Mehran Modiri

Mehran Modiri (Persian: مهران مدیری; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian director, actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, host and singer.

Mehran Modiri
مهران مدیری
Modiri in 2017
Born	(1967-04-07) 7 April 1967 (age 58) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Occupations	Director actor comedian producer screenwriter singer host
Years active	1989–present
Children	2
Website	https://modiri.ir
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Career

His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB have set records in terms of viewership (an estimated 95% viewership when he is on-air),^{[citation needed]} as well as making him a popular personality among the masses. His artistic career began in his teenage years acting in local plays. He then entered the world of radio and television in the early 1990s, actively writing scripts for and participating in various comedy skits during the annual Norooz comedy television shows broadcast by the IRIB.

He achieved real stardom with his creation of Pavarchin (Tiptoeing), in which he won numerous awards for directing and starring in the picture. He tasted success again when he directed and starred in Noghtechin (Ellipsis), and Jayezeye Bozorg (The Grand Prize), which became major hits on television in Iran^{[citation needed]}. Later, he followed Pavarchin's storyline with the making of Shabhaye Barareh which became his most popular television program yet; the show remained incomplete after it was criticized for offending rural people. This resulted in an abrupt end to the show after 92 episodes without completely explaining the Barareh history. He starred in two full-length films and had planned on entering the film industry once again after Shabhaye Barareh was completed. However, he instead produced and released his next project, the television series Baghe Mozaffar.

One of his most popular tv series was The man with a thousand faces, broadcast in 2008.

Modiri has also released a music album and performed in a number of concerts. He is also a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War.

In 2009 Modiri was named by Newsweek as one of the 20 people who dominate power and public discourse in Iran.^[1] Between 2015 – 2018 Modiri was mostly seen on Nasim TV with his program Dorehami.

In order to condemn the Death of Mahsa Amini and support the nationwide protests, Mehran Modiri announced by publishing a video on his Instagram that none of the Iranian television channels have the right to publish his image in television advertisements and periodicals. A few days after these events, the Iranian government announced that Mehran Modiri has been banned from leaving the country, however, Iranian news agencies have announced that Mehran has left Iran.

Personal life

Mehran Modiri is the last child of a family originally from the city of Arak. He has three older brothers.

Modiri was born and raised in a low-income family in the south of Tehran, Iran. He worked in many physical and low-paying jobs as a child and teenager, including carpenter, porter, welder, mechanic, and baker.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
1992	What's Up?		Tahmineh Milani	As set designer assistant
1995	The Visit	Amir	Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2003	Tokyo, Non-Stop	Parviz	Saeed Alamzadeh
2008	There's Always a Woman in Between	Jahed	Kamal Tabrizi
	Tambourine	Abbas Razaghi	Parisa Bakhtavar
2012	Tehran 1500	Akbar Modiri	Bahram Azimi
	The Wooden Bridge	Kamran Sabouhi	Mehdi Karampour		[2]
2017	5 in the Afternoon	Interrogator	Mehran Modiri	Also as writer & producer	[3]
2018	Rahman 1400	Jalousi	Manouchehr Hadi		[4]
2019	We Are All Together	Interrogator	Kamal Tabrizi		[5]
2020	Walnut Tree	Ahmad	Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian		[6]
2022	Killing a Traitor	Sohrab Safa	Masoud Kimiaee		[7]
2024	Summer Time		Mahmoud Kalari		[8]
	6 in the Morning		Mehran Modiri	Also as writer	[9]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)
2010–2012	Bitter Coffee	The Great Bluetooth	Mehran Modiri		[10]
2012–2014	Frozen Heart	Mehran Asefi	Saman Moghaddam		[11]
2013	My Villa	Arsalan Rahmati (Meshkat)	Mehran Modiri		[12]
	Mozaffar's Treasure	Mozaffar Khan	Mehran Modiri		[13]
2014	I'm Just Kidding	(various roles)	Mehran Modiri		[14]
2015	Sneeze	(various roles)	Mehran Modiri		[15]
2019	The Monster	Kamran Kamrava	Mehran Modiri	Filimo, Namava	[16]
2021	Dracula	Kamran Kamrava	Mehran Modiri	Filimo, Namava	[17]
2021–2022	One Upon a Time in Iran	Jahangir Rouzbeh	Tina Pakravan	Namava	[18]
2023–2024	Guardiola's Father	Buick	Saeed Nematollah	Tamashakhaneh	[19]
2024	Oscar	Himself	Mehran Modiri	Filimo	[20]
	Viper of Tehran	Himself	Saman Moghaddam	Filmnet	[21]
	Flowers or Absurd	Himself	Nik Yousefi	Filimo	[22]
	Father's Coffee	Him	Mehran Modiri	Filmnet	[23]
2025	Tasian	Dr. Rajabzadeh	Tina Pakravan	Filimo	[24]
TBA	Masterpiece		Mehran Modiri	Filmnet	[25]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Ref(s)
1992	The Small Fists		Soraya Ghasemi	IRIB TV2
	The Tales		Mojtaba Yasini
	Advices and Admonitions		Mojtaba Yasini
1993	Nowruz of 72		Dariush Kardan	IRIB TV1
	Flight No. 57		Shirin Jahed	IRIB TV1
1994	Cherry Garden	Mohsen	Majid Beheshti	IRIB TV1
1994	Joyful Hour		Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV2
1995	Joyful Year		Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV2
1996	Joyful Moment	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Nowruz of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Corpus of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Collection of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Flowers of 76	Mehran Ghafourian	Actor
1998	Nowruz of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Corpus of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Collection of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Flowers of 77	Mehran Ghafourian	Actor
1999	Excuse me, who are you?	Mehran Modiri	Host and director
	Plaque no. 14	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2000	90 Nights	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2001	Sitcom of 80	Mehran Modiri	Host & Director
2001	Parents' Trouble	Ali Pourhatam	Masoud Navabi	IRIB TV3
2002–2003	On Tiptoes	Farhad Barareh	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV5
2003–2004	The Dots	Ardalan Pashandi	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2005	Great Award	Bijan Jamali	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2005–2006	Barareh Nights	Shirfarhad Paeen Barareh	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2006	Mozaffar's Garden	Mozaffar Zargandeh	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2008	Man of Many Faces	Masoud Shastchi	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2009	Man of Many Many Faces	Masoud Shastchi	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2009–2010	In the Eye of the Wind	Mohammad Ali Foroughi (voice)	Masoud Jafari Jozani	IRIB TV1
2015–2016	On the Sidelines	Sohrab Kashef, Behrouz Eshghi	Mehran Modiri	IRIB TV3
2016–2022	Get Together	Himself	Mehran Modiri	IRIB Nasim

