Hamed Behdad

Hamed Behdad
حامد بهداد
Behdad, 2024
Born	(1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 Mashhad, Iran
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2000–present
Website	Official website

Hamed Behdad (Persian: حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. He won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in Castle of Dreams (2019).

Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran. In his youth, he lived in Mashhad, Tehran, and Nishabur before returning with his family to Mashhad as a high school freshman.

Behdad received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran.

Behdad's first role was in the film End of Game,¹ for which he was nominated for Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the Fajr Film Festival.

He has subsequently performed in a number of supporting roles in Iranian Cinema.

Behdad played as an Iraqi army officer in the movie Third Day in 2006. In this role, he falls in love with an Iranian girl who lives in Khoramshahr, where it was in the siege of Iraq at that time. He was again nominated for a Crystal Simorgh at the 25th Fajr Film Festival. The role in drew positive attention from a number of filmmakers and critics.

For his performance in the film No One Knows About Persian Cats, directed by Bahman Ghobadi, Behdad received access to the Cannes Film Festival.

He received Crystal Simorgh Prize for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Crime, directed by Masoud Kimiai, at the 29th Fajr Film Festival.

Behdad has also received critical acclaim for his performances in films such as Boutique, Third Day, No One Knows About Persian Cats, Felicity Land, Crime, Hard Makeup, It Happened at Midnight, Blockage and Castle of Dreams.

Over the course of his career, Behdad has had opportunities to collaborate with many prolific Iranian film directors, such as Abbas Kiyarostami, Naser Taghvai, Masoud Kimiai, and Dariush Mehrjui. Some of these projects have yet released.