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Akbar Abdi is a Actor Iranien born on 26 august 1960

Akbar Abdi

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Nationality Iran
Birth 26 august 1960 (63 years)

Akbar Abdi (Persian: اکبر عبدی‎‎, born 26 August 1960 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actor and comedian. Akbar Abdi proved his talent through a TV series consisting of children's programming ("I am late again for school").

He started his career in TV series and soon became very popular. He began his career with the children’s TV series “The Traffic Neighborhood”, directed by Dariush Moadebian in 1981. He was dubbed “the man with a thousand faces of Iranian cinema” for the broad array of comedy roles he played during the 1980s. His main credits include “The Actor”, “Delshodegan” and “The Snowman".He shined as a movie star by playing in the movie "Ejareh-Nesheenha" (The Tenants). He has chosen diverse characters to play in different movies and is respected as a classic movie star with a successful career in Iran.

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Filmography of Akbar Abdi (11 films)

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Actor

I Feel Sleepy, 1h30
Directed by Reza Attaran
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Reza Attaran, Akbar Abdi, Soroush Sehhat, Merila Zarei, Fatemeh Hashemi
Roles Pouri (Reza's Mother)
Rating56% 2.802022.802022.802022.802022.80202
Réza est un enseignant simple et honnête, arrivé à l'âge mûr, et a du mal à communiquer avec les femmes. Il rencontre avec une femme qui vend des bonbons. Celle-ci rencontre des problèmes pour greffer son rein à sa sœur.
Deportees
Deportees (2007)
, 1h44
Directed by Masoud Dehnamaki
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Akbar Abdi, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Amin Hayai, Merila Zarei, Javad Hashemi Pourasl
Roles Bayram
Rating49% 2.4515852.4515852.4515852.4515852.451585
The movie, set in 1988 begins when Majid (Kambiz Dirbaz), a local thug from Southern Tehran is freed from prison along with his friend Amir (Arzhang Amirfazli). To avoid embarrassment, Majid and his friends have told his family and neighborhood that Majid is returning from Hajj at Mecca. His lie though is revealed after some mistakes by Amir and his other friend Bayram (Akbar Abdi).
Snowman
Snowman (1995)
, 1h49
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Akbar Abdi, Dariush Arjmand, Azita Hajian, Parviz Parastui, Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, Mehdi Fat'hi
Roles Abbas / Dorna
Rating66% 3.34793.34793.34793.34793.3479
Comme beaucoup d’Iraniens, Abbas Khakpour pense à partir en Amérique. Donc il entreprend un voyage à Istanbul en Turquie pour se rendre à l’ambassade américaine. Après plusieurs tentatives pour obtenir un visa sans succès, pour suivre le conseil d’un courtier iranien, il se déguise en femme (Dorna) pour obtenir son visa. C’est une démarche réussie.
The Actor
The Actor (1993)
, 1h26
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Akbar Abdi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Mahaya Petrosian, Hamideh kheirabadi, Hossein Panahi, Parvin Soleimani
Roles Akbar
Rating66% 3.339743.339743.339743.339743.33974
An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.
The Love-Stricken, 1h31
Directed by Ali Hatami
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Amin Tarokh, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Akbar Abdi, Jamshid Hashempour, Shahla Riahi, Saeed Poursamimi
Roles Agha Faraj Boulsik
Rating73% 3.693273.693273.693273.693273.69327
His imperial majesty Ahmad Shah Qajar asks a group of Iranian musicians, unaffiliated with the royal court, to record a sample of Persian Classical Music on newly invented gramophone at the Conservatoire de Paris. A group of best musicians gather under the direction of Maestro Delnavaz. A singer named Taher (Amin Tarokh) also accompanies them to the journey to Paris.
Once Upon a Time, Cinema, 1h30
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Origin Iran
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Historical
Actors Ezatollah Entezami, Akbar Abdi, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Mehdi Hashemi, Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Mahaya Petrosian
Roles Malijak
Rating73% 3.6913853.6913853.6913853.6913853.691385
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer (Mehdi Hashemi), who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the (future) history of Iranian cinema to the Shah (Ezzatolah Entezami). The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.
Mother
Mother (1990)
, 1h48
Directed by Ali Hatami
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Actors Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Amin Tarokh, Akbar Abdi, Jamshid Hashempour
Roles Gholamreza
Rating84% 4.245324.245324.245324.245324.24532
The Tenants, 2h10
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ezatollah Entezami, Hamideh kheirabadi, Akbar Abdi
Roles Qandy
Rating76% 3.8449153.8449153.8449153.8449153.844915
The film is about an apartment in Tehran and its various tenants.