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Payman Maadi
New York City, New York, USA
Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) (born 30 July 1970) is an American-born Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. Maadi begun his film career as a screenwriter with the film Swan Song…
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Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) (born 30 July 1970) is an American-born Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. Maadi begun his film career as a screenwriter with the film Swan Song (2001). He began his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009), continuing his working relationship with the director in the film A Separation (2011), which was released to widespread critical acclaim.
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2026
Crime 101
Movie Sammy Kassem
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2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
Movie
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2025
Woman and Child
Movie Hamid
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2025
Azaazil
TV show Major Behrouz Sharifi
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2024
Hard Shell
Movie Siamak
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2024
Viper of Tehran
TV show Arman Bayani
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2023
Opponent
Movie Iman
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2023
Aporia
Movie Jabir
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2023
Parfum
Movie
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2022
Leila's Brothers
Movie Manouchehr
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2022
Like a Fish on the Moon
Movie Technical Advisor
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2022
Hamid's Symphony
Movie Payman
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2020
Night Shift
Movie Asomidin Tohirov
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2020
Walnut Tree
Movie Qader
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2019
6 Underground
Movie Murat Alimov
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2019
Law of Tehran
Movie Samad
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2019
Suddenly a Tree
Movie Farhad
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2018
Pig
Movie Payman Maadi
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2018
Bomb: A Love Story
Movie Iraj
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2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Movie Payman (voice)
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2016
Westworld
TV show Elliot
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2016
The Night Of
TV show Salim Khan
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2016
Life and a Day
Movie Morteza
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2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Movie Amahl
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2015
Last Knights
Movie Emperor
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2014
Camp X-Ray
Movie Ali
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2014
Melbourne
Movie Amir
- 2014
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2014
Tales
Movie Taxi Driver
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2013
The Snow on the Pines
Movie Director
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2011
Mourning
Movie Masoud (voice)
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2011
From Iran, a Separation
Movie Self - Actor
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2011
A Separation
Movie Nader
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2009
About Elly
Movie Peyman
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2006
Cafe Setareh
Movie Writer
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2006
Wedding Dinner
Movie Writer
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2004
Coma
Movie Writer
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2003
Thirst
Movie Writer
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2001
Swan Song
Movie Writer
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The Test
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