Behrang Alavi

About Behrang Alavi

Behrang Alavi is an Iranian actor born in Tehran in 1980 to a family originally from Amol. He fell in love with acting through school theatre. As a teenager he was named best actor in school competitions at district and Tehran province level. In 1991 he was chosen for his first professional stage role, in Jahangir Taheri's Adamak-e Choobi at the City Theatre complex. He later trained in the first graduating class of the Karnameh arts institute, and he also holds a diploma in computer drafting.

Career

Alavi's first screen experience came in hidden-camera programmes directed by Amirhossein Ghahraei. On stage he received an honorary diploma for acting at the 34th Fajr Theatre Festival for Zaban-e Asli. In cinema, his role in Darband earned him a Crystal Simorgh nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Fajr Film Festival. He has also been nominated for two Hafez Awards.

On Pardeh

Alavi's recent titles are mostly comedies:
- Punch Drunk (Gijgah), a romantic comedy
- The Deceased (Shadravan, 2022), a comedy-drama
- Khejalat Nakesh 2 (2024), a comedy sequel
- The Black Hole (Siah Chaleh), a comedy series
- Dadzan, a family comedy series

For a change of tone, the crime thriller series Azazil puts him in a dark mystery.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• احمد مهرانفر · 1 shared title
• الهام کردا و احترام برومند · 1 shared title
• امیرحسین رستمی · 1 shared title
• بابک حمیدیان · 1 shared title
• بابک کریمی · 1 shared title
• باران کوثری · 1 shared title