Amin Hayai

About امین حیایی

Amin Hayai, born in Tehran in June 1970, is an Iranian actor who has moved easily between popular comedy and serious drama for more than three decades.

Early years

Hayai acted in theatre while still at school. During his military service he worked at the air force's performing arts centre, and in 1991 he performed in a children's play directed by Soraya Ghasemi. His film career began the same year with Do Hamsafar, and he gradually moved into leading roles.

Awards

Hayai has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the Fajr Film Festival twice: for Rasoul Sadrameli's The Night (2008) and for The Last Snow. Blazing brought him a further Best Actor nomination, which ended in an honorary diploma. He also has three Hafez Awards. Television audiences know him as one of the judges on the talent show Asr-e Jadid, presented by Ehsan Alikhani.

On Pardeh

Six Hayai titles are on Pardeh:
- Coma (2004), an early comedy-drama
- Fireworks (Atish Bazi, 2015)
- Unsophisticated (Cheshm o Goosh Basteh, 2019), a crime comedy
- Hawaii (2020), a social family comedy
- Molotov Cocktail (2024), a family comedy-drama
- Aban (2024), a crime drama series

The comedies show his popular side, while Aban is his more serious recent work.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• آتیلا پسیانی · 1 shared title
• احمد مهرانفر · 1 shared title
• الناز شاکر دوست · 1 shared title
• امیر جعفری · 1 shared title
• امیرحسین رستمی · 1 shared title
• بهاره کیان‌افشار · 1 shared title