Orchard Majid Beheshti Actor
Parvaz-e 57 The Flight 57 Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
1994 Saat-e Khosh A Good Time Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
1995 Sal-e Khosh A Good Year Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
1997 Norooz-e 76 Norooz of 76 ( IRIB1 ) Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
Norooz-e 76 Norooz of 76 ( IRIB2 ) Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
1998 Jong-e 77 Show in 77 Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
1999 Bebakhshid Shoma Excuse me! Who are you? Mehran Modiri Host and Director
Pelak-e 14 Plate 14 Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
2000 90 Shab 90 Nights Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
2001 Tanz-e 80 Satire 80 Mehran Modiri Host & Director
2002 Dardesar-e Valedein Parents' Worries Masoud Navvabi Actor
Pavarchin Tiptoe Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
2004 Noghteh-chin Dotting Mehran Modiri Actor &
Director &
Costume Designer
2005 Jayezeh-ye Bozorg Grand Prize Mehran Modiri Actor & Director
2005-2006 Shabha-ye Barareh Barareh Nights Mehran Modiri Director &
Actor
2007 Bagh-e Mozaffar Mozaffar's Garden Mehran Modiri Director &
Actor
2008 Mard-e Hezar Chehreh Thousand-Face Man Mehran Modiri Director &
Actor


  • Cinema
Year Film Film ( in English ) Director of the Film
1993 Dige Che Khabar? What's Up ? Tahmineh Milani
Didar Visit Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2002 Tokyo Bedoon-e Tavaqqof Tokyo Non-Stop Saeed Alamzadeh
2007 Hamishe Pa-ye Yek Zan Dar Mian Ast Kamal Tabrizi
2007 Dayereye Zangi Parisa Bakhtavar
2007 Ganj-e Mozaffar (A 10 episode CD release) Mozaffar's Treasure Mehran Modiri

[edit] Acting in Theater

In addition to acting in TV series and a few movies in the cinema, Mehran Modiri had worked in theater before he went to Iran's television.

Year Name of Play Director
1974 Khargoosh Hamid Alami
1977 Shookhi Sadra Rasouli
1979 Telegraph Mehdi Sharifi
1983 Palang-e Nadan Behrooz Salimi
1985 Yek Tanz va Yek Gham-ava Behrooz Salimi
1988 Arsenal Mohsen Haji Youssefi
1989 Pansion Mohsen Haji Youssefi
1990 Simorgh Ghotboddin Sadeqi
1991 Hamlet Ghotboddin Sadeqi
1992 Kisseh Box

[edit] Discography

Albums

  • 1999 : Deltangi-ha - Declamation of Hatef Alimardani 's Poems.
  • 2000 : Az Roo-ye Sadegi - Composed By : Babak Bayat and Fardin Khalatbari
  • 2003 : Ahang-e Film-e Hamnafas - Composed By: Fardin Khalatbari


[edit] Awards

Title For Film/TV/Drama Status of Winning Year
Best Actor Khargoosh (drama) Won
(Golden Parrot)		 1974
Jong-e 77 Won 1998
Bebakhshid Shoma? Won 1999
Pavarchin Won 2002
Pavarchin Won 2003
Best Director Saat-e Khosh Candidate 1996
Jong-e 77 Won 1998
Bebakhshid Shoma? Won 1999
Pavarchin Won 2002
Pavarchin Won 2003

[edit] Mehran Modiri Colleagues

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