Shahab Hosseini Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Shahab Hosseini
Acting
Biography
Shahab Hosseini (شهاب حسینی) is a director and actor of theater, television, and cinema who was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He started his professional career by playing Amir Ghavidel's "Rokhsareh". He Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Fajr Festival for two consecutive years in "A Candle in The Wind" by Pouran Derakhshandeh and "Salvation in Twenty minutes after Eight" by Sirous Alvand. He then won the Best Actor Award for the Fajr Festival for "The Superstar" by Tahmineh Milani. Shahab Hosseini won an Honorary Diploma of Best Supporting Actor in 2008 in Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" movie. He also won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival in the movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, after that he won the Best Actor award from Canne Film Festival for "The Salesman" by Asghar Farhadi. He produced his film "Resident of the Middle Class" in 2014. Among the best movies that he has played Bahram Tavakoli's "Parse Dar Meh", Kianoush Ayari's "Khaneh Pedari", "The Painting Pool" by Maziar Miri and "My Brother, Khosrow" by Soheil Biragi can be named.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Residents of Nowhere
A young man suddenly enters a guest house (hostel) ; at first It is not known where the strange guest house (hostel) is, but the more he ponders on the coordinates of the guest house, the more it becomes clear that the young man is somewhere between life and death.
A Separation
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
About Elly
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Golden Blood
The story of a fighter girl who, on the eve of the national taekwondo competition, finds out that she lives with a murderer, and the events after revealing this secret will change her life.
The Painting Pool
Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ...
Shukran
In 2011 the Syrian people rise up against the Assad regime. When Dr. Haider, a pediatric heart surgeon, loses his brother in a terrorist attack, he decides to fulfill his last wish, finding himself questioning everything he has always believed in.
The Far Mountains
Ali is a 12-year-old boy living in a small town in Iran whose mother disappeared when he was very young. His father has now married. Troubled, craving his father’s attention, he loses the injured bird he’s been diligently caring for, and sets out to exact revenge, whatever the consequences.
From Iran, a Separation
In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran covered the world headlines, Farhadi talked about Iran's love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians on the stage when receiving his award. This time the Iranians voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. This documentary shows the reaction of the Iranians to this Oscar award and has a general view on Iran's society of today.
Nargesi
The film follows Hossein, who has Down’s syndrome. His greatest wish is to find love and get married and for this, he is ready at doing anything. It seems, however, that there is no place for him and his love in this world until a gift completely turns his life around.
The Salesman
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Production
Nargesi
The film follows Hossein, who has Down’s syndrome. His greatest wish is to find love and get married and for this, he is ready at doing anything. It seems, however, that there is no place for him and his love in this world until a gift completely turns his life around.
The Writer Is Dead
A famous actress plans to direct her first film, working off of a script written by a young writer. After a year of pre-production, the film is almost ready to start shooting, before the writer suddenly appears with a proposal that will completely change the careers of both people.
Resident of the Middle Floor
'Resident of the Middle Floor' tells the quirky tale of a depressive writer (Shahab Hosseini) struggling for inspiration. He immerses himself into each new idea, playing the roles of his characters before our eyes. Slowly, these fantasies begin to intersect with his own life, blurring the line between his stories' worlds and his own failing existence. Will he ever be able to figure out the story he wants to tell? A throughly entertaining character study that is reminiscent of Walter Mitty's world.
Residents of Nowhere
A young man suddenly enters a guest house (hostel) ; at first It is not known where the strange guest house (hostel) is, but the more he ponders on the coordinates of the guest house, the more it becomes clear that the young man is somewhere between life and death.
Residents of Nowhere
A young man suddenly enters a guest house (hostel) ; at first It is not known where the strange guest house (hostel) is, but the more he ponders on the coordinates of the guest house, the more it becomes clear that the young man is somewhere between life and death.
Sheen
Noushin has returned to Iran after years, upon a request by her severely ill father to find a person that he needs to see. Her father finds this visit the most important duty of his life before passing away. Sheen is about a family secret that has been kept for many years. Shirin, the house maid’s daughter while playing with the owners’ children in the old house, falls in the well in the middle of the yard. Her body was never recovered. Her mother was pushed out of the house. They covered the well and abandoned the house. The family members encountered many unfortunate events throughout the years and didn’t have a happy life. They have returned to ask for forgiveness from a woman who lost her child.
Parallax
Mahrokh is going to act in her first film and her husband Kayvan is against it. A few days before the shooting, she accidentally catches fire at her birthday party and her face badly hurts. Mahrokh does not see it as an accident and believes that Kayvan has done it out of jealousy.
The Visitor
A theater directed by Shahab Hosseini
Sun of Midnight
A movie directed by Shobeir Shirazi
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