Rad, Iraj (born April 27, 1945, Tehran) Akbar Hasani Rad known as Iraj Rad, first appeared in programs for children at the age of 14. He became interested in theater and later graduated from the University of Tehran in Theater. He received his master’s degree in Theater Directing from Cardiff University in the UK. He has directing and acting experience in more than 30 plays and television films in collaboration with groups such as the Iranian Theater Society. He has also gone on stage in England
... and Germany. Between the years 1973 and 1975, in addition to acting, he wrote and presented a weekly radio program about theater. Rad’s debut as a cinematic actor was in the 'The Postman' (1972). He has starred in many movies such as 'Mina Circle' (1978), 'Tornado' (1985), 'The Tenants' (1986), 'Jafar Khan Returns from Abroad' (1987), 'The Passion of Love' (2000), 'Seven Songs' (2001), and 'Candle in the Wind' (2003). Rad has also appeared in series such as 'Stone and Glass' (1993), 'Under Your Protection' (1995), 'In My Heart' (1998), 'Missing' (1998), 'A Way to Home' (2000), 'The Network' (2002), 'Beguiled' (2002), 'Coast Guard' (2005), 'Zero Degree Turn' (2007), 'Factor 8' (2008), 'Era of Constitutional Revolution' (2009), and 'The Daughters of Eve' (2012). One of his most notable roles was that of "Nassereddin Shah" in 'Amir Kabir' TV series (1985).Iraj Rad has been a Actor in some movies:
The Tenants is about that Set almost entirely in a residential building on the outskirts of Tehran, a number of tenants encounter a series of problems with their homes. The owner of the building Abbas, however, is careless, refusing to maintain the property. What begins as a few leaks and cracks here and there escalates into a matter of life and death as the tenants struggle to deal with setback after setback. Things are complicated further by a dispute regarding the building's heir, engineered in part by the conniving Quolam. A dramatic portrayal of domestic chaos. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Farimah Farjami, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Ferdous Kaviani, Hossein Sarshar, Dariush Mehrjui, Reza Banafshekhah, Manouchehr Hamedi, Safar Kashkooli, Haroun Yashayaei, Mohamad Ali Soltanzadeh, Jahangir Mirshekari, Naser Cheshmazar, Hassan Hassandoust, Siavash Tahmoures, Reza Rooygari, Behrouz Moavenian, Rahman Moghaddam, Asghar Shahverdi, Hassan Zahedi, Faryar Javaherian, Ali Naghi Kani, Farhad Khanmohammadi, Manizheh Salimi, Yarta Yaran -, Akbar Esfahani, Mohammad Ali Naghi Kani, Davood Rahimi, Reza Ramin, Hassan Gholizadeh, Mitra Mahaseni, Ahmad Alinejad, Mehran Rouhani, Shapour Shahidi, Nasrin Ghasemzadeh, Eskandar Zaeef Nejad, Farhad Noroozi, Shahab Keliddarzade.
Touba is about that A once married Touba is just out of prison and she is on a mission to find someone. Her search leads her to the house of an ordinary family. She watches them, carefully observing the lifestyle they are living. When the family's young boy is injured at the playground, she rushes in to help him. Showing her gratitude, the boy's mother invites Touba into their home. As the mysterious woman begins work for the family as a housekeeper, it soon becomes clear that she is not as harmless as she seems. Touba has plans for the unsuspecting family. With a talented cast of actors, this chilling thriller is full of suspense and revenge. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Afsaneh Bayegan, Mehdi Sabbaghi, Kamran Ghadakchian, Abdollah Eskandari, Naser Cheshmazar, Faraj Heidari, Masoud Afshar, Fatemeh Taheri, Khosrow Malekan, Parvaneh Masoumi, Akbar Doodkar, Mahin Navidi, Hadi Jourak, Hossein Safarian, Amir Zamani, Negar Javdan, Majid Alizadeh, Shamsollah Dolatshahi, Danial Haghighat, Fatemeh Daneshzad.
