# Saed Soheili

Saed Soheili (Persian: ساعد سهیلی; born February 19, 1988) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his acting in Guidance Patrol (2012), A Few Cubic Meters of Love (2014), Crazy Rook (2014), and Lottery (2018).

## Early life

Soheili was born in Mashhad, the son of Iranian director Saeed Soheili. His brother Sina, and his two sisters, Sara and Saba, are active in the field of cinema, television and theater. Soheili began his work at age 14 with a short role in Shab-e Brehne, directed by his father. He was also behind the scenes in some of his father's work. He has a bachelor of graphic art from the Islamic Azad University.
His first professional role was in a play for a television film by Javad Ezzati.
Soheili is married to Gloria Hardy, an Iranian-French actress born to an Iranian mother and French father who appeared in the Kimia series.
Saed Soheili was refused entry by the UAE government following the release of Lottery at the 36th Fajr Film Festival.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 2001 | Naked Night | Poryia | Saeed Soheili |
| 2010 | A Fair Betrayal | Sahar's Brother | Amirathar Soheili |
| 2012 | Guidance Patrol | Hassan | Saeed Soheili |
| 2013 | Bardou | Hamid | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh |
| 2013 | Paat | Addicted boy | Amir Toudeh Roosta |
| 2014 | Metropole | Khosro | Masoud Kimiai |
| 2014 | A Few Cubic Meters of Love | Saber | Jamshid Mahmoudi |
| 2014 | Kalashnikov | Adel | Saeed Soheili |
| 2014 | Crazy Rook | Masoud | Abolhassan Davoudi |
| 2015 | Fifty Kilos of Cherries | Davood | Mani Haghighi |
| 2016 | Bridge of Sleep | Shahab | Oktay Baraheni |
| 2016 | Malaria | Morteza | Parviz Shahbazi |
| 2017 | Guidance Patrol 2 | Hassan | Saeed Soheili |
| 2018 | Mahoora | Amin | Hamid Zargarnezhad |
| 2018 | The Dark Room | Farhad | Rouhollah Hejazi |
| 2018 | Lottery | Amir Ali | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian |
| 2020 | Day Zero | Abdolmalek Rigi | Saeid Malekan |
| 2021 | Guidance Patrol 3 | Hassan | Saeed Soheili |
| 2022 | The Town | Navid | Ali Hazrati |

### Web

| Years | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
| 2019 | Blue Whale | Armin Mashreghi | Fereydoun Jeyrani | Filimo |

### Television

| Years | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Network |
| 2010 | Between Staying and Leaving | Majid | Behrouz Shoeibi | TV film | IRIB TV2 |
| 2011 | A Cage for Flying | Ghasem | Yousef Seyyed Mahdavi | TV series | IRIB TV1 |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| Rabat International Film Festival | 2014 | Best Actor | A Few Cubic Meters of Love | Won |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Guidance Patrol | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Crazy Rook | Nominated |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Guidance Patrol 2 | Nominated |
| Hafez Awards | 2019 | Best Actor | Lottery | Nominated |
| Hanoi International Film Festival | 2019 | Best Actor | The Dark Room | Nominated |
| Iran Cinema Celebration | 2014 | Best Actor | A Few Cubic Meters of Love | Won |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Crazy Rook | Nominated |
| Kish International Film Festival | 2011 | Best Male Actor (Video Section) | Between Staying & Leaving | Won |