Kazem Sayahi

Kazem Sayahi Saharkhiz (Persian: کاظم سیاحی سحرخیز; born January 20, 1979) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his two critically acclaimed collaborations with Iranian director Iraj Tahmasb in Red Hat (2012–2018), and Party (2022–2024), for which he gained acclaim and became well known. Sayahi gained wider recognition and received critical praise for his role as Rahim Rahmati, an addict father in the comedy television series Bachelors (2016–2019), which earned him a Hafez Award nomination.

Kazem Sayahi
کاظم سیاحی
Sayahi in 2017
Born	Kazem Sayahi Saharkhiz (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 46) Mahallat, Markazi, Iran
Alma mater	Azad University (BFA)
Occupations	Actor director former makeup artist
Years active	1998–present

Following this breakthrough, he starred in the crime action series Rhino (2019–2020), the comedy fantasy series You Only Go Around Once (2023), and the comedy crime series The Notebook (2023–2024). He has also appeared in films such as Sensitive Floor and City of Mice 2 (both 2014), Lantouri (2016), Dance with Me (2019), and The Town (2022).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Early life and education

Kazem Sayahi Saharkhiz was born on January 20, 1979 in Mahallat, Markazi, Iran. He received a Bachelor's degree in acting from Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2013	Root Canal	The Best Friend	Samira Eskandarfar		[8]
2014	Sensitive Floor	Jalal	Kamal Tabrizi		[9]
	City of Mice 2	Dom Barik (voice)	Marzieh Boroumand		[10]
2016	Lantouri	Akbar Ardalan	Reza Dormishian		[11]
	Hangover		Dariush Ghazbani		[12]
	Arvand	Hossein	Pourya Azarbayjani		[13]
2017	Online Shopping	Buyer	Ghasideh Golmakani	Short film	[14]
2018	11:40	The Man	Fatah Minoobakhsh	Short film	[15]
2019	Dance with Me	Bahman	Soroush Sehhat		[16]
2020	Headless		Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini		[17]
2021	Half Distance	Kaveh	Elham Rad	Short film
	Play		Ali Gitinavard	Short film	[18]
2022	2888	(voice)	Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heydari		[19]
	The Town	The Assistant Director	Ali Hazrati		[20]
2025	The Legend of Sepehr	(voice)	Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi	Animated film	[21]
	The House of Ghosts		Kiarash Asadizadeh	Completed in 2020	[22]
TBA	The Rook		Hamid Nematollah	Post-production	[23]
TBA	48FM		Kiarash Asadizadeh	Completed in 2018	[24]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes	Ref(s)
2019–2020	Rhino	Mehran "Mark" Ark	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filimo, Namava	Main role	[25]
2021	Red Square	Garo	Ebrahim Ebrahimian	Filimo	Recurring role; 6 episodes	[26]
2021–2022	Island	Payam Kianfar	Sirous Moghaddam	Filimo	Supporting role; 14 episodes	[27]
2022–2023	Party	Pasheh (voice)	Iraj Tahmasb	Filimo, Namava	Main role; 60 episodes	[28]
2023	You Only Go Around Once	Shahram Rabbani	Soroush Sehhat	Filimo, Namava	Main role	[29]
2023–2024	The Notebook	Qorab	Kiarash Asadizadeh	Filmnet	Main role; 15 episodes	[30]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2002	Without Description		Mehdi Mazloumi	IRIB TV3	as Makeup artist assistant	[31]
2003–2004	Acacia Alley	Mansour, Alireza (substitute)	Reza Attaran	IRIB TV5	Recurring role, also as Makeup artist assistant	[32]
2007	Detectives	Omid	Hamid Labkhandeh	IRIB TV3	Episode: "Mr. Chief"	[33][34]
2010	Secretes of a House	Mehran Mohseni	Hamid Labkhandeh	IRIB TV4	Episode: "Stop the World"
2011	One Name	Hamed Ezzati	Bijan Mirbagheri	IRIB TV5	Television film
	The Deed	Ezzat	Mohsen Yousefi	IRIB TV1
	Greeting	Teacher Javadi	Saeed Ebrahimifar	IRIB TV2	Main role; 8 episodes
2012–2015, 2018	Red Hat	Jigar, Geda (voice)	Iraj Tahmasb	IRIB TV2	Main role; 97 episodes	[35]
2013	Davaran	Saman	Ahmad Amini	IRIB TV2	Guest role; 2 episodes
2016	Notes of a Housewife	Fazel	Masoud Keramati	IRIB TV5	Main role; 19 episodes	[36]
2016–2017	Sugarland Puppets	Behloul, Nozad, Bia, Sarbaz (voice)	Mohammad Foad Safarianpour	IRIB Nasim	Main role; 57 episodes	[37]
2016–2019	Bachelors	Rahim Rahmati	Soroush Sehhat	IRIB TV3	TV series	[38]
2019	Special Condition	Arzhang Fayaz	Vahid Amirkhani	IRIB TV3	Main role; 13 episodes	[39]
2024	Party	Pasheh / Jigar (voice)	Iraj Tahmasb	IRIB Nasim	Main role; 30 episodes	[40]

Theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage	Ref(s)
1998	Vagabond		Hamid Reza Zare	(Arak)	[41]
–	Ortolan in the Cage		Faramarz Yeganeh		[42]
	Summer Children		Faramarz Yeganeh
	The Morning of the Fortieth Day		Hamid Zare
	Magic and Spell		Hamid Zare
	Summery		Faramarz Yeganeh
	Blind War		Faramarz Yeganeh
	From Dream to Moonlight	Chista Yasrebi
2004–2005	The Emigrants	Sławomir Mrożek	Sanaz Bayan	City Theater of Tehran, New Hall	[43]
2006	Dramas of Life	Babak Mohammadi	Babak Mohammadi	Niavaran Cultural Center	[44]
2006–2007	Romantic Jezghalehs	Mehdi Mirmohammadi	Ali Hashemi	Theater Department - Drama House	[45]
2007	I Don't Love You Today	Mehdi Mirmohammadi	Ali Hashemi	Molavi Hall	[46]
	A Doll's House	Henrik Ibsen	Sanaz Bayan	City Theater of Tehran	[47]
2008–2011	Blackout Dreams	Sanaz Bayan, Amir Kianpour	Kazem Sayahi, Sanaz Bayan	Molavi Hall	[48]
2009	Twelve	Reginald Rose	Manizheh Mohamedi	City Theater of Tehran	[49]
2009–2010	Simple Fragments	Mehdi Mirmohammadi	Ali Hashemi	Women Theater Festival, Theater Department - Drama House	[50]
2012	The Millions of Naples	Eduardo De Filippo	Babak Mohammadi	Iranshahr Theater	[51]
2013	Tin Tin: The Secret of Moundas Castle	Mohammad Charmshir	Arvand Dashtaray	Iranshahr Theater	[52]
	The Cherry Orchard	Anton Chekhov	Hassan Majouni	Iranshahr Theater	[53]
	Choiceless Awareness	Amir Konjani	Amir Konjani	Mellat Cineplex	[54]
2014	Ham Tanab	Mahin Sadri	Mahin Sadri	Eco Diplomatic Conference Hall	[55]
	Pink Footprints	Ehsan Goudarzi	Arvand Dashtaray	Iranshahr Theater	[56]
2014, 2016	The Woman Was Taking Pictures of Memory	Farnaz Tabrizi	Amir Hossein Asani	Niavaran Cultural Center, Organon Theater	[57]
2015	A Mouse in a Tin Pit	Noushin Tabrizi	Ali Hashemi	City Theater of Tehran	[58]
2016	They Stare At Us	Naghmeh Samini	Mohammad Reza Asli	Masoudieh Theater, Iranshahr Theater	[59]
	Israfil's Sur	Siavash Pakrah	Amer Mosafer Astaneh	Iranshahr Theater	[60]
	Harvey	Mary Chase	Melody Aramnia	Iranshahr Theater	[61]
2017	On Which Wind Will You Ride?	Jamal Hashemi	Kamal Hashemi	Tehran Independent Theater	[62]
	Aquarium	Siamak Ahsaee, Mehrak Ghazvini	Siamak Ahsaee	City Theater of Tehran	[63]
2017–2018	If You Die	Florian Zeller	Samaneh Zandinezhad	Tehran Independent Theater, Iranshahr Theater	[64]
2018	Trauma	Afsaneh Mahian	Afsaneh Mahian	Iranshahr Theater	[65]
2019	The Improvisation	(Improvisation)	Arvand Dashtaray	Iranshahr Theater, Malek Theater	[66]
	Mary Poppins	Pamela Lyndon Travers	Ahmad Soleimani	Vahdat Hall	[67]
2023	Tehran	Diana Fathi	Diana Fathi
	Colonel	Mohammad Naghaee	Amir Bashiri	Vahdat Hall	[68]
2024	Misery	Stephen Belber	Pouya Saeedi	Iranshahr Theater	[69]
	Bluebeard	Arvand Dashtaray	Arvand Dashtaray	Book Garden Theater	[70]
2024–2025	Lulu Island	Arash Naeemian, Khosrow Pesyani	Setareh Pesyani	Iranshahr Theater	[71]
2025	Coraline	Neil Gaiman	Omid Reza Sepehri	Vahdat Hall	[72]

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	Lost to	Ref.
Hafez Awards	2018	Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	Bachelors	Nominated	Bahram Afshari (Capital)	[73]
Women Theatre Festival	2009	Best Actor	Simple Fragments	3rd Place	–	[74]