Mehran Modiri

Mehran Modiri
Born	(1968-04-07) April 7, 1968 Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Actor director comedian singer TV host
Years active	1974–present
Notable work	Joyful Hour On Tiptoes Barareh Nights Man of Many faces Bitter Coffee Dorehami
Children	2
Awards	Hafez Awards (7 awards)
Website	https://modiri.ir
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Mehran Modiri (Persian: مهران مدیری, born April 7, 1967) is a prolific Iranian actor, television and cinema director, comedian and musician. He is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series which have been broadcast through IRIB have set records in terms of viewership (an estimated 85% viewership when he is on air), as well as make him a popular personality among masses. 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 broadcast by the IRIB.

He continued appearing in television comedies, however, he achieved real stardom with his creation of Pavarchin (Tiptoeing), in which he won numerous awards for directing and starring in the picture. He tasted success again when he directed and starred in Noghtechin (Ellipsis), and Jayezeye Bozorg (The Grand Prize), which became major hits on television in Iran.

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 also released a music album and performed in a number of concerts. He is also a veteran of the Iran–Iraq War.

In 2009 Modiri was named by Newsweek as one of the 20 people who dominate power and public discourse in Iran. In 2015–2018 Modiri mostly seen in Nasim TV at Dorehami program with Avvalmarket sponsorship.

Personal life

Mehran Modiri is the last child of the family originally from the city Arak. He has three elder brothers. He is married and has two children, named Farhad and Shahrzad. Modiri was born and raised in a low income family in the south of Tehran, Iran. He worked in many physical and low paying jobs as a child and teenager, including carpenter, porter, welder, mechanic and baker.

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.

His first movie as a director is Saat-e-5-e-asr (ساعت پنج عصر in Persian – means: 5 O'clock in the afternoon ) had a great start in Iran's Box Office. In this movie, Siamak Ansari acts as the main artist.

TV series

Year	Name	Director	Modiri's Part
1992	The Little Fists	Soraya Ghasemi	Actor
	Tales	Mojtaba Yassini	Actor
	Advices and Admonitions	Mojtaba Yassini	Actor
1993	Nowruz of 72	Dariush Kardan	Actor
	Cherry Orchard	Majid Beheshti	Actor
	Flight no. 57	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1994	Joyful Hour	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1995	Joyful Year	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1996	Joyful Moment	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Nowruz of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Corpus of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Collection of 76	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1997	Flowers of 76	Mehran Ghafourian	Actor
1998	Nowruz of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Corpus of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Collection of 77	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
1998	Flowers of 77	Mehran Ghafourian	Actor
1999	Excuse me, who are you?	Mehran Modiri	Host and director
	Plaque no. 14	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2000	90 Nights	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2001	Sitcom of 80	Mehran Modiri	Host & Director
2002	Parents' Trouble	Masoud Navvabi	Actor
	On Tiptoes	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2004	The Dots	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director & Costume Designer
2005	Great Award	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2005–2006	Barareh Nights	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2007	Mozaffar's Garden	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2008	Man of Many Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2009	Man of Many Many Faces	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2015	At the Margin	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2015	At the Margin 2	Mehran Modiri	Director
2016–2018	Dorehami (3 seasons)	Mehran Modiri	Host & Director

Home Network Entertainment

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2007	Mozaffar's Treasure	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2010	Bitter Coffee	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor
2010	Laughing Bomb	Mehran Modiri	Actor & Director
2012	Frozen Heart (Season 3)	Saman Moghadam	Actor
2012	My Villa	Mehran Modiri	Producer & Director & Actor & Costume Designer
2013	I'm just kidding	Mehran Modiri	Producer & Director & Actor
2015	Sneezing	Mehran Modiri	Producer & Director & Actor
2019	Monster (Hayoola)	Mehran Modiri	Director & Actor

Movies

Year	Title	Director
1994	Visit	Mohammad Reza Honarmand
2002	Tokyo Non-Stop	Saeed Alamzadeh
2008	Dayere Zangi (The Tambourine (Satellite Dish))	Parisa Bakhtavar
2008	There Is Always a Woman in Between	Kamal Tabrizi
2012	Tehran 1500	Bahram Azimi
2012	The Wooden Bridge	Mehdi Karampour
2017	5 O'clock in the afternoon (Saat-e-5-e-Asr)	Mehran Modiri
2018	We Are All Together	Kamal Tabrizi
2018	Rahman 1400	Manouchehr Hadi

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	Ali Moazzeni

Discography

Albums

• 1999: Deltangi-ha – Declamation of Hatef Alimardani 's Poems.
• 2000: Az Roo-ye Sadegi – composed by: Babak Bayat and Fardin Khalatbari

Single Tracks

• 2003: Ahang-e Film-e Hamnafas – composed by: Fardin Khalatbari
• 2004: Ahang-e film-e Shabhaye barareh
• 2005: Ahang-e film-e Baghe mozaffar
• 2010: Ahang-e serial-e Ghahveye Talkh – two tracks, produced by Bahram Dehghanyar
• 2010: Bia Berim Kooh – produced by Darkoob Band in Darkoob Album
• 2010: Heyran – produced by Darkoob Band in Darkoob Album
• 2016: Ahang-e Titraje Dorehami – composed by Mahyar Alizadeh
• 2016: Ahang-e serial-e Zaaferani – Two tracks, composed by Mahyar Alizadeh
• 2017: Ahang-e Yar Toei – composed by Mahyar Alizadeh

Awards and nominations

Mehran Modiri with 7 awards holds the record for most Hafez Awards won by an individual until 2018

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	The Best of TV	Best Director	Saate Khosh (Joyful Hour)	Nominated
1998	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Director	Corpus of 77	Won
1998	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Actor	Corpus of 77	Won
1999	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Director	Excuse me, who are you?	Won
1999	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Actor	Excuse me, who are you?	Won
2003	7th Hafez Awards	Best Director	Pavarchin	Nominated
2003	7th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Pavarchin	Won
2005	8th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Noghtechin	Nominated
2005	The Best of Channel 3 Ceremony	Best Comedy Director	–	Won
2006	9th Hafez Awards	Best Actor jointly with Siamak Ansari	Shabhaye Barareh	Won
2006	9th Hafez Awards	Best ِِDirector	Shabhaye Barareh	Nominated
2007	10th Hafez Awards	Best TV series and cinematic song	Mozaffar's Garden	Won
2008	26th Fajr International Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	There's Always a Woman in Between	Nominated
2011	12th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Bitter Coffee	Won
2011	12th Hafez Awards	Best ِDirector	Bitter Coffee	Nominated
2011	American Liberty University	Honorary Doctorate	Himself	Honored
2016	16th Hafez Awards	Best ِActor	At the Margin	Nominated
2016	16th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2017	17th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2017	3Star(TV Audience poll)	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2018	Halaa Khorshid's Audience poll	Social Face of The Year	–	Won
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Film(Producer)	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Screenwriter	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best Director	Saat-e- 5-e- Asr ( 5 O'clock in the afternoon )	Nominated
2018	18th Hafez Awards	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2018	Sin e Sima Festival	Best TV Presenter	Dorehami	Won
2019	19th Hafez Awards	Best Actor	Rahman 1400	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• Mehran Modiri at IMDb