Reza Attaran

Reza Attaran
رضا عطاران
Attaran in 2018
Born	(1968-05-10) May 10, 1968 (age 56) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter singer
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Farideh Faramarzi ​ (m. 1994)​
Website	Official website

Reza Attaran (Persian: رضا عطاران; born May 10, 1968) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh, five Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.^[1][2]

Early life

Attaran was born in Mashhad on May 10, 1968. He has two older sisters and a younger brother and is the third child in the family. Attaran is originally from Kakhk. He lost his mother in an earthquake in Kakhk.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Director	Notes
1997	The Key to Marriage	Abdol	Yes	No	Davoud Mavasaghi
2001	Cinderella	Sculptor	Yes	No	Bijan Birang, Masoud Rassam
2002	Kolah Ghermezi and Sarvenaz	Changiz	Yes	No	Iraj Tahmasb
2006	Havoo	Ata	Yes	No	Alireza Davood Nejad
2007	A Hat for Baran	Ebi	Yes	No	Masoud Navabi
	Mandatory Success	Ata	Yes	No	Mohammad Hossein Latifi
	Fighter Rooster	Mahmoud Delroba	Yes	No	Masoud Atyabi
2008	Tigh-zan	Ata	Yes	No	Alireza Davood Nejad
	Quarantine	Gholamreza	Yes	No	Manouchehr Hadi
	Empty Chair	Esmail	Yes	No	Saman Estereki
	Address	Reza	Yes	No	Fereidoun Hassanpour
	Mr. Seven Colors	Houshang Saman	Yes	No	Sharam Shah Hosseini
2009	7:05	Annet's driver	Yes	No	Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour
	Bee Sting	Reza	Yes	No	Hamid Reza Salahmand
2010	Pay Back	Ali	Yes	No	Tahmineh Milani
	Accusation	Ehsan	Yes	No	Mehrdad Farid
	A Very Dog Day Afternoon	Salar	Yes	No	Mostafa Kiayee
	Whatever God Wants	Daei	Yes	No	Navid Mihandoust
2011	No Men Allowed	Vahid Jebelli	Yes	No	Rambod Javan
	Mind Your Manners	Angel of Death	Yes	No	Masoud Atyabi
	Absolutely Tame Is a Horse	Behrouz Shakiba / Kamal Khosrowjordi	Yes	No	Abdolreza Kahani
	3 Degrees of Fever	Abdolkarim	Yes	No	Hamid Reza Salahmand
2012	Needlessly and Causelessly	Mohsen	Yes	No	Abdolreza Kahani
	I Feel Sleepy	Reza	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran	also as editor
2013	The Corridor	Behzad	Yes	No	Behrouz Shoeibi
	Good to Be Back	Kambiz	Yes	No	Dariush Mehrjui
2014	Sensitive Floor	Mr. Kamali	Yes	No	Kamal Tabrizi
	Kalashnikov	Reza	Yes	No	Saeed Sohili
	Red Carpet	Reza Attaran	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran
2015	Sperm Whale	Arjang Senobar	Yes	No	Saman Moghaddam
	Absolute Rest	Davoud	Yes	No	Abdolreza Kahani
	Guinness	Bahman	Yes	No	Mohsen Tanabandeh
2016	Lollipop	Farhad	Yes	No	Hossein Farah Bakhsh
	I Am Not Salvador	Naser Izadi / Salvador	Yes	No	Manouchehr Hadi
	Dracula	Javad	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran
2017	Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection	Arjang Senobar	Yes	No	Saman Moghaddam
2018	Confiscation	Esmail Yarjanlo	Yes	No	Mehran Ahmadi
	Centipede	Reza Hezarpa	Yes	No	Abolhassan Davoudi
	Miss Yaya	Naser	Yes	No	Abdolreza Kahani
2019	Under the Supervision	Mosen	Yes	No	Majid Salehi
2021	Bright House	Roshan	Yes	No	Rouhollah Hejazi
	Shishlik	Hashem	Yes	No	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
2022	Solitary	Javad	Yes	No	Masoud Atyabi
2023	Beach Villa	Farrokh	Yes	No	Kianoush Ayari
2024	Funnel		Yes	Yes	Mohsen Amiryoussefi
TBA	Limousine		Yes	No	Ebrahim Amerian
TBA	Free Like Air	Rasoul	Yes	Yes	Abdolreza Kahani	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Director	Network	Notes
1990	Awake		Yes	No	Asghar Abdollahi	IRIB TV2	TV series
1994	Flight No.57		Yes	No	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV1	TV mini-series
1994–1995	Happy Hour		Yes	Yes	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV2	TV series
1995	Happy Year		Yes	Yes	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV2	TV series
1997	Sweet World		Yes	No	Behrouz Baghai	IRIB TV1	TV series
	Green Land		Yes	No	Bijan Birang	IRIB TV2	TV series
	Laughing Apple		No	Yes	Reza Attaran, Shirin Jahed	IRIB TV1	TV series
1998	My Dear Majid	Teymour	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV1	TV series
1999	Word in Word		No	Yes	Mehran Ghafourian	IRIB TV5	TV series
1999–2000	Eternal Train	Psychotic patient	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran, Behrouz Baghai	IRIB TV3	TV series
	These few People		No	Yes	Mehran Ghafourian	IRIB TV3	TV series
2001–2002	Under the City's Sky	TV presenter	Yes	Yes	Mehran Ghafourian	IRIB TV3	TV series
2002	Sea People	Behnam	Yes	No	Sirous Moghaddam	IRIB TV5	TV series
2003–2004	Acacia Alley	Faramarz Tehrani	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV5	TV series
2004	Homeless	Ahmad	Yes	Yes	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
2005	The Accused Escaped	Ramin	Yes	No	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
2006	Hodhod Bookstore	(Cameo)	Yes	No	Marzieh Boroomand	IRIB TV3	TV series
	Sweet and Sour	Naser Morovat	Yes	No	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
2008	Three by Four	(Cameo)	Yes	No	Majid Salehi, co-director Reza Attaran	IRIB TV1	TV series
	Right on Time	Nader Parvar	Yes	No	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
2010	Stepmother		No	No	Saeed Aghakhani, co-director Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
2011	Waves and Rocks		No	No	Majid Salehi, co-director Reza Attaran	IRIB TV5	TV series
2012	Right on Point		No	No	Saeed Aghakhani, co-director Reza Attaran	IRIB TV3	TV series
	Gap	Himself	No	No	Rambod Javan	iFilm	TV program

