# Vahid Rahbani

Vahid Rahbani (Persian: وحید رهبانی; born April 18, 1979) is an Iranian actor, translator, director and playwright. He is best known for his role as Mohammad in Gando (2019–2021). He earned two Crystal Simorgh nominations for his performances in Expediency (2021), and A Relic of the South (2023).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2004 | Duel | Esmail | Ahmad Reza Darvish | |
| 2005 | Thirteen | | Vahid Rahbani | Short film, also as producer and editor |
| 2011 | The Autumnal Mother | Reza | Sirous Ranjbar | |
| 2015 | Utopia | | Hassan Nazer | as casting director |
| 2021 | Expediency | Hossein Jalali | Hossein Darabi | |
| 2021 | Shishlik | Motamedi | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | |
| 2022 | Henas | Farhad Nadaf | Hossein Darabi | |
| 2023 | A Relic of the South | Vahid Ebrahimi | Hossein Amiri Doomari, Pedram Pouramiri | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network | Notes |
| 2000 | Our Home | Nima | Masoud Keramati | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2001 | Ambush | Nader | Masoud Keramati | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2010 | Weightless Weights | Ali | Majid Sheikh Ansari | | TV film |
| 2011 | The Wind of Heaven | | Kaveh Sajadi Hosseini | | TV film |
| 2012 | It Might Happen to You Too | Saeed | Navid Mihandoost | IRIB TV5 | TV series |
| 2013 | Leaves and Wind | Shahab | Javad Afshar | | TV film |
| 2013 | Time to Be Good | Mohsen | Ghasem Ansari | | TV film |
| 2019 | Guys of Bilal Company | Rahim Akbari | Abdolrahman Shalilian | IRIB TV1 | TV series |
| 2019–2021 | Gando | Mohammad | Javad Afshar | IRIB TV3 | TV series |
| 2019 | Zendeh Rood | Himself | Alireza Aminmanesh | Isfahan IRIB | TV program |
| 2021 | Seven | Himself | Mojtaba Amini | IRIB TV3 | TV program |
| 2021 | Khandevaneh | Himself | Rambod Javan | IRIB Nasim | TV program |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Playwright | Director | Stage | Notes |
| 2010, 2011 | Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | Vahid Rahbani | City Theater of Tehran | As translator |
| 2012 | Constitutional Lady | Hossein Kiani | Hossein Kiani | City Theater of Tehran | As actor |
| 2013–2014 | In Salt-Marsh | Hossein Kiani | Hossein Kiani | City Theater of Tehran | As actor |
| 2014 | Nightmare Letter | Vahid Rahbani | Vahid Rahbani | Three Points Theatre | |
| 2016 | The Yalta Game | Brian Friel | Levon Haftvan | Fourth Wall Theatre | As actor, translator |
| 2016 | If | Nick Payne | Vahid Rahbani | City Theater of Tehran | Also as actor, translator |
| 2016–2017 | Blackbird | David Harrower | Samaneh Zandinezhad | City Theater of Tehran | As translator |
| 2017–2019 | 100% | Marcus Lloyd | Morteza Esmail Kashi | Iranshahr Theater, Shahrzad Theater Complex | As translator |
| 2018 | Art | Yasmina Reza | Vahid Rahbani | Sepand Theater | Also as translator |
| 2019 | An Oak Tree | Tim Crouch | Mosayeb Zarei | Shiraz City Hall | As translator |
| 2020 | The Man Who | Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne | Reza Molaee | Fourth Wall Theatre | As translator |
| 2024 | Pockets Full of Bread | Matei Vișniec | Alireza Goudarzi | Iranshahr Theater | As translator |
| 2024 | Terror | Ferdinand von Schirach | Ebrahim Amini | Iranshahr Theater | As actor |

## 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 | Lost to | Ref(s) |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2021 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Expediency | Nominated | Pouria Rahimi Sam (Zalava) | |
| Fajr Film Festival | 2023 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | A Relic of the South | Nominated | Ali Nassirian (Seven Citrus Aurantium), Majid Salehi (Number 10) | |