Navid Pourfaraj

Navid Pourfaraj (Persian: نوید پورفرج; born April 22, 1988) is an Iranian actor.^[1] He is best known for his role as Amir in Sheeple (2018) for which he earned a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award nominations. He won the Best Actor Award at the 8th Duhok International Film Festival for his performance in Zalava (2021).

Navid Pourfaraj
نوید پورفرج
Pourfaraj at the 2020 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1988-04-22) April 22, 1988 (age 37) Arak, Markazi, Iran
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2018	Sheeple	Amir Harekat	Houman Seyyedi
2020	Bone Marrow	Amir Bodaghi	Hamid Ghorbani
2021	Zalava	Masoud Ahmadi	Arsalan Amiri
2023	Rainstorm	Bahman	Touraj Aslani
2024	Bodiless	Mohsen Shokouhi	Morteza Alizadeh
2025	Highway Deer	Abes	Abolfazl Saffary
TBA	A Time in Eternity	Vahid	Mehdi Norouzian	Completed
TBA	The Rook	Shahrokh	Hamid Nematollah	Post-production

Web

Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Notes
2021	Mutual Friendship	Himself	Shahab Hosseini	Namava	Talk show; 1 episode
2025	The Savage		Houman Seyyedi	Filmnet
TBA	Drunkard Morning	Rahim Najjar	Narges Abyar	Sheyda	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Network	Notes
2012	The Wall	Abbasi	Sirous Moghaddam	IRIB TV1	TV series; recurring role
2013	Maternal	Maryam's brother	Javad Afshar	IRIB TV3	TV series; recurring role

Theatre

Year	Title	Playwright	Director	Stage
2023	Mad's Girl Love Song	Tala Mo'tazedi	Arvand Dashtaray, Marene Van Holk	City Theater of Tehran

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
Duhok International Film Festival	2021	Best Actor of a Kurdish Feature Film	Zalava	Won	[2]
Fajr Film Festival	2018	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sheeple	Nominated	[3]
	2020		Bone Marrow	Nominated	[4]
	2021	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Zalava	Nominated	[5]
	2025		Highway Deer	Honorary Diploma	[6]
Hafez Awards	2019	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Sheeple	Nominated	[7]
	2024		Bodiless	Nominated	[8]
Iran Cinema Celebration	2019	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sheeple	Nominated	[7]
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2018	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sheeple	Nominated	[7]