Web

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Director	Platform
2012–2014	Frozen Heart	Esfandiyar	Yes	No	Saman Moghaddam	Video CD
2023–2024	The Notebook	Iraj Majd	Yes	No	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filmnet
TBA	Untitled Adel Tabrizi project		Yes	No	Adel Tabrizi	Filmnet
TBA	Secret of Tahmineh		Yes	No	Kianoush Ayari

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
Fajr Film Festival	2012	Best First Director	I Feel Sleepy	Won
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	I Feel Sleepy	Nominated
	2013		The Corridor	Nominated
	2014		Sensitive Floor	Won
	2018		Confiscation	Nominated
	2021		Bright House	Won
Hafez Awards	2006	Best Director – Television Series	The Accused Escaped	Won
		Best Original Song – Television Series	The Accused Escaped	Nominated
	2009	Best Director – Television Series	Sweet and Sour	Nominated
		Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	Sweet and Sour	Nominated
	2014	Best Actor – Motion Picture	The Corridor and Sensitive Floor	Won
	2015	Jury Prize	Red Carpet	Won
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	Red Carpet	Nominated
		Best Director – Motion Picture	Red Carpet	Nominated
	2016	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Sperm Whale	Nominated
	2017	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Dracula	Won
	2018	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection	Nominated
	2019	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Centipede	Nominated
		Best Special Individual Achievement	Himself	Won
Iran Cinema Celebration	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Absolutely Tame Is a Horse and No Men Allowed	Won
	2014		Sensitive Floor	Nominated
		Best New Director	I Feel Sleepy	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Absolutely Tame Is a Horse	Honorary Diploma
	2012		Needlessly and Causelessly	Honorary Diploma
	2013		The Corridor	Won
	2014		Red Carpet	Nominated
			Sensitive Floor	Nominated
	2015		Sperm Whale	Nominated
	2018		Confiscation	Nominated

References

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2. "بیوگرافی "رضا عطاران" + عکس". نمناک (in Persian). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
3. "بیوگرافی رضا عطاران + عکسهای رضا عطاران و همسرش". www.beytoote.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
4. "بیوگرافی رضا عطاران و همسرش فریده فرامرزی +گفتگو و عکسها". آریا پیکس (in Persian). 7 October 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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6. Kamali, Sara (2 September 2020). "بهترین سریال های طنز، به کارگردانی رضا عطاران". ویرگول (in Persian). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
7. filcin.com. "همه جوایز رضا عطاران". filcin.com | فیلسین (in Persian). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
8. "ببینید | حرف‌های جالب رضا عطاران بعد از دریافت سیمرغ بلورین بهترین بازیگر نقش اول مرد". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 10 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
9. "از شوخی‌های رضا عطاران تا عصبانیت محمدحسین مهدویان/ گزارش نشست خبری فیلم «شیشلیک»". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
10. "بیوگرافی و اسامی بازیگران سریال (بزنگاه)+ خلاصه داستان و عکس". مطلب نیو (in Persian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

External links

• Reza Attaran at IMDb