# Ashkan Khatibi

Ashkan Khatibi (Persian: اشکان خطیبی; born October 11, 1979) is an Iranian actor, singer-songwriter and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Shirzad Malek in Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021–2022). Khatibi earned an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association nomination for his performance in Bench Cinema (2016).

## Early life

Ashkan Khatibi was born on October 11, 1979, in Tehran, Iran.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2005 | So Close, So Far | Saman Alem | Reza Mirkarimi | |
| 2008 | Shoot the Target | | Mohammad Katiraee | |
| 2011 | Final Whistle | Mazdak | Niki Karimi | |
| 2011 | Horses Are Noble Animals | The young man | Abdolreza Kahani | |
| 2013 | Bending the Rules | Amir | Behnam Behzadi | |
| 2014 | Lady | Khosrow | Tina Pakravan | |
| 2015 | A Good Dinner | | Mehdi Mazloumi | |
| 2015 | Dohol Song | | Mehrdad Motavali | |
| 2016 | Bench Cinema | Saba | Mohammad Rahmanian | |
| 2016 | Soft Voice | Taxi driver | Afshin Hashemi | |
| 2017 | Negar | The gun-seller | Rambod Javan | |
| 2018 | The Last Fiction | Fereydun (voice) | Ashkan Rahgozar | Animation |
| 2021 | Dear Enemy | | Soheil Danesh Eshraghi | Short film; unreleased, also as producer |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes |
| 2013 | Iranian Dinner | Himself | Bijan Birang | Filimo | Reality show |
| 2021–2022 | Once Upon a Time in Iran | Shirzad Malek | Tina Pakravan | Namava | Main role |
| 2022 | Party | Himself | Iraj Tahmasb | Filimo, Namava | Talk show; guest appearance, 1 episode |
| 2023 | Touch-Move | Himself | Omid Sohrabi | Namava | Reality show; host, 12 episodes |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network | Notes |
| 2002 | Rebellious Era | | Kamal Tabrizi | IRIB TV5 | TV series; supporting role |
| 2002 | A Time for Ashes | | Hamid Bahmani | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |
| 2003 | This Isn't the Way | | Reza Mihandoost | IRIB TV3 | TV series; main role |
| 2004 | If My Father Was Alive | Farokh Sikaroudi | Homayoun As'adian | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |
| 2004 | City Lights | | Masoud Keramati | IRIB TV2 | TV series; main role |
| 2006 | The Last Sin | | Hossein Soheilizadeh | IRIB TV2 | TV series; main role |
| 2007 | Out of Death | Arash | Ghasem Jafari | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |
| 2008 | Tropical Flowers | | Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |
| 2008 | A Fistful of Eagle Feathers | | Asghar Hashemi | IRIB TV2 | TV series; main role |
| 2010 | In the Strand of Zayandeh Rud | Mehran Sarang | Hassan Fathi | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |
| 2012 | A Share for a Friend | | Masoud Atyabi | IRIB TV2 | TV series; main role |
| 2012 | Leaning On the Wind | Mehdi Torabnezhad | Mahmoud Moazami | IRIB TV5 | TV series; main role |
| 2013 | Tehran, Block 1 | | Mehdi Mazloumi | IRIB TV5 | TV series; main role |
| 2013 | Relatively Bad Guys | Homayoun | Sirous Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 | TV series; main role |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref(s) |
| Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association | 2016 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Bench Cinema | Nominated | |