Hamid Farrokhnezhad

Hamid Farrokhnezhad is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including four Simorgh award (two for acting), two Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, and an Iran’s Film Critics and Writers Association Award. He started his career in student theatre and making some short films. After acting in Khosrow Sinai’s Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh he had the chance to play a role in another movie by Sinai, Aroos-e Atash aka Bride of fire which brought him many awards in Fajr Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Khane-ye Cinema award. He had roles in three films by Sinai and had worked with notable Iranian directors such as Ebrahim Hatamikia, Asghar Farhadi and Bahram Beyzayi. He also gained TV popularity after acting in the role of a ghost named “Hasan Golab” in a TV series directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.