Shahab Hosseini
Seyyed Shahab Hosseini (Persian: سید شهاب حسینی, born 3 February 1974) is an Iranian actor and director. A popular actor in Iran, internationally he is known for collaborations with Iranian writer and director Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011),[1] and The Salesman (2016). He has won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for A Separation together with the male cast in 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award in 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Salesman.[2] Shahab Hosseini for the first time won Crystal Simorgh for Superstar movie in (2009) year.[3][4] In 2013, he made his movie directing debut.[5] In 2020, Shahab 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].He is coming up with first ever Turkish-Iranian film, Mest-i Aşk. He will be in lead role alongside Hande Erçel, Parsa Pirouzfar, İbrahim Çelikkol, Selma Ergeç, Bensu Soral and Boran Kuzum.
Shahab Hosseini | |
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.jpg.webp) Hosseini at The Salesman's press conference in Tehran, May 2016 | |
| Born | Seyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni February 3, 1974 Tehran, Iran |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Awards | Knight of the Legion of Honor Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Actor Silver Bear for Best Actor Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award |
Early life
Shahab Hosseini was born on 3 February 1974 in Tehran. He earned his high school diploma in Biology. Once a psychology student at the University of Tehran, he dropped out to emigrate to Canada. Instead, he ended up as a radio host in Iran. This was followed by hosting a TV show for the youth audience and some small acting roles in a few TV series. Hosseini's cinematic debut was in Rokhsareh 2002. His serious career took off with his performance in Tahmineh Milani movie The Fifth Reaction.[7] On June 2011, he announced that he would be taking a break but would return to cinema in 2013.[8] He received a lot of attention in Young Police Movie
Personal life
Shahab Hosseini married Parichehr Ghanbari in 1996. They have two sons, Mohammad Amin, born on 3 February 2004 and Amir Ali, born on 11 August 2011.
Filmography
Film
| Title | Year | Role | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rokhsareh | 2002 | Mahan Farzam | |
| Adamakha | 2002 | Morad | |
| This women doesn't talk | 2002 | Mani | |
| Zahr-e Asal | 2003 | Shahin | |
| A Candle in the Wind | 2003 | Babak | Nominated Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Supporting Actor Nominated House of Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| The Fifth Reaction | 2003 | Majid | Nominated House of Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Elahe-ye Zigorat | 2003 | Bahram | |
| Gheseye Eshgh | 2003 | Mehrdad | |
| Gardab | 2004 | Homayoun | |
| Salvation at 8:20 | 2005 | Foad | Nominated Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Supporting Actor |
| Homicide Online | 2005 | Kamran | |
| Pishnahad Panjah Milioni | 2005 | Barmak "Bari" Rahnama | |
| Baghe Aloche | 2005 | Tele Films | |
| Gheyre Montazereh | 2006 | Mr.Salek | |
| Bachehaye Abadi | 2006 | Iman | |
| Tangna | 2006 | Hadi | Tele Films |
| Istgahe Behesht | 2006 | Soroush | |
| Mahya | 2007 | Javid | Winner Honorary Diploma Fajr Film Festival for Best Actor |
| Tanhayi | 2007 | Hamid | Tele Films Winner Golden Jasmine Statue for Best Actor Jasmine International Film Festival |
| Flags of Kaveh's Castle | 2008 | Sadegh | |
| Niloofar | 2008 | Aziz | |
| Gozareshgar | 2008 | Republic of Azerbaijan Produced | |
| Heartbroken | 2009 | Amir Ali Doran | Winner Best Actor Award Chehelcheragh Popular Festival |
| About Elly | 2009 | Ahmad | Nominated Fajr Film Festival for Best Actor Winner House of Cinema Award for Best Actor Winner Statues for Best Actor Iran Society of Film Critic and writer Winner Hafez Prize for Best Actor |
| Superstar | 2009 | Kourosh Zand | Winner Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Actor Winner Statues for Best Actor Iran Society of Film Critic and writer Winner Hafez Prize for Best Actor |
| Anahita | 2009 | ||
| Parse Dar Meh | 2010 | Amin | Winner House of Cinema Award for Best Actor Winner Statues for Best Actor Iran Society of Film Critic and writer |
| Final Whistle | 2011 | Saman | |
| Barf Rooye Shirvani Dagh | 2011 | Bahman | |
