Reza Kianian
Acting
Biography
Reza Kianian is an Iranian actor. Reza is the second child of a family of 9; he has 4 brothers and 2 sisters. When he was 1 year old, the Kianian family moved to Mashhad. His first acting coach was his older brother, Davood. In 1965, Davood directed and coached Reza in his first role in a play entitled 'Az Paa Nayoftadeha', written by Gholam Hossein Sa'edi. He continued to work with Davood's theater troup for the next 3 years, when he moved back to Tehran to study fine arts at the University of Tehran, where he graduated in 1976. Reza Kianian married his wife - Hayedeh- on March 21 on the Persian New Year in 1983.
Born: June 19, 1951
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Known For
Shahrzad
A romantic historical drama set around and after the 1953 Iranian coup d'état.
Siyavash
What are you willing to do to support your family? If you are no longer a member of the family, do you do the right thing or wait for them to be destroyed?
People's Child
After growing up in an orphanage, Abolfazl embarks on a journey to find his real mother. His path leads him through friendship, love, loss, and war—until he discovers where he truly belongs.
A Piece of Bread
A group of youngsters participate in a race match and endure the difficult route of this race just to be hired in the Environmental Protection agency of Tehran.
A House Built on Water
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
A Cube of Sugar
Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The event also proves an occasion for extended family to reconnect, reminisce and rejoice in the pleasures of familiar company. The family compound of aged Uncle Ezzatolah proves an ideal site for this summer reunion among three generations, with its lush courtyard gardens, labyrinthine parlors and passageways and erratic electrical system (subject to untimely city blackouts).
The Mokhtar Narrative
The Mokhtar Narrative is an Epic/History television series directed by Davood Mirbagheri, based on the life of Al-Mokhtar. Over 140 actors were cast in it. Mokhtar Saqafi was a Shiite Muslim leader who sets up a rebellion movement in 686 A.D in the town of Kufa to avenge the martyrdom of Hussain (grandson of Islamic Prophet Muhammad).
The Glass Agency
An armed veteran of the Iran-Iraq War takes hostages at a travel agency after failing to raise enough money for his injured comrade to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Men at Work
A political allegory on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend. A brief stop at a picturesque vista leads to their chance discovery of a prominent rock formation it seems would be oh so easy to tip over, but...
No Where No Body
A young couple need easy money. A few friends join them to plan a kidnap, but nothing goes right when some of them go after revenge and betray each other.
Filmography
as Khan
as The Shepherd
as Major Habibnezhad
as Nosrat Khaleghi
as baham
as Habib
as Hesam
as Shapour Behboudi
as Ghadamali Kanjaani
as Niloofar,s dad
as Jafar
as Himself
as Nakhoda Idris (Captain)
as Abdollah ebn Zobair
as Rafi
as Aziz
as Dr. Behroz Attar
as Jalil
as (archive footage)
as Old Man
as Himself
as Acbal
as Dr. Reza Sepidbakht
as Sharif
as Saheb Salam
as Ehsan Daneshvar
as Partner
as Dr. Arasteh (The Attorney)
as Jomeh
as Salahshoor
as Kaveh
as Shokooh's Brother
as منوچهر شایان