Payman Moaadi is an Iranian-American actor, screenwriter and producer. His talent is highly appreciated not only at home, but also in Europe and America - for a number of works he was awarded prestigious film awards. And today at 60 years old, Moaadi, who once intended to become an engineer, continues to create beautiful films.
Biography
Peyman Moaadi (in various sources there are two spellings - Payman Maadi and Peyman Moaadi) was born in the United States of America in a family of immigrants from Iran. It happened on June 30, 1967 in the city of New York. The father of the future actor was a lawyer. Five years later, the Moaadi family returned to their homeland in Iran. So Peyman graduated from the Faculty of Metallurgical Engineering. However, the young man did not work in his specialty, and decided to try his hand at the film industry. First, as a screenwriter. It is worth noting that the very first attempt was very successful.
Today Peyman Moaadi is 60 years old. He lives in the capital of Iran - Tehran. The man is still active, goes in for sports, works. He is full of creative ideas and even maintains his own page on the social network "Instagram". More than 760 thousand people have subscribed to it. Unfortunately, Moaadi writes the text in his native Iranian language, so Russian-speaking fans of his talent can only admire the beautiful photographs.
Education
Peyman Moaadi received his higher education at the Islamic Assad University in Iran (Islamic Azad University, the higher educational institution is located in the city of Karah).
Career
Peyman began his career in the film industry in 2000 with the film "Swan Song" - Moaadi wrote a script for it. This film was a success with both film critics and audiences. Peyman later created several more successful films. Moaadi began his career as an actor in 2009, starring in the film "About Ellie" (directed by Asghar Farhadi). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival for his role as Nader in Separation (directed by Farhadi in 2011). It is worth noting that this film received an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film nomination. She has attracted the attention of critics and those in the film industry. Soon Peyman was invited to shoot in America.
In 2014, Moaadi starred in the drama Camp X-Ray, where famous Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart became his partner on the set. Camp X-Ray was directed by Peter Sattler from his own script. The plot of the picture is dedicated to the X-ray unit in the American prison at the Guantanamo military base.
In the same year, 2014, Moaadi appeared in the HBO television series One Night. One Night is a British-American eight-part television miniseries co-produced by HBO and BBC Worldwide (written by Richard Price and Stephen Zaillian), based on the British TV series Criminal Justice.
Also in 2014, Peyman Moaadi joined the jury of the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival.
The last work of Peyman Moaadi - the painting "6 feet underground" - appeared on the screen already this year, 2019. In this American action movie directed by Michael Bay, the actor played a small role.
Awards
In 2011, for his role in A Separation, Peyman Moaadi was nominated for several prestigious awards at once - Asia Pacific Screen Awards and Village Voice Film Poll. His work was recognized as Best Actor in the International Cinephile Society Awards and the Berlin International Film Festival (in the Silver Bear for Best Actor category). Later success as a screenwriter and director Moaadi brought his picture "Snow on the Pines" (The Snow on the Pines). For this work in 2013 at the Fajr International Film Festival, he was nominated for Best Director and won the Audience Award for Best Film. At the Erbil International Film Festival for the same film, Moaadi received an award in the category "Best Director".
In 2016, at the Fajr International Film Festival for his performance in Life and a Day, Peyman was nominated for the Crystal Phoenix for Best Actor award. But in another competition - House of Cinema - he received the coveted award in the category "Best Actor".
Personal life
Moaadi is married. The actor's wife is Rana Hamidi and they are raising two children together. It is known that Peyman's daughter is engaged in the visual arts.
Interesting Facts
Peyman Moaadi's height is 1.7 meters.
He is an engineer by training.
Filmography
- Swan Song, 2000 - as screenwriter
- Thirst (2002) - screenwriter
- Coma, 2004 - screenwriter
- Cafe Setareh, 2006 - screenwriter
- Wedding Dinner, 2006 - Writer, Director's Consultant
- Lipstick, 2007 - Writer, Director
- About Elly (2009) - actor
- Mourning, 2011 - actor
- "Separation" (A Separation), 2012 - actor
- The Snow on the Pines, 2013 - director, screenwriter
- Camp X-Ray, 2014 - actor
- Melbourne, 2014 - actor
- Tales, 2014 - actor
- "Last Knights" (Last Knights), 2015 - actor
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 2016 - actor
- "One night" (The Night Of), 2016 - actor
- Window Horses, 2016 - cartoon voice acting
- 6 feet underground (Six Underground), 2019 - actor
