Bahram Afshari

Bahram Afshari (Persian: بهرام افشاری; born May 27, 1987) is an Iranian actor and director. He is best known for his role as Behtash Fariba in Capital (2013–present). His directorial debut film, Seventy Thirty (2024) became the highest-grossing film of all time in Iran, and he also starred in Fossil (2023), the second highest-grossing film. Afshari has received various accolades, including two Hafez Awards, in addition to nominations for two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Bahram Afshari
Afshari at the 2017 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1987-05-27) May 27, 1987 (age 37) Hamadan, Iran
Alma mater	Azad University (BFA)
Occupations	Actor director playwright
Years active	2003–present

Early life

Bahram Afshar was born on May 27, 1987, in Hamadan, Iran.^[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2014	I'm Not Angry!	Real Estate Agent	Reza Dormishian		[8]
	Mom's Birthday		Morteza Shams	Short film	[9]
2015	Iran Burger	Panjshanbeh	Masoud Jafari Jozani		[10]
2016	Lantouri	Bahram	Reza Dormishian		[11]
2017	Simple Worker Needed	Ghadam	Manouchehr Hadi		[12]
2018	Rahman 1400	Anoush	Manouchehr Hadi		[13]
2019	Newcastle	Ebi	Mohsen Ghasabian		[14]
	Unsophisticated	Saeed Gholami	Farzad Motamen		[15]
2020	Mr. Censor	Shahram Far'i	Ali Jabbarzadeh		[16]
	After the Incident		Pouria Heidary Oureh		[17]
2021	Staging	Asad	Alireza Samadi		[18]
2022	Sag Band	Farzad	Mehran Ahmadi		[19]
2023	Fossil	Esi Amouee	Karim Amini		[20]
2024	The Year of the Cat	Jahangir	Mostafa Taghizadeh		[21]
	Seventy Thirty	Barat Amini	Bahram Afshari	Directorial debut	[22]
TBA	Man with Glasses		Karim Amini	Completed	[23]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2019–2020	The Heart	Farab Sohrabpour	Manouchehr Hadi	Filimo	Supporting role	[24]
2020	Mutual Friendship	Himself	Shahab Hosseini	Namava	Talk show; 1 episode	[25]
2021	Red Square	Payam Makin	Ebrahim Ebrahimian	Filimo	Main role; 9 episodes	[26]
2022	The Secret of Survival	Rahim Timsar	Saeed Aghakhani	Filmnet	Main role; 17 episodes	[27]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2013–present	Capital	Shirafkan Fariba / Behtash Fariba	Sirous Moghaddam	IRIB TV1	Main role; 35 episodes	[28]
2017	AlalBadal	Hormoz	Sirous Moghaddam	IRIB TV1	Main role; 14 episodes	[29]
2019	Special Condition	Manouchehr Shane'Besar	Vahid Amirkhani	IRIB TV3	Main role; 18 episodes	[30]

Theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage	Notes	Ref(s)
2015, 2018	Hedgehog	Bahram Afshari	Bahram Afshari	Iranian Artists Forum, Baran Theatre, Iranshahr Theater	Also as actor	[31]
2022, 2024, 2025	Who Killed the Hedgehog?	Bahram Afshari	Bahram Afshari	Shahrzad Theater Complex, Yazd Central Hall	Also as actor	[32]
2024–2025	300	Mohammad Rahmanian	Sohrab Pournazeri	Sa'dabad Complex	As actor	[33]

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	Ref(s)
Fajr International Theater Festival	2013	Best Actor – Regions, New Experiences, New Look	Robinson Crusoe	Won	[34]
Hafez Awards	2017	Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	AlalBadal	Nominated	[35]
	2018		Capital	Won	[36]
	2020			Nominated	[37]
	2023		The Secret of Survival	Nominated	[38]
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	Fossil	Won	[39]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2017	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Lantouri	Nominated	[40]
	2018		Simple Worker Needed	Nominated	[41]
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2017	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Simple Worker Needed	Nominated	[42]
Urban International Film Festival	2017	Best Actor	Simple Worker Needed	Nominated	[43]