Behzad Khalaj

Behzad Khalaj (Persian: بهزاد خلج; born April 20, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his roles in Mr. Judge (2022–present), The Lion Skin (2022–2023), and The Lost Prestige (2023). Khalaj won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival for his performance in Majnoon (2024). In 2024, he earned a Hafez Award nomination for his role in Mr. Judge.^[1][2][3]

Behzad Khalaj
Khalaj at the 2024 Fajr International Film Festival
Born	(1975-04-20) April 20, 1975 (age 50) Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	2010–present
Children	2

Early life

Behzad Khalaj was born on April 20, 1975, in Tehran, Iran. He is originally an Iranian Khalaj. He has two sons named Arshia and Barbod, who are both actors.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2016	Nasrin		Hossein Shahbazi	Short film	[10]
2018	Damascus Time	Iranian flight group	Ebrahim Hatamikia		[11]
	The Stranger and the Wind		Hamid Reza Ahmadi, Hamed Ahmadi	Short film	[12]
	Intensification	Nader	Shirin Sabour	Short film	[13]
	Hot Milk	Man	Armin Hemmati	Short film	[14]
	Roya	Driver	Majid Shahmohammadi	Short film	[15]
2019	Snake Venom		Javad Razavian		[16]
	Small Panda, Big Panda	Farid	Sahar Khoshnam	Short film	[17]
	Box Man		Manouchehr Teymourzadeh	Short film	[18]
2020	Zagzwang	Man	Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahani	Short film	[19]
	Light Room		Pouya Aghelizadeh	Short film	[20]
2021	Good Girl		Raheleh Karami	Short film	[21]
2022	Middle Eastern Stories: Father	Father	Reza Daghagh	Short film	[22]
	The Wolf		Milad Rabi'i	Short film	[23]
2023	Leather Jacket Man	Major	Hossein Mirzamohammadi		[24]
	Degeneration		Mohammad Reza Sarvestani	Short film	[25]
	Posterity		Mona Ramezani	Short film	[26]
2024	Alligator Blood	Farid Ghanbari	Javad Ezzati		[27]
	Majnoon	Reza Hassanpour	Mehdi Shamohammadi		[28]
	Resemblance		Mehdi Marvdashti	Short film	[29]
	Campaign		Shahram Asadzadeh	Completed in 2021	[30]
TBA	Midnight Sun		Shahriar Bahrani	Completed in 2021	[31]
TBA	Puzzle of Imagination		Soheil Azharian	Short film; Completed in 2022	[32]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2019–2020	Mannequin	Behzad Khalaj	Hossein Soheilizadeh	Filimo, Namava	Recurring role	[33]
2021	Red Square	Navid	Ebrahim Ebrahimian	Filimo	Recurring role; 8 episodes	[34]
2022–2023	The Lion Skin	Rasoul Fouladvand	Jamshid Mahmoudi	Filmnet	Supporting role; 22 episodes	[35]
2023	The Lost Prestige	Esmail / Safdar Kouti	Sajad Pahlevanzadeh	Filimo	Main role; 7 episodes	[36]
2025	Aban	Adham	Reza Dadooi	Sheyda	Guest appearance; 3 episodes	[37]
	One Way Ticket	Shakib	Pouria Heidary Oureh	Namava	Miniseries; Supporting role	[38]
	Ajale Moalagh		Adel Tabrizi	Filmnet

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2017	Border of Happiness	Police	Ali Khodsiani	IRIB TV2	TV series; guest appearance	[39]
	Traveling at Home		Bahman Goudarzi	IRIB Nasim	TV series; guest appearance	[40]
	Agate		Behrang Tofighi	IRIB TV3	TV series; guest appearance	[41]
	The Yellow Tape		Pouria Azarbaijani	IRIB TV2	TV series; guest appearance	[42]
	Better Days: The Last Letter Episodes	Dr. Khazenifar	Danesh Eghbashavi	IRIB TV3	TV series; main role	[43]
2017–2020	Narrative	Amir	Seyyed Jamal Seyyed Hatami, Hossein Ghena'at	IRIB TV1	TV series; supporting role	[44]
2019	Talk to Me	Salehzadeh	Azadeh Mohammadi	IRIB TV3	TV film; main role	[45]
	Dear Brother	Dr. Abbas	Mohammad Reza Ahanj	IRIB TV3	TV series; guest appearance	[46]
2021	Silhouette	Ali Mechanic	Reza Mohebi Nouri	IRIB TV1	TV theater; main role	[47]
	Frontline	Emad	Shahriar Bahrani	IRIB TV1	TV miniseries; supporting role	[48]
2022–present	Mr. Judge	Judge Behzad Khalaj	Sajjad Mehregan	IRIB TV2	TV series; leading role	[49]

Theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage	Ref(s)
2017	The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui	Bertolt Brecht	Amir Dezhakam	Hafez Hall	[50]
	The Balkan Women	Jules Tasca	Hossein Shahbazi	Mehr Hall	[51]
	Between Worlds	Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt	Behzad Khalaj	Azad Film Workshop	[52]
2018–2019	Khayyam	Behrouz Gharibpour	Behrouz Gharibpour	Ferdowsi Hall	[53]
2018	He Has Become a Man	Asoo Bahari	Asoo Bahari	Iranshahr Theater	[54]
2019	My Seagull	Kiumars Moradi	Kiumars Moradi	Iranshahr Theater	[55]
2024	Chaplin	Mehran Ranjbar	Mehran Ranjbar	City Theater of Tehran	[56]
2025	The Owl	Saeed Hasanlou	Saeed Hasanlou	Iranshahr Theater	[57]

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)
Action on Film International Megafest	2019	Best Supporting Actor – Hollywood Dreams	Box Man	Nominated	[58]
Fajr International Film Festival	2024	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Majnoon	Won	[59]
Hafez Awards	2024	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Mr. Judge	Nominated	[60]
Red Rock Film Festival	2022	Best Acting in a Fiction Short	Middle Eastern Stories: Father	Nominated	[61]