Babak Hamidian

Acting

Biography

Babak Hamidian (بابک حمیدیان) was born in Tehran. He has a degree in Performance Arts from Islamic Azad University. His first acting experience was in a play. After meeting Atila Pesiani, he joined the Play Theater Troupe. He made his film debut with Qadamgah in 2003. In 2004, Babak Hamidian was nominated for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Big Drum Under Left Foot. He received an Iran Cinema Celebration Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 'The Loose Rope'. He has also appeared in films such as 'Big Drum Under Left Foot', 'God is Close, 'With Others', 'Hatred', 'Hush Girls Don't Cry', 'Tales', 'Death of the Fish', 'Hussein Who Said No', A Respectable Family', 'Resident of Middle Floor', 'Che', 'Paat', 'I am Diego Maradona', 'Confessions of my Dangerous Mind', 'Bodyguard' and 'Gap'. On stage, he is also known for Macbeth, Requiem for Libricide, and We Came You Weren't There We Left.

Born: August 30, 1980

Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

Known For

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Tasian

Set in October 1977, on the brink of the Iranian Revolution, a forbidden love story unfolds between Khosrow, a SAVAK officer, and Shirin, a young woman accused of political activism. Amidst growing political unrest, their passion blooms in secrecy, forcing them to confront dangerous choices. Torn between loyalty to their homeland and their love, they must navigate a path of betrayal, survival, and defiance as the revolution looms. A powerful tale of love, freedom, and sacrifice in a time of turmoil.

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Once Upon a Time in Iran

It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies.

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Hussein Who Said No

The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.

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Unknown

With the beginning of the Kurdish rebellion in Iran by the Kurdish parties in 1358, including Komleh and the Democrats, Mohammad Boroujerdi was assigned by Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini to return the situation to normal in Kurdistan as the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This film deals with a part of Mohammad Borujerdi's life and his leadership style in Kurdistan.

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Azaazil

On the night of his wife's birthday, Dr. Shoka Mehrjui encounters mysterious events, including the disappearance of one of their neighbors. A major named Behrouz Sharifi notices the connection between this story and the disappearance of other people and comes up with clues that gradually lead the case to a complicated and unusual path.

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The Old Bachelor

In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.

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Hush! Girls Don't Scream

Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has had two unsuccessful marriage attempts, and is deeply psychologically troubled. But as the dark secrets in her past are slowly revealed, exposing a childhood of neglect, abuse, and the tragic history of two previous failed marriages, the characters must face their own battles with justice, retribution, and morality.

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Tales

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.

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God Is Close

The people who live in Reza's village think of him as a simple minded young man. He transports passengers through the road which has been destroyed by flood on his motor bike when he meets a young girl who's the new teacher of the village school and falls in love with her. A love so pure that ends in driving him crazy and it seems like only a miracle can save him. "God is Close" is Vazirian's first feature film and it is about love from a spiritual point of view which ends to a miraculous experience.

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Poverty

A haughty acclaimed newly married fashion designer named Iraj is shown the door by his boss after the boss's son arrives at Iran to take over his father's company. Iraj reluctant to promulgate the loss of his job, starts using his savings, trying to conceal the truth from his naive wife. Having squandered all the money he had on trivial matters, he tells his wife about being axed & that's when the tables turn on him.