# Hamid Farrokhnezhad

Hamid Farrokhnezhad (Persian: حمید فرخ‌نژاد, Romanized as 'Hamīd Farrokhnežād'; born 17 April 1969) is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh (two for acting), two Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards, and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

## Career

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.
On 26 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Farrokhnezhad criticized the invasion of Ukraine, calling it “savagery” and “brutal attack”, and announced that he returned the best actor award he had received from the 2005 Moscow International Film Festival, in protest of the invasion.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | English Title | Role | Director |
| 1991 | Dar Kooche-haye Eshgh | "In the alleys of love" | | Khosrow Sinai |
| 2000 | Aroos-e Atash | "Bride of fire" | Farhan | Khosrow Sinai |
| 2002 | Low Heights | "Ertefa-e Past" | Ghasem | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 2004 | Tab | "The Fever" | | Reza karimi |
| 2004 | Be Rang-e-Arghavan | "In Amethyst Color" | Behzad | Ebrahim Hatamikia |
| 2005 | Big Drum Under Left Foot | "Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap" | "Hafez | Kazem Ma'soumi |
| 2006 | Sahne-ye Jorm, Voroud Mamnou' | "Crime scene, No admittance" | Maj. Parsa | Ebrahim Sheibani |
| 2006 | Fireworks Wednesday | "Chaharshanbeh Soori" | Morteza | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2008 | Haghighat-e Gomshodeh | "The lost truth" | Dr. Kia | Mohammad Ahmadi |
| 2008 | Atashkar | "Fire keeper" | Sohrab | Mohsen Amiryoussefi |
| 2008 | Hareem | "Sanctum" | Maj. Mohebbi | Reza Khatibi |
| 2008 | Shab-e Vaghe'e | "The night of the incident" | Daryagholi | Shahram Asadi |
| 2009 | Poosteh | "The shell" | Saeed | Mostafa Al-e Ahmad |
| 2009 | Bidari-e Royaha | "The Awakening of the Dreams" | Ayub's Brother | Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar |
| 2009 | Democracy Tou Rouze Roshan | "Democracy in Daylight" | Sotudeh | Ali Atshani |
| 2010 | Shokolat-e Dagh | "Hot Chokolate" | | Hamed Kolahdari |
| 2010 | Dar Entezare Mojezeh | "Waiting for a Miracle" | Amir | Rasul Sadr Ameli |
| 2010 | Mohammad | "Muhammad" | Abu sufyan | Majid Majidi |
| 2011 | Gasht-e Ershad | "Guidance Patrol" | Haj Abbas | Saeed Soheili |
| 2012 | Zendegi-e Khosusi-e Agha va Khanom-e Mim | "The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M " | Mohsen Mehrad | Rouhollah Hejazi |
| 2012 | Parinaaz | "Parinaz" | Zakaria | Bahram Bahramian |
| 2012 | Esterdad | "Reclamation" | Faramarz Takin | Ali Ghaffari |
| 2012 | The Wedlock | "Zendegi-ye Moshtarek-e Aghaye Mahmoudi va Banoo" | Mansour Mahmoodi | Ruhollah Hejazi |
| 2012 | Besharat be yek shahrvand-e Hezareye Sevvom | "Annunciation to a Third Millennium Citizen" | Detective | Mohammad Hadi Karimi |
| 2013 | Mordan be Vaght-e Shahrivar | "Death ath the Time of Shahrivar" | Alireza | Hatef Alimardani |
| 2013 | Parvaz-e Zanburha | "Flight of the Bees" | | Hamed Amrayi |
| 2015 | Yasin | "Yasin" | Mahmoud | Hamed Amrayi |
| 2015 | Moshkel-e Giti | "Guiti's Problem" | Iraj | Bahram Kazemi |
| 2016 | Khoob, Bad, Jelf | "the Good,the Bad, the Gaudy" | Major Shademan | Peiman Ghasemkhani |
| 2016 | Gasht 2 | "The Patrol 2" | Haj Abbas | Saeed Soheili |
| 2017 | Bi hesab | Getting Even | Mohsen | Mostafa Ahmadi |
| 2018 | Lottery | Lottery | Morteza | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian |
| 2018 | Tegzas | Texas | Uncle Hushang | Masoud Atyabi |
| 2018 | Ma shoma ra doost darim khanom-e Yaya | We like you Mrs Yaya | Morteza | Abdolreza Kahani |
| 2019 | Symphony No. 9 | Symphony No. 9 | | Mohammad Reza Honarmand |
| 2019 | The Devil's Daughter | | nader | Ghorban Mohammadpour |

### Writing, directing and producing

* Kooche-ye Payeez -1998 - Production Manager - Dir. Khosrow Sinai
* Aroos-e Atash - 2000 - Screenwriter - Dir. Khosrow Sinai
* Safar-e Sorkh - 2001 - Screenwriter and Director

### Theater career

* 2004 - Shab-e Hezaroyekom (1001st night) - Dir. Bahram Beyzayi

### TV career

* 2008 - Halghe-ye Sabz - Dir. Ebrahim Hatamikia

## Awards and nominations

* Crystal Simorgh of Best supporting actor for Aroos-e Atash in 18th Fajr International Film Festival
* Crystal Simorgh of Best screenplay for Aroos-e Atash in 18th Fajr International Film Festival
* 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival award for best actor for Aroos-e Atash
* The award for Iranian actor of the year by Film Magazine critics in 2002 and 2003
* Best Actor award for Tabl-e Bozorg Zir-e Pay-e Chap at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival in 2005
* Crystal Simorgh for Best leading actor for Esterdad in 31st Fajr International dFilm Festival