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Iranian actor and comedian

Akbar Abdi اکبر عبدی Born (1960-08-26) 26 August 1960 (age 65) Tehran, Iran Occupations Actor, comedian Years active 1983–present Children 1 Awards Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)[1]

**Akbar Abdi** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): اکبر عبدی, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian [actor](/source/Actor).[2][3] He has received various accolades, including two [Crystal Simorgh](/source/Crystal_Simorgh), a [Hafez Award](/source/Hafez_Awards) 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).[4]

Abdi went through a [kidney transplant](/source/Kidney_transplant) in June 2016.[5] He has been criticized for [anti-Semitic](/source/Anti-Semitic) remarks.[6]

## Filmography

### Film

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

### Web

Year Title Role Director Platform Ref(s) 2013–2014 King of Ear Rahman Shoja'at 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) [7]

- 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[8]

- Nominated for the 20th Fajr Film Festival Award for the film Bread, Love and Motor 1000

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tasnim_1-0)** [نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟](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). *[Tasnim News Agency](/source/Tasnim_News_Agency)* (in Persian). 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Wright, Robin B.](/source/Robin_Wright_(author)) (2000). [*The last great revolution: turmoil and transformation in Iran*](https://archive.org/details/lastgreatrevolut00wrig/page/117). [Alfred A. Knopf](/source/Alfred_A._Knopf). p. [117](https://archive.org/details/lastgreatrevolut00wrig/page/117). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-375-40639-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-375-40639-3). Akbar Abdi is Iran's greatest comedic actor

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["اکبر عبدی در زادگاهش تجلیل شد/کلید طلایی شهر در دستان هنرپیشه کشوری | خبرگزاری فارس"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151229220356/http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13941008000571). Archived from [the original](http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13941008000571) on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2015-12-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["IAF to Review Akbar Abdi's Best Films"](https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/66680/iaf-to-review-akbar-abdi-s-best-films). *[Financial Tribune](/source/Financial_Tribune)*. June 19, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Comedy king Akbar Abdi undergoes kidney transplant"](http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/403997/Comedy-king-Akbar-Abdi-undergoes-kidney-transplant). *[Tehran Times](/source/Tehran_Times)*. July 4, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Activists campaign against visit of anti-Semitic Iranian comedian"](http://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/164337/). *[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles](/source/The_Jewish_Journal_of_Greater_Los_Angeles)*. March 11, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Iranactor.com - Akbar Abdi - اکبر عبدی"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071213163502/http://www.iranactor.com/artists/actors/abdi.htm). 2007-12-13. Archived from [the original](http://www.iranactor.com/artists/actors/abdi.htm) on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [""روزهای زندگی و ضد گلوله بهترین فیلم‌های جشنواره فیلم فجر شدند". مهر نیوز. ۲۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۰. دریافت‌شده در ۱۳ فوریه ۲۰۱۲"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120628232938/http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1532500). Archived from [the original](http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1532500) on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

## External links

- [Akbar Abdi](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008206/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Akbar Abdi](http://sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138111300095/) on [SourehCinema](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7) (in Persian)

v t e Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor No Winner 1983 Parviz Parastui (1984) No Winner 1985 Esmaeil Mohammadi (1986) Saeed Poursamimi (1987) Saeed Poursamimi (1988) Mahmoud Jafari (1989) Akbar Abdi (1990) Saeed Poursamimi (1991) Majid Mozaffari (1992) Jahanbakhsh Soltani (1993) Jafar Dehghan (1994) Ali Mosaffa (1995) Hossein Yari (1996) Amin Tarokh (1997) Reza Kianian (1998) Hossein Mahjoub (1999) Hamid Farrokhnezhad (2000) Dariush Arjmand (2001) Ezzatolah Entezami (2002) Not Awarded 2003 Kambiz Dirbaz (2004) Khosrow Shakibai (2005) Hamid Lolayi (2006) Afshin Hashemi (2007) Mohsen Tanabandeh (2008) Alireza Khamseh (2009) Mehdi Faghih (2010) Hamed Behdad (2011) Akbar Abdi (2012) Rambod Javan (2013) Babak Hamidian (2014) Houman Seyyedi (2015) Navid Mohammadzadeh (2016) Navid Mohammadzadeh (2017) Jamshid Hashempour (2018) Ali Nassirian (2019) Amir Aghaei (2020) Pouria Rahimi Sam (2021) Nader Soleimani (2022) Sajjad Babaee (2023) Behzad Khalaj (2024) Farhad Aish (2025)

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