Shahab Hosseini

About شهاب حسینی

Shahab Hosseini, born Seyyed Shahabeddin Hosseini Tonekaboni in Tehran in 1974, is one of the most internationally recognised Iranian actors. He is also a producer and has worked as a presenter. He spent part of his childhood in Khorramabad and studied psychology at the University of Tehran, but left the course unfinished.

Awards

Hosseini was first nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor for A Candle in the Wind (2003) and Redemption at 8:20 (2004). In 2008 he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor for Superstar. In 2011 he shared the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival with the male cast of Asghar Farhadi's A Separation. At Cannes in 2016 he won Best Actor for Farhadi's The Salesman, becoming the first Iranian actor to receive the award. In 2019 the French government made him a member of the Legion of Honour.

Watch on Pardeh

The Salesman (Forushande) is the essential title. Hosseini plays a teacher and actor whose life unravels after an attack on his wife in their new apartment, and the film also won the Academy Award for Best International Feature. The Fifth Reaction (2002) and Heart Broken (Del Shekasteh, 2009) show his earlier work. The crime series The Lion Skin (Poost Shir) and Aban are his more recent titles.

Biographical facts: Wikidata.

Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• مینا ساداتی · 2 shared titles
• Gohar Kheirandish · 2 shared titles
• آفرین عبیسی · 1 shared title
• آهو خردمند · 1 shared title
• الهام حمیدی · 1 shared title
• امین حیایی · 1 shared title