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Payman Maadi

Screenwriter / Film Director / Actor / Costume Designer | * 07/30/1970 (53) | New York, New York City (United States of America (USA))
Payman Maadi (Persian: پیمان معادی; born July 9, 1970) also known as Peyman Moadi, is an Iranian-American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for starring in the films A Separation (2011) and About Elly (2009) by Iranian Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi and Last Knights (2015) and the independent drama film Camp X-Ray (2014). For his role in A Separation, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival (2011). ()
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Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) was born in 1970 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. Peyman Maadi's family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. Peyman Maadi started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Fest.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and wh ...

Camp X-Ray

R

2014 | 3.4/5 | 1h 57min
Drama
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Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has ...

The Snow on the Pines

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2013 | 3.0/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the f ...

Bomb: A Love Story

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2018 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Drama, War
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A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's dise ...

A Separation

PG-13

2011 | 4.0/5 | 2h 3min
Drama
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Movies with Payman Maadi as Actor(22)

as Jabir2023 Aporia
as Iman2023 Opponent
2023 The Test
as Manouchehr2022 Leila's Brothers
as Qader2020 Walnut Tree
as Asomidin Tohirov2020 Night Shift
as Murat Alimov2019 6 Underground
2019 Suddenly a Tree
as Samad2019 Just 6.5
as Iraj2018 Bomb: A Love Story
as himself2018 Pig
as Amahl2016 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
as Payman2016 Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Morteza2016 Life and a Day
as Emperor2015 Last Knights
as Taxi Driver2014 Tales
as Ali2014 Camp X-Ray
2014 Melbourne
as Masoud (voice)2011 Mourning
as Nader2011 A Separation
as Self - Actor2011 From Iran, a Separation
as Peyman2009 About Elly

TV Shows/Series with Payman Maadi as Actor(3)

as Arman Bayani2024 Viper Of Tehran
as Elliot2016 Westworld
as Salim Khan2016 The Night Of

Movies with Payman Maadi as Crew(8)

Directing/Director2018 Bomb: A Love Story
Writing/Writer2018 Bomb: A Love Story
Directing/Director2013 The Snow on the Pines
Writing/Writer2013 The Snow on the Pines
Writing/Writer2006 Cafe Setareh
Writing/Writer2006 Wedding Dinner
Writing/Writer2004 Coma
Writing/Writer2001 Swan Song

TV Shows/Series with Payman Maadi as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer2024 Viper Of Tehran

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Born: Thursday, 07/30 1970 (July) in New York, New York City (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 53 years + 272 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Persian (FA)
Educated at: Islamic Azad University of Karaj, Islamic Azad University
Other names for Payman Maadi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"پیمان معادی"
"Payman Maādi"
"Peyman Moādi"
"Peyman Moadi"
"Peyman Maadi"
Payman Maadi frequently works together with these people:
Asghar Farhadi (10x, Crew)
Saeed Roustaee (7x, Crew)
Jonathan Nolan (6x, Crew)
Lisa Joy (6x, Crew)
Michael Bay (5x, Crew)
Leila Hatami (4x, Actress)
Saber Abar (4x, Actor)
Mahnaz Afshar (4x, Actress)
Jordan Goldberg (4x, Crew)
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh (4x, Actress)
Morteza Farshbaf (4x, Crew)
Mani Haghighi (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:78500, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024