Theater

Year	Name of Play	Director
1974	Khargoosh	Hamid Alami
1977	Shookhi	Sadra Rasouli
1979	Telegraph	Mehdi Sharifi
1983	Palang-e Nadan	Behrooz Salimi
1985	Yek Tanz va Yek Gham-ava	Behrooz Salimi
1988	Arsenal	Mohsen Haji Youssefi
1989	Pansion	Mohsen Haji Youssefi
1990	Simorgh	Ghotboddin Sadeqi
1991	Hamlet	Ghotboddin Sadeqi
1992	Kisseh Box	Ali Moazzeni

Discography

Albums

• 1999: Deltangi-ha – Declamation of Hatef Alimardani 's Poems.
• 2000: Az Roo-ye Sadegi – composed by: Babak Bayat and Fardin Khalatbari

Singles

• 2003: Ahang-e Film-e Hamnafas – composed by: Fardin Khalatbari
• 2004: Ahang-e film-e Shabhaye barareh
• 2005: Ahang-e film-e Baghe mozaffar
• 2010: Ahang-e serial-e Ghahveye Talkh – two tracks, produced by Bahram Dehghanyar
• 2010: Bia Berim Kooh – produced by Darkoob Band in Darkoob Album
• 2010: Heyran – produced by Darkoob Band in Darkoob Album
• 2016: Ahang-e Titraje Dorehami – composed by Mahyar Alizadeh
• 2016: Ahang-e serial-e Zaaferani – Two tracks, composed by Mahyar Alizadeh
• 2017: Ahang-e Yar Toei – composed by Mahyar Alizadeh

Awards and nominations

Mehran Modiri with 7 awards holds the record for most Hafez Awards won by an individual until 2018

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	The Best of	Best Director	Saate Khosh (Joyful Hour)	Nominated
1998	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Director	Corpus of 77	Won
1998	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Actor	Corpus of 77	Won
1999	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Director	Excuse me, who are you?	Won
1999	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Actor	Excuse me, who are you?	Won
2003	7th Hafez Awards	Best Director	Pavarchin	Nominated
2003	7th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Pavarchin	Won
2005	8th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Noghtechin	Nominated
2005	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Comedy Director	–	Won
2006	9th Hafez Awards	Best Actor jointly with Siamak Ansari	Shabhaye Barareh	Won
2006	9th Hafez Awards	Best ِِDirector	Shabhaye Barareh	Nominated
2007	10th Hafez Awards	Best TV series and cinematic song	Mozaffar's Garden	Won
2008	26th Fajr International Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	There's Always a Woman in Between	Nominated
2011	12th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Bitter Coffee	Won
2011	12th Hafez Awards	Best ِDirector	Bitter Coffee	Nominated
2011	American Liberty University	Honorary Doctorate	Himself	Honored
2016	16th Hafez Awards	Best ِActor	At the Margin	Nominated
2016	16th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2017	17th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2017	3Star(TV Audience poll)	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2018	Halaa Khorshid's Audience poll	Social Face of The Year	–	Won
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Film(Producer)	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Screenwriter	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Director	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2018	Sin e Sima Festival	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2019	19th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Rahman 1400	Nominated
2020	20th Hafez Awards	Best TV presenter	Dorehami	Nominated
2020	20th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	The Monster	Nominated
2020	20th Hafez Awards	Best Director	The Monster	Won
2020	20th Hafez Awards[26]	Best TV series	The Monster	Won
2021	ifilm TV Channel poll	Best TV Comedy Actor		1st
2021	21st Hafez Awards	Best TV presenter	Dorehami	Nominated
2022	2nd Producers' Thanks Ceremony	The Most Popular actor	Rahman 1400	Honor
2024	23rd Hafez Awards	Best Television Figure	Flowers or Absurd	Nominated
		Best Actor – Motion Picture[27]	Killing a Traitor	Nominated