{{short description|Iranian actor and comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Akbar Abdi | image = Akbar Abdi 2020.jpg | image_size = | height = | caption = | native_name = اکبر عبدی | native_name_lang = Fa | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|08|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | occupation = Actor, comedian | years_active = 1983–present | children = 1 | awards = [[File:Order of Culture and Art.png|30px]] [[Order of Culture and Art]] ({{small|1st Class}})<ref name="Tasnim">{{cite news|url=http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1392/06/02/122731/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%86%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84|work=[[Tasnim News Agency]]|script-title=fa:نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟ |language=fa|date=24 August 2013|access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref> | website = }} '''Akbar Abdi''' ({{langx|fa|اکبر عبدی}}, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian [[actor]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The last great revolution: turmoil and transformation in Iran |author-link=Robin Wright (author) |last=Wright |first=Robin B. |page=[https://archive.org/details/lastgreatrevolut00wrig/page/117 117] |year=2000 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |isbn=978-0-375-40639-3 |quote=Akbar Abdi is Iran's greatest comedic actor |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lastgreatrevolut00wrig/page/117 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13941008000571 |title=اکبر عبدی در زادگاهش تجلیل شد/کلید طلایی شهر در دستان هنرپیشه کشوری &#124; خبرگزاری فارس |access-date=2015-12-29 |archive-date=2015-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229220356/http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13941008000571 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has received various accolades, including two [[Crystal Simorgh]], a [[Hafez Awards|Hafez Award]] and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

== Career == He began his career in 1981 with the children's TV series “The Traffic Neighborhood”, directed by Dariush Moadebian. His main credits include “The Actor”, “Delshodegan” and “The Snowman". He also acted in the film "Ejareh-Nesheenha" (The Tenants).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/66680/iaf-to-review-akbar-abdi-s-best-films|title= IAF to Review Akbar Abdi's Best Films|date= June 19, 2017|newspaper= [[Financial Tribune]]}}</ref>

Abdi went through a [[kidney transplant]] in June 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/403997/Comedy-king-Akbar-Abdi-undergoes-kidney-transplant|title= Comedy king Akbar Abdi undergoes kidney transplant|date= July 4, 2016|newspaper= [[Tehran Times]]}}</ref> He has been criticized for [[anti-Semitic]] remarks.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/164337/|title= Activists campaign against visit of anti-Semitic Iranian comedian|date= March 11, 2015|newspaper= [[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100% ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|references}} |- ! scope=row|1984 |''The Great Controversy'' | |Siavash Shakeri | | |- ! scope=row|1985 |''The Man Who Became a Mouse'' | |Ahmad Bakhshi | | |- ! scope=row|1986 |''The Mission'' | |Hossein Zandbaf | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |1987 |''The Stranger'' |Parviz |Rahman Rezaee | | |- |''[[The Tenants (1987 film)|The Tenants]]'' |Mr. Ghandi |[[Dariush Mehrjui]] | | |- ! scope=row|1989 |''[[Grand Cinema]]'' | |Hossein Hedayat | | |- ! scope=row|1990 |''[[Mother (1991 film)|Mother]]'' |Gholam Reza |[[Ali Hatami]] | | |- ! scope=row|1991 |''The Old Men's School'' | |[[Ali Sajadi Hoseini|Ali Sajadi Hosseini]] | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |1992 |''[[Love-stricken]]'' |Faraj Boulsik |[[Ali Hatami]] | | |- |''[[Once Upon a Time, Cinema]]'' | |[[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]] | | |- ! scope=row|1993 |''[[The Actor (1993 film)|Actor]]'' |Akbar Abdi |[[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]] | | |- ! scope=row|1996 |''Mr. Sunshine'' | |Homayoun As'adian | | |- ! scope=row|1999 |''[[Dara o Nadar (film)|All]]'' | |Fereydoun Hassanpour | | |- ! scope=row|2000 |''Once Upon a Time'' | |[[Iraj Tahmasb]] | | |- ! scope="row" |2007 |''[[Ekhrajiha|The Outcast]]'' |Bayram Loder |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- ! scope=row|2008 |''[[Deldadeh|Lover]]'' | |Godratollah Solh Mirzaee | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="3" |2009 |''The Outcast 2'' |Bayram Loder |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- |''Heartbroken'' | |Ali Rouintan | | |- |''[[List of Iranian films of the 2000s|Checkmate]]'' | |Jamshid Heidari | | |- ! scope=row|2010 |''Pay Back'' | |[[Tahmineh Milani]] | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |2011 |''The Outcast 3'' |Bayram Loder |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- |''The Presiden's Cell Phone'' |Ghorban Ali's brother-in-law |[[Ali Atshani]] | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |2012 |''Displace'' |Ali |Ali Tavakolnia | | |- |''[[I Feel Sleepy]]'' |Reza's Mother |[[Reza Attaran]] | | |- ! scope=row|2013 |''[[Notoriety (2013 film)|Notoriety]]'' |Yousef |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |2014 |''The Sleepy Ones'' |Mother |[[Fereydoun Jeyrani]] | | |- |''Miʿrajis'' |Akbar |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- ! scope=row|2015 |''In Due Course'' | |Vahid Amirkhani | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |2016 |''Notoriety 2'' |Yousef |[[Masoud Dehnamaki]] | | |- |''Four Isfahanians in Baghdad'' | |Mohammad Reza Momtaz | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |2018 |''Loveulance'' |Keramat |Mohsen Mahini | | |- |''[[Misunderstanding (2018 film)|Misunderstanding]]'' | |Ahmad Reza Motamedi | | |- ! scope=row rowspan="3" |2019 |''Happy Birthday'' | |Somayyeh Zareinezhad | | |- |''X-Large'' | |Mohsen Tavakoli | | |- |''Tornado 2'' |Professor Andish |[[Javad Hashemi]] | | |- ! scope=row|2021 |''Automobile'' | |Ali Miri Ramesheh | | |- ! scope=row|2022 |''Hot Silver'' | |Mohsen Aghakhan | | |- |{{TBA}} |''Bitter Smile'' | |Mohammad Reza Momtaz | | |}

=== Web === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=font-size:100% ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Platform ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|references}} |- ! scope=row|2013–2014 |''[[King of Ear]]'' |Rahman Shoja'at |[[Davood Mir-Bagheri|Davood Mirbagheri]] |[[Video CD]] | |}

== Awards and nominations==

* Receiving the Crystal Simorgh for the second role of a man from the 8th Fajr Film Festival for his role in Ali Hatami's film Mother (1989) <ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-12-13|title=Iranactor.com - Akbar Abdi - اکبر عبدی|url=http://www.iranactor.com/artists/actors/abdi.htm|access-date=2020-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213163502/http://www.iranactor.com/artists/actors/abdi.htm|archive-date=2007-12-13}}</ref> * Receiving Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Fajr International Film Festival for his role in the film I Dream I Made by Reza Attaran<ref>{{Cite web|title="روزهای زندگی و ضد گلوله بهترین فیلم‌های جشنواره فیلم فجر شدند". مهر نیوز. ۲۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۰. دریافت‌شده در ۱۳ فوریه ۲۰۱۲.|url=http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1532500|access-date=2020-08-18|archive-date=2012-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628232938/http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1532500|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Nominated for the 20th Fajr Film Festival Award for the film Bread, Love and Motor 1000

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0008206}} * {{SourehCinema name|id=138111300095}} {{Crystal Simorgh Best Supporting Actor}} {{authority control}}

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