Reza Kianian

About Reza Kianian

Reza Kianian is a veteran Iranian actor of stage and screen, and also a writer and photographer. He was born in Tehran in 1951, the second of seven children, and grew up in Mashhad after his family moved there when he was one. His first acting teacher was his older brother Davood. In 1966 Davood directed him in his first play, Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi's Az Pa Nayoftadeha. Kianian later studied theatre at the University of Tehran's Faculty of Fine Arts and graduated in 1976. His stage work includes Antigone and Petty Bourgeois.

Cinema and television

Kianian entered cinema in 1989 with Hamid Samandarian's All the Temptations of the Earth. Ahmad Reza Darvish's Kimia was his first notable role and brought a Fajr nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The peak came with Ebrahim Hatamikia's The Glass Agency, which won him Best Supporting Actor at the 16th Fajr Film Festival. He later won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor for A House on Water. On television, his most famous role is Jamshid in Shelik-e Nahaei.

On Pardeh

The Glass Agency (1998), the hostage drama that defined his career, is on Pardeh. So is Reza Mirkarimi's A Cube of Sugar, a gentle family ensemble film. Later titles include the comedy I Want to Dance, the comedy-horror Khane-ye Arvah, the drama-fantasy Gazelle (Aahoo) and the drama series Bamdad-e Khamar.

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Shared cast credits

People credited in the same titles on Pardeh:

• Parivash Nazarieh · 2 shared titles
• پرویز پرستویی · 1 shared title
• پژمان جمشیدی · 1 shared title
• حامد جوهرانی · 1 shared title
• ستاره پسیانی · 1 shared title
• سروش صحت · 1 shared title