{{Short description|Iranian actor and playwright (1944–2024)}} {{More sources|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Saeed Rad | native_name_lang = fa | image = Saeed Rad 1.jpg | caption = Rad in 2019 | native_name = سعید راد | birth_name = Ahmad Saeed Haghparast Rad<ref name="ufalf">{{cite web | title=ماجرای عاشق شدن سعید راد | publisher=Fararu | date= | url=https://fararu.com/fa/news/353071/ماجرای-عاشق-شدن-سعید-راد | access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|10|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Tehran, Iran | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|22|1944|10|26|df=y}} | death_place = Tehran, Iran | othername = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1968–1984<br>2003–2021 | spouse = {{marriage|Nooshafarin|1975|1993|end=div}} | children = 2 | relatives = Adam Hemati (grandson)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.afkarnews.com/بخش-چهره-ها-185/1087238-تبریک-تولد-سعید-راد-توسط-بازیکن-سابق-پرسپولیس-عکس|title=زندگینامه}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shahrekhabar.com/news/163525980083664|title=زندگینامه|date=26 October 2021 }}</ref> | alma_mater = | awards = }}
''' Ahmad Saeed Hagh Parast Raad''' ({{langx|fa|احمد سعید حق پرست راد}}, also romanized as ''Said Rād'' and ''Sa'id Rād''; 26 October 1944 – 22 July 2024) was an Iranian actor and playwright who started his career in 1968. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his career.
After a minor role in M. Zarrindast's ''Conquerors of the Desert'' in 1969, he was invited by Amir Naderi to play the leading role of his debut film, ''Adieu Friend'' (1971).
He married singer/actress Nooshafarin in 1975, and they separated in 1993.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=پیام نوشآفرین به مناسبت درگذشت همسر سابقش سعید راد+عکس |url=https://www.parsine.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-126/881330-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=پارسینه |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=اینترنتی |first=تابناک باتو {{!}} مجله |date=2024-08-02 |title=ماجرای عاشقی سعید راد و نوش آفرین از زبان احمد نجفی |url=https://tabnakbato.ir/fa/news/319598/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4%E2%80%8C-%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81%DB%8C |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref>
Raad died following complications from a fall on 22 July 2024, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2024 |title=Iranian actor Saeed Rad passes away at 79 |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/218182/Iranian-actor-Saeed-Rad-passes-away-at-79 |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://iranpress.com/fourth-and-eternal-sequence-of-saeed-s-life | title=Fourth and Eternal Sequence of Saeed's Life }}</ref>
==Filmography== [[File:سعید راد و مرجان در فیلم مردی در طوفان1.jpg|thumb|Marjan with Saeed Rad in 1972]] * ''Deadlock'', 1973 * ''Made in Iran'', 1979 * ''Journey of the Stone'', 1977 * ''The Border'', 1981 * ''The Red Line'', 1982 * ''The Imperilled'', 1982 * ''Farmaan'', 1982 * ''Daadshah'', 1983 * ''Crossing the Mine Field'', 1983 * ''Eagles'', 1984 * ''Duel'', 2002 * ''Che'', 2014 * ''End of Service'', 2015 * ''Love and Frenzy'', 2015
He has also acted in notable Iranian TV series including ''In the Eye of the Wind'' in the role of Reza Shah.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Saeed Rad}} *{{IMDb name|0705282}}
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