| A Separation | 2011 | Hojjat | Winner Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin International Film Festival Winner Honorary Diploma Fajr Film Festival for Best Supporting Actor Nominated Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated ICS Award for Best Supporting Actor International Cinephile Society Winner Statues for Best Supporting Actor Iran Society of Film Critic and writer Winner House of Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor (Full list of awards can be seen at A Separation) |
| Africa | 2011 | Shahab | |
| Panjeh | 2011 | Short film | |
| Just an Hour Ago | 2012 | Short film | |
| Someone Wanna Talk To You | 2012 | Mostafa | |
| Ashghal Haye Doost Dashtani | 2012 | ||
| The Paternal House | 2012 | Naser | |
| Goodbye | 2012 | ||
| Ziba and I | 2012 | ||
| Hush! Girls Don't Scream | 2013 | Interrogator | Winner Best Actor in Action On Film International Film Festival |
| The Painting Pool | 2013 | Reza | Winner Statues for Best Actor Iran Society of Film Critic and writer Winner Merit Statue House of Cinema for Best Actor Winner Special Award for Best Actor Lisbon International Film Festival |
| Dream Interpretation | 2013 | Major | Winner Best Actor in International Film and TV Festival DetectiveFEST Nominated Golden Cedar Jame Jam TV Festival Best of Actor Winner Golden Statue for Best Actor in International Urban Film Festival Nominated Golden Jasmine Statue for Best Actor Jasmine International Film Festival |
| Time to Love | 2014 | Hamid | Nominated Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Actor |
| Living Middle Class | 2014 | ||
| Sweet Taste of Imagination | 2014 | ||
| Five Stars | 2014 | Reza | |
| Parallel shadows | 2014 | ||
| Come with Me | 2015 | ||
| Final Exam | 2015 | ||
| Gholam | 2016 | Gholam | Iran-United Kingdom Joint Product |
| The Salesman | 2016 | Emad | Winner Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival |
| My Brother Khosrow | 2016 | Khosrow | |
| Lobby | 2016 | ||
| Mesti Aşk | 2020 | Shams Tabriz | Turkish-Iranian film |
| The Night | Babak Naderi | US-Iran Co-Production | |
| Any Day Now | Bahman Mehdipour | ||
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Popular Family | Mohammad Amin | IRIB TV2 | |
| 2000 | After the Rain | Ali Ahmadi | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2001 | Young Police | Yunes Behgar | IRIB TV3 | The first Official Career |
| 2001 | Hamsafar | Reza | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2003 | Tabe Sard | Shahab Kianfar | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2007 | Zero Degree Turn | Habib Parsa | IRIB TV1 | Joint Product (Iran Hungary France Lebanon) |
| Dance Fly | Dr Vahid Molaei | IRIB TV2 | ||
| 2011 | The Delight of the Flight | Abbas Babaei | IRIB TV1 | Special Award and Honorary Diploma Resistance International Film Festival for Best Actor |
| 2014 | Sarzamine Kohan | Rahi | IRIB TV3 | |
| 2015 | Kolah Ghermezi | Guest | IRIB TV2 | |
| 2015–2018 | Shahrzad | Ghobad Divansalar | FilmNet Tgpco EM Film Production | Nominated Hafez Prize for Best Actor in a Drama |
Director
| Year | Title | Notes and Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Living Middle Class | Best Director at Action on Film America |
| 2016 | Come With Me |
TV executive
- Oxygen
- Barpa Barpa
- Rang Sobh
- Sayeh Rooshan
- Hamrafigh (Show)
Music
- Haft (Seven Band) with his younger brother and a few friends. They have released several albums whereby he did the reciting and singing for.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 27th Fajr International Film Festival | Best Actor | Superstar | Won |
| 2011 | 61st Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | A Separation | Won (as a member of the actors ensemble) |
| 2014 | Lisboa Film Festival | Special Best Actor | The Painting Pool | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | The Salesman | Won |
| 2016 | 16th Hafez Awards[9] | Best Actor | Shahrzad (TV series) | Nominated |
| 2017 | 17th Hafez Awarads | Best Actor | The Salesman | Won |
References
- Review The Washington Times ‘A Separation’
- Iranian star Shahab Hosseini wins Best actor Award at Cannes
- Shahab Hosseini in IMDB
- 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.
- Shahab Hosseini in MUBI
- Shahab Hosseini says goodbye to cinema
- The Hafez Awards was held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, First Kiarostami prize awarded to “Fish and Cat” director – Tehran Times
