Mehran Modiri

Mehran Modiri
Born	Mehran Modiri January, 1962 Tehran, Iran

Mehran Modiri (Persian: مهران مدیری ‎, (born January 8, 1962) in Tehran, Iran) is a prolific Iranian actor, television director,comedian and musician. His artistic career began in his teenage years as he was 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 broadcasted by the IRIB.

He continued appearing in television comedies, however, he achieved real stardom with his creation of Pavarchin, in which he won numerous awards for directing and starring in the picture. He tasted success again when he directed and starred in Noghtechin, and Jayezeye Bozorg, which became major hits on television in Iran^{[citation needed]}.

Afterwards, 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, which resulted in an abrupt end to the show after 92 episodes, without completely explaining the Barareh history.

He has starred in two full length films, and had planned on entering the film industry once again after Shabhaye Barareh was completed. However, he instead started working on his next project, television series Baghe Mozaffar.

Modiri is also an active participant in the music world having released a number of music albums and performed in a number of concerts, all of which were sold out^{[citation needed]}. He is also a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War^{[citation needed]}. He is married and has two children.

Filmography

Mehran Modiri has acted in various TV series. Most of the popularity and fame he has garnered among the people of Iran emanates from his participation in these programs.

• TV Series

Year	Name	Translation ( in English )	Director	Modiri's Part
1992	Moshtha-ye Kuchak	The Little Fists	Soraya Ghasemi	Actor
	Hekayat-ha	Tales	Mojtaba Yassini	Actor
	Pand-ha va Andarz-ha	Advices	Mojtaba Yassini	Actor
1993	Norooz-e 72	Norooz of 72	Dariush Kardan	Actor
	Bagh-e Gilas	Cherry Orchard	Majid Beheshti	Actor
	Parvaz-e 57	The Flight 57	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1994	Saat-e Khosh	Happy Hour	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1995	Sal-e Khosh	Happy Year	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Norooz-e 76	Norooz of 76 ( IRIB1 )	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
	Norooz-e 76	Norooz of 76 ( IRIB2 )	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Jong-e 77	Show in 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1999	Bebakhshid Shoma	Excuse me! You are?	Mehran Modiri	Host and Director
	Pelak-e 14	Number 14	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2000	90 Shab	90 Nights	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2001	Tanz-e 80	Satire 80	Mehran Modiri	Host & Director
2002	Dardesar-e Valedein	Parents' Predicaments	Masoud Navvabi	Actor
	Pavarchin	Tiptoe	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2004	Noghteh-chin	Dotted	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director & Costume Designer
2005	Jayezeh-ye Bozorg	The Grand Prize	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2005-2006	Shabha-ye Barareh	The Nights Of Barareh	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2007	Bagh-e Mozaffar	Mozaffar's Garden	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2008	Mard-e Hezar Chehreh	The Man with A Thousand Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2009	Mard-e Do Hezar Chehreh	The Man with Two Thousand Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2010	Ghahve-ye Talkh	The Bitter Coffee	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor

• Movies

Year	Name	Translation in English	Director
1994	Didar	Visit	Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2002	Tokyo Bedoon-e Tavaqqof	Tokyo Non-Stop	Saeed Alamzadeh
2007	Ganj-e Mozaffar (A 10 episode CD release)	Mozaffar's Treasure	Mehran Modiri
2008	Dayere Zangi	The Tambourine (Satellite Dish)	Parisa Bakhtavar
2008	Hamishe Paye Yek Zan Dar Miyan Ast	There Is Always a Woman In Between	Kamal Tabrizi
2012	Pole choobi	wood Bridge	Mehdi Karampour

Acting in Theater

Before acting in TV series and films, Mehran Modiri had performed in the 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

Discography

Albums

• 1999 : Deltangi-ha - Declamation of Hatef Alimardani 's Poems.
• 2000 : Az Roo-ye Sadegi - Composed By : Babak Bayat and Fardin Khalatbari
• 2003 : Ahang-e Film-e Hamnafas - Composed By: Fardin Khalatbari
• 2004 : Ahang-e film-e Shabhaye barareh
• 2005 : Ahang-e film-e Baghe mozaffar

Awards

Title	For Film/TV/Drama	Status of Winning	Year
Best Actor	Khargoosh (drama)	Won (Golden Parrot)	1974
	Jong-e 77	Won	1998
	Bebakhshid Shoma?	Won	1999
	Pavarchin	Won	2002
	Pavarchin	Won	2003
Best Director	Saat-e Khosh	Nominated	1996
	Jong-e 77	Won	1998
	Bebakhshid Shoma?	Won	1999
	Pavarchin	Won	2002
	Pavarchin	Won	2003

External links

• Mehran Modiri at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website
• The Source Of Mehran Modiri (Fans Website)