Mehran Modiri

Mehran Modiri
300px Mehran Modiri (Dar Hashieh, 2015)
Born	Mehran Modiri (1967-04-07) April 7, 1967 Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Actor, television director, comedian, musician
Children	Farhad Modiri , Shahrzad Modiri
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Mehran Modiri (Persian: مهران مدیری ‎‎, born April 7, 1967) is a prolific Iranian actor, television director, comedian and musician. His artistic career began in his teenage years as he was 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 broadcast by the IRIB.

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

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

He has starred in two full length films, and had planned on entering the film industry once again after Shabhaye Barareh was completed. However, he instead started working on his next project, television series Baghe Mozaffar.

Modiri also released a music album and performed in a number of concerts. He is also a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War. He is married and has two children.

In 2009 Modiri was named by Newsweek as one of the 20 people who dominate power and public discourse in Iran.

Filmography

Mehran Modiri has acted in various TV series. Most of the popularity and fame he has garnered among the people of Iran emanates from his participation in these programs.

• TV Series

Year	Name	Translation ( in English )	Director	Modiri's Part
1992	Moshtha-ye Kuchak	The Little Fists	Soraya Ghasemi	Actor
	Hekayat-ha	Tales	Mojtaba Yassini	Actor
	Pand-ha va Andarz-ha	Advices and Admonitions	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	Happy Hour	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1995	Sal-e Khosh	Happy Year	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Norooz-e 76	Norooz of 76 ( IRIB TV1 )	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
	Norooz-e 76	Norooz of 76 ( IRIB TV2 )	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Jong-e 77	Corpus of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1999	Bebakhshid Shoma	Excuse me, who are you?	Mehran Modiri	Host and Director
	Pelak-e 14	Number 14	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2000	90 Shab	90 Nights	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2001	Tanz-e 80	Sitcom 80	Mehran Modiri	Host & Director
2002	Dardesar-e Valedein	Parents' Troubles	Masoud Navvabi	Actor
	Pavarchin	Tiptoe	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2004	Noghteh-chin	Dots	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director & Costume Designer
2005	Jayezeh-ye Bozorg	The Grand Prize	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2005-2006	Shabha-ye Barareh	The Nights Of Barareh	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2007	Bagh-e Mozaffar	Mozaffar's Garden	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2008	Mard-e Hezar Chehreh	Man of a Thousand Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2009	Mard-e Do Hezar Chehreh	Man of Two Thousand Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2015	Dar Hashieh	At Hashieh (Hashieh is the title of a hospital)	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor

• Home Network Entertainment

2007	Ganj-e Mozaffar	Mozaffar's Treasure	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2010	Ghahve-ye Talkh	The Bitter Coffee	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2012	Ghalbe Yakhi 3	Frozen Heart (Season 3)	Saman Moghadam	Actor
2012	Villa-ye Man	My Mansion	Mehran Modiri	Producer & Director & Actor & Costume Designer
2013	Shookhi Kardam	Just Kidding	Mehran Modiri	Producer & Director & Actor

• Movies

Year	Name	Translation in English	Director
1994	Didar	Visit	Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2002	Tokyo Bedoon-e Tavaqqof	Tokyo Non-Stop	Saeed Alamzadeh
2007	Ganj-e Mozaffar (A 10 episode CD release)	Mozaffar's Treasure	Mehran Modiri
2008	Dayere Zangi	The Tambourine (Satellite Dish)	Parisa Bakhtavar
2008	Hamishe Paye Yek Zan Dar Miyan Ast	There Is Always a Woman In Between	Kamal Tabrizi
2012	Pole Choobi	The Wooden Bridge	Mehdi Karampour

Acting in Theater

Before acting in TV series and films, Mehran Modiri had performed in the theater.

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

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
• 2004 : Ahang-e film-e Shabhaye barareh
• 2005 : Ahang-e film-e Baghe mozaffar
• 2010: Ahang-e serial-e Ghahveye Talkh - Two tracks, produced by Farhad Modiri

Awards

• Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Fajr Film Festival for Hamishe paye yek zan dar mian ast (2007)

External links

• Mehran Modiri at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website
• The Source Of Mehran Modiri (Fans Website)