Peyman Moaadi
Biography
Peyman Moaadi is an Iranian-American performer who has worked as an actor, screenwriter and director. He was born in New York City and moved to Iran as a child, later earning a degree in metallurgical engineering before deciding to write for the screen. His film career began as a screenwriter with Swan Song in 2000, and he went on to write several Iranian films. He made his acting debut in Asghar Farhadi's About Elly, then starred in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) as Nader, a role that brought him a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival. He appeared in the indie drama Camp X-Ray (2014) and Last Knights (2015), and had a role in the HBO series The Night Of. He was a jury member at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2014 and won a Crystal Simorgh at the Fajr Film Festival for Walnut Tree (2020).
54years old
Turns 55 on June 30in 262 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Payman Ma'adi
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 15 years2011 to 2026
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Behind the camera
Maadi began his film career as a screenwriter, writing the 2000 film Swan Song. He went on to write several renowned Iranian films.
Behind the award
Two years after an earlier role, Maadi earned the Silver Bear for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Berlin International Film Festival for playing Nader in Farhadi's A Separation, released in 2011.
Peyman Moaadi movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Bay directed two of these films, Saeed Roustayi two. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Shohreh Aghdashloo's page
Corey Hawkins's page
Farhad Aslani's page
Navid Mohammadzadeh's page
Mehdi Hosseininia's page
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi2 films together, 2019 to 2022
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi's page
All films by Michael Bay
Saeed RoustayiDirector, 2 films, 2019 to 2022
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.