# Amin Hayai

Amin Hayai (Persian: امین حیایی; born June 9, 1950) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to a nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.

## Career

He started acting in theater along with his education. After finishing high school, he entered military service, and also acted in the art center of air force army. In 1991 he acted in a theatrical show for kids with the directorship of Soraya Ghasemi. It took him long to get a main acting role in movies, and he was successful in his first movie Eve's Red Apple. He has also won the best male actor award in Fajr film festival for the film by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli, "The Night", in 2008.
Hayai appeared in the film Woodpecker in 2018. Hayai also will appear in the film We Like You Miss Yaya which he filmed in 2017. He was awarded the Diploma Honorary for Best Actor for Blazing at the Fajr Film Festival in 2018.
In 2019, he became a judge in the first Iranian Talent Show called