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Ramin Yazdani
Isfahan, Iran
Ramin Yazdani (born July 20, 1952, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian-German actor and director. Ramin Yazdani grew up in Iran, where he gained his first theatrical experiences as a…
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Ramin Yazdani (born July 20, 1952, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian-German actor and director. Ramin Yazdani grew up in Iran, where he gained his first theatrical experiences as a teenager. After studying economics, theater studies, acting, and film in the United States, he initially returned to Iran before moving to Germany in 1985. In Hamburg, he founded the Persian Theater in 1991 and the Festival of Iranian Theater in 1995; he also worked at venues including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theater, the Hamburg State Opera, and Kampnagel. In addition to his work as a director, he realized numerous independent theater projects. Since the early 1990s, Yazdani has appeared regularly in film and television productions. His credits include *Hallo, Onkel Doc!*, *Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh*, *Der Medicus*, *Kreuzweg*, *Familie verpflichtet*, and the Norwegian series *Nobel*. For his lead role in *Si-o-se Pol – Die letzten Tage des Parvis K.*, he received multiple international awards for Best Actor. Furthermore, he has held guest roles in series such as *SOKO Leipzig*, *Notruf Hafenkante*, and *Großstadtrevier*, and has also worked as a voice actor for radio plays. In 2021, Yazdani participated in the #allesdichtmachen campaign, in which actors offered satirical commentary on COVID-19 containment measures. He lives in Hamburg and is the father of the historian Kaveh Yazdani.
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2025
Highly Explosive
Movie Nika Shabani
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2024
Die schönste Bescherung
Movie Navid
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2023
Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte
Movie Faras
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2023
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
Movie Self
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2023
German Genius
TV show Emir
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2022
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Movie Farhad Khan
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2021
Familie ist ein Fest - Taufalarm
Movie Masud Manipur
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2021
Ich und die Anderen
TV show Taxifahrer
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2021
BA HAM
Movie
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2020
Alle in einem Boot
Movie Arif
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2017
A Summer in Cyprus
Movie Ioannis
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2016
Almuth und Rita - Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel
Movie Asim
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2016
Nobel
TV show Heydar Zamani
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2016
Dead Man Working
Movie Scheich Senior
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2016
Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv
TV show Tarik Rahman
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2015
Si-o-se Pol
Movie Parvis Karimpour
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2015
Family Commitments
Movie Aledrissi
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2015
Krüger aus Almanya
Movie Ahmed
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2015
Famous Five 4
Movie Ibrahim
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2014
Stations of the Cross
Movie Arzt
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2014
Gibsy - Rukeli Trollmanns Kampf ums Leben
Movie Schnipplo Trollmann
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2013
The Physician
Movie Rabbi
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2012
Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier
TV show Ömer Dilek
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2012
Mit geradem Rücken
Movie Anas Hafez
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2012
Iron Sky
Movie Pakistani Representative
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2012
Die Draufgänger
TV show Nadir Altai
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2010
Zimtstern und Halbmond
Movie Abu Kamal
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2010
Danni Lowinski
TV show Ali Genc
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2008
Leo und Marie – Eine Weihnachtsliebe
Movie Kellner im „1001 Nacht“
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2007
Hamburg Dockland
TV show Adnan Aydin
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2006
The Stoning
Movie Prison Govenor
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2004
Das Traumhotel
TV show Scheich Abdul
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2003
Kommissarin Lucas
TV show Faruk Hashemi
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2002
Falcons
Movie Scarface
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2002
Life Kills Me
Movie
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2001
Bloody Nuisance
Movie
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2001
Abschnitt 40
TV show Herr Al-Hariri
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2001
SOKO Leipzig
TV show Tahir al Zayed
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1999
Ein Vater im Alleingang
Movie Abu Farrat
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1999
SK Kölsch
TV show Thabit
