Amir Jadidi

Amir Jadidi (Persian: امیر جدیدی; born June 20, 1984) is an Iranian actor and tennis player. He is well known for his starring roles in Crazy Rook (2015), A Dragon Arrives! (2016), The Lost Strait (2018), Cold Sweat (2018) and Zero Day (2020). He is also best known internationally for his role as Rahim in A Hero, which won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Jadidi has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the 36th Fajr Film Festival for his performances in the war drama The Lost Strait and sport drama Cold Sweat (2018).[1][2][3]

Amir Jadidi
Jadidi at the 38th Fajr Film Festival (2020)
Born (1984-06-20) 20 June 1984
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationMaster of Business Administration
Alma materAzad University
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active2010–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Jadidi got his bachelor in Industrial Engineering and was graduated from Azad University in MBA. He started his acting career with Africa in 2013.[4][5][6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
2013 Africa Kasra Houman Seyyedi
Before Sunrise Tahmineh Bahram Alian Short film
2014 Thirteen Arash Houman Seyyedi
End of the Service Pourya Hamid Zargarnezhad
2015 Crazy Rook Pirouz Abolhassan Davoudi the fifth highest-grossing film of 2015 in Iran
Koshk Abdullah Al Kaabi Short Film
2016 Atousa's Laughter Behzad Alireza Farid
I Aria Soheil Beiraghi
A Dragon Arrives! Babak Hafizi Mani Haghighi
Phenomenon Ali Ahmadzadeh hasn't released yet
2017 Domestic Killer Siavash Masoud Kimiai
2018 The Lost Strait Hasan Bahram Tavakoli
Cold Sweat Yaser Shahhosseini Soheil Beiraghi
Hat-trick Farzad Ramtin Lavafipour
2019 Murphy's Law Farokh Rambod Javan the thirty-fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Iran
2020 Zero Day Reza / Siavash Saeed Malekan
Latyan Taha Ali Teymoori the seventh highest-grossing film of 2020 in Iran
2021 A Hero Rahim Asghar Farhadi Shortlisted at the 94th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
TBA Untitled Mohammad Kart Project Mohammad Kart

Television
Year Title Director Notes
2013 Ring Seyyed Jamal Seyyed Hatami TV film

Music video
Year Title Artist
2014 Why Did You Leave Me? Homayoun Shajarian

Theater
Year Title Role Stage Notes
2012 An Unfinished Narration of an Adjourned Season Hafez Hall
2015 Caligula Helicon Vahdat Hall
2016 The Soprano Independent Theater of Tehran
2019 Herring Shahrzad Theater Also producer

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2016 Fajr Film Festival Best Actor in a Supporting Role I Nominated
2018 Best Actor in a Leading Role Cold Sweat and The Lost Strait Won
2020 Best Actor in a Leading Role Zero Day Nominated
2014 Fajr International Film Festival Best Actor in a Leading Role Thirteen and End of the Service Diploma Honorary
2020 Fajr International Theater Festival Best Actor in a Leading Role Herring Won
2017 Hafez Awards Best Actor – Motion Picture I Nominated
2018 Best Actor – Motion Picture Domestic Killer Nominated
2019 Best Actor – Motion Picture Cold Sweat Nominated
2021 Best Actor – Motion Picture A Hero Won
2019 Iran Cinema Celebration Best Actor in a Leading Role Cold Sweat Nominated
2016 Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Best Actor in a Supporting Role I Nominated
2018 Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Lost Strait Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Cold Sweat Nominated
2019 Malaysia International Film Festival Best Actor in a Leading Role Hat-trick Nominated
2021 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor A Hero Nominated
2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film A Hero Won
2022 Agrandisman Awards Best Actor A Hero Won

References
  1. Lattanzio, Ryan (2021-07-17). "'Titane' Wins Palme d'Or, Plus Full Cannes Winners List". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. "بیوگرافی کامل و فیلم های برتر "امیر جدیدی"". نمناک (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  3. "بیوگرافی امیر جدیدی از "پایان خدمت" تا جشنواره کن+ عکس". ایمنا (in Persian). 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  4. "امیر جدیدی در لتیان". ISNA (in Persian). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  5. "بازیگر معروف به اردوی تیم ملی تنیس دعوت شد!". 5 April 2021.
  6. "معرفی فیلم «من» با بازی لیلا حاتمی و امیر جدیدی/ یکی از شانس های پدیده شدن در جشنواره فجر". cinematicket (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-02-01.


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