Hamid Farrokhnezhad

Hamid Farrokhnezhad (, Romanized as 'Hamīd Farrokhnežād'; born 17 April 1969) is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh (two for acting), two Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Career He started his career in student theatre and making some short films. After acting in Khosrow Sinai's Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh he had the chance to play a role in another movie by Sinai, Aroos-e Atash aka Bride of fire which brought him many awards in Fajr Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Khane-ye Cinema award. He had roles in three films by Sinai and had worked with notable Iranian directors such as Ebrahim Hatamikia, Asghar Farhadi and Bahram Beyzayi.

He also gained TV popularity after acting in the role of a ghost named "Hasan Golab" in a TV series directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.

On 26 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Farrokhnezhad criticized the invasion of Ukraine, calling it “savagery” and “brutal attack”, and announced that he returned the best actor award he had received from the 2005 Moscow International Film Festival, in protest of the invasion.

On 2 February 2026, Farrokhnezad boycotted the Fajr International Film Festival in protest of the government's handling of the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.

Filmography

Film Year Film English Title Role Director 1991 Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh "In the alleys of love" Khosrow Sinai 2000 Aroos-e Atash "Bride of fire" Farhan Khosrow Sinai 2002 Low Heights "Ertefa-e Past" Ghasem Ebrahim Hatamikia 2004 Tab "The Fever" Reza karimi 2004 Be Rang-e-Arghavan "In Amethyst Color" Behzad Ebrahim Hatamikia 2005 Big Drum Under Left Foot "Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap" "Hafez Kazem Ma'soumi 2006 Sahne-ye Jorm, Voroud Mamnou''' "Crime scene, No admittance" Maj. Parsa Ebrahim Sheibani 2006 Fireworks Wednesday| "Chaharshanbeh Soori" Morteza Asghar Farhadi 2008 Haghighat-e Gomshodeh| "The lost truth" Dr. Kia Mohammad Ahmadi 2008 Atashkar| "Fire keeper" Sohrab Mohsen Amiryoussefi 2008 Hareem| "Sanctum" Maj. Mohebbi Reza Khatibi 2008 Shab-e Vaghe'e| "The night of the incident" Daryagholi Shahram Asadi 2009 Poosteh| "The shell" Saeed Mostafa Al-e Ahmad 2009 Bidari-e Royaha| "The Awakening of the Dreams" Ayub's Brother Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar 2009 Democracy Tou Rouze Roshan | "Democracy in Daylight" Sotudeh Ali Atshani 2010 Shokolat-e Dagh| "Hot Chokolate" Hamed Kolahdari 2010 Dar Entezare Mojezeh| "Waiting for a Miracle" Amir Rasul Sadr Ameli 2010 Mohammad| "Muhammad" Abu sufyan Majid Majidi 2011 Gasht-e Ershad| "Guidance Patrol" Haj Abbas Saeed Soheili 2012 Zendegi-e Khosusi-e Agha va Khanom-e Mim| "The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M " Mohsen Mehrad Rouhollah Hejazi 2012 Parinaaz| "Parinaz" Zakaria Bahram Bahramian 2012 Esterdad| "Reclamation" Faramarz Takin Ali Ghaffari 2012 The Wedlock| "Zendegi-ye Moshtarek-e Aghaye Mahmoudi va Banoo" Mansour Mahmoodi Ruhollah Hejazi 2012 Besharat be yek shahrvand-e Hezareye Sevvom| "Annunciation to a Third Millennium Citizen" Detective Mohammad Hadi Karimi 2013 Mordan be Vaght-e Shahrivar| "Death ath the Time of Shahrivar" Alireza Hatef Alimardani 2013 Parvaz-e Zanburha| "Flight of the Bees" Hamed Amrayi 2015 Yasin| "Yasin" Mahmoud Hamed Amrayi 2015 Moshkel-e Giti| "Guiti's Problem" Iraj Bahram Kazemi 2016 Khoob, Bad, Jelf| "the Good, the Bad, the Gaudy" Major Shademan Peiman Ghasemkhani 2016 Gasht 2| "The Patrol 2" Haj Abbas Saeed Soheili 2017 Bi hesab | Getting Even Mohsen Mostafa Ahmadi 2018 Lottery| Lottery Morteza Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian 2018 Tegzas| Texas Uncle Hushang Masoud Atyabi 2018 Ma shoma ra doost darim khanom-e Yaya| We like you Mrs Yaya Morteza Abdolreza Kahani 2019 Symphony No. 9| Symphony No. 9 Mohammad Reza Honarmand 2019 The Devil's Daughter| nader Ghorban Mohammadpour

Writing, directing and producing Kooche-ye Payeez -1998 - Production Manager - Dir. Khosrow Sinai Aroos-e Atash - 2000 - Screenwriter - Dir. Khosrow Sinai Safar-e Sorkh - 2001 - Screenwriter and Director

Theater career 2004 - Shab-e Hezaroyekom (1001st night) - Dir. Bahram Beyzayi

TV career 2008 - Halghe-ye Sabz - Dir. Ebrahim Hatamikia

Awards and nominations Crystal Simorgh of Best supporting actor for Aroos-e Atash in 18th Fajr International Film Festival Crystal Simorgh of Best screenplay for Aroos-e Atash in 18th Fajr International Film Festival 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival award for best actor for Aroos-e Atash The award for Iranian actor of the year by Film Magazine critics in 2002 and 2003 Best Actor award for Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap'' at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival in 2005 Crystal Simorgh for Best leading actor for Esterdad in 31st Fajr International dFilm Festival