Candle in the Wind is about that Farzin, an uninspired and directionless university dropout, is devastated when Ida, the woman he loves, unexpectedly dies. Ignoring the advice of his peers, and befriended by the wrong people, he finds himself irrevocably drawn into the violent and oppressive world of heroin. As he struggles to escape from his newfound life, he discovers that some choices are not his own, and that money and addiction are difficult forces to refuse in this assertive crime drama. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Asal Badiee, Azita Hajian, Bahram Radan, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Shahab Hosseini, Sirus Ebrahimzadeh, Hooshang Ghovanloo, Pouran Derakhshandeh, Poulad Kimiayi, Farhad Vilkiji, Mohammad Hadi Karimi, Parviz Abnar, Hossein Jafarian, Naser Cheshmazar, Farhad Saba, Hesam Navab Safavi, Mehri Shirazi, Jamshid Gorgin, Mohammad Shiri, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Nezamoddin Kiaie.
The Tornado is about that A young Khorasan shepherd and his family's lives are changed irrevocably in this classic war drama. When American forces blow up nuclear waste buried in the tiny village, the shepherd's flock drop down dead one by one, while the shepherd himself contracts a mysterious disease. Terrified of contagion, the other villagers cast the family out, including the shepherd’s brother Abdollah, who does his best to help find assistance in Tehran. A moving commentary on how the blameless often become the victims in war. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Faramarz Gharibian, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mehri Vadadian, Soheila Razavi, Soraya Hekmat, Kamran Ghadakchian, Alireza Davoudnejad, Abdollah Eskandari, Majid Entezami, Reza Banki, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Ahmad Hashemi, Mohammad Motee, Mokhtar Saeghi, Sam Gharibian, Amir Hossein Khanshahri, Hossein Safarian, Karim Neshat, Amir Molaei, Hassan Norouzi, Mohsen Aslani, Reza Ardalan, Tayyeb Sherafati, Mohammad Taghi Sharifi, Majid Alizadeh, Mohammad Zamani -, Khosrow Amir Sadeghi, Shervin Amir Sadeghi, Ebrahim Aghajani, Ahmad Nasr, Fereydoun Aboo Zia, Azar Rezaei, Amir Tavasol, Hossein Pourhosseini, Ali Banki, Iran Eskandari, Hossein Noroozi.
The Postman is about that An impotent, nervous, unbalanced postman, having a beautiful wife, lives in his master's house. When the educated nephew of the master comes back from Europe, complications occur which result to bad events for the postman and his wife. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Ali Nasirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Dariush Mehrjui, Hormoz Farhat, Houshang Baharloo, Rubik Mansouri, Amrollah Saberi, Esmat Safavi, Talat Mirfendereski, Ahmad Reza Ahmadi, Bahman Forsi, Ezzatollah Ramezanifar, Varoozh Karapetian, Mehdi Missaghieh, Sanan Kiani, Naser Jafari, Zanich, Zhaleh Sam, Davood Aria.
Passion of Love is about that Sahar runs away from home with his fiance Kiyan because her father doesn't let her marry him. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Bahram Radan, Mahnaz Afshar, Pourandokht Mahiman, Reza Khandan, Kazem Afrandnia, Jafar Bozorgi, Babak Noori, Mehdi Darabi, Faraj Heidari, Pirouz Arjmand, Nader Moghaddas, Felor Nazari, Mehdi Amini Khah, Dariush Babaeian, Mehdi Habibipur, Mina Noroozi, Homa Khakpash, Yavar Torang, Ali Barjasteh, Majid Khamseh, Masoomeh Eskandari.
Jafar Khan Has Returned from Abroad is about that Jafar Khan, son of a rich traditional family in Tehran, comes back to Iran after spending 8 years for studying in Europe, but he has changed completely to the extent that he cannot even speaks Farsi properly. In this film Iraj Rad collaborates with Ezzatolah Entezami, Jahangir Forouhar, Hossein Sarshar, Soroor Nejatollahi, Ali Hatami, Abbas Ganjavi, Aziz Saati, Abdollah Eskandari, Eshagh Khanzadi, Mehrdad Fakhimi, Reza Arham Sadr, Morteza Hannaneh, Mohammad Ali Miandar, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Houshang Harirchian, Eskandar Rafiei, Ali Abassi, Gholamreza Mohebbi, Ali Akbar Erfani, Hasan Moghadam, Saeed Mohaghegh, Fereydoun Sourani, Mansoor Jahanshahi, Mehdi Gholi Safapoor, Mansour Nasiri.
Other films are:
Jamshid Mashayekhi, Visa, Sohrab to Sohrab, Like Clouds in the Springtime, The Cycle, His Place Is No Longer Empty, Half of the World
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