Mojtaba Pirzadeh

Mojtaba Pirzadeh (Persian: مجتبی پیرزاده; born January 1, 1986) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role in the 2016 drama film The Salesman, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is also known for his performances in Rona, Azim's Mother (2018) and No Choice (2020). Pirzadeh received critical acclaim and a Crystal Simorgh nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the drama film Tooman (2020).^[1][2][3][4]

Mojtaba Pirzadeh
مجتبی پیرزاده
Pirzadeh at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1986-01-01) January 1, 1986 (age 39) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Soore University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Farzaneh Tafreshi
Children	1

Pirzadeh has also starred in the drama television series Awning (2017–2018), the biopic film Gholamreza Takhti (2019), the horror web series Them (2021), the mystery web series The Translator (2023), the war film Metropole Cinema (2023), and the crime web series The Lion Skin (2023).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2016	Bridge of Sleep	Taxi Driver	Oktay Baraheni
	The Salesman	Majid	Asghar Farhadi
2017	Fish Lake	Rahman	Maryam Dousti
	A Special Day	Behrouz	Homayoun As'adian
	Golden Time	Faraz Sarabi	Pouria Kakavand
2018	Rona, Azim's Mother	Faroogh	Jamshid Mahmoudi
2019	Gholamreza Takhti	Takhti's friend	Bahram Tavakoli
	The Pink Line		Bayan Zarabi	Short film
2020	Tooman	Aziz	Morteza Farshbaf
	No Choice	Mojtaba	Reza Dormishian
2021	Exit Tax		Saeed Hasanlou	Short film
2022	Towards the Night		Saeed Keshavarz	Short film
	The Craws		Shiva Sarmast	Short film
2023	Metropole Cinema		Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes
2012	Frozen Heart	Worker	Saman Moghadam	Namava	Guest role
2021	Them	Maziar	Mehdi Aghajani	Filmnet	Episode: "Everything Is Over"
2023	The Translator	Davood	Bahram Tavakoli	Namava	Main role, 13 episodes
	The Lion Skin	Mansour Bajelan	Jamshid Mahmoudi	Filmnet	Main role, 4 episodes
	Amsterdam	Shoja	Masoud Gharagozlu	Tamashakhaneh	Main role
	Turkish Coffee	Parham Pashaee	Alireza Amini	Filmnet	Main role
2023–2024	The Marsh	Kouhyar	Borzou Niknejad	Filmnet	Main role
2024–2025	Die Hard	Ashkan	Mostafa Taghizadeh	Filmnet	Main role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes
2017–2018	Awning	Sohrab Eghbali	Jamshid Mahmoudi, Navid Mahmoudi	IRIB TV2	Leading role; 50 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title
2013	Garden of Wishes
2014	Death of a Salesman
	Pinter's Monologue
	What You Hear is a Crooked Instrument of Silence
2015	B5-6
	Good Night, Mr. Kenneth
	A Journey to the Farthest Away
2016	According to Gunpowder
	Socrates
2017	Oedipus Afghan
	Breakfast in the Evening
2019	Algerian Butterfly
2024	Misery

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
Fajr Film Festival	2020	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Tooman	Nominated	[5]
Hafez Awards	2019	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Awning	Nominated	[6]
	2023		The Lion Skin	Nominated	[7]
Jam-e-Jam Television Festival	2019	Best Actor	Awning	Nominated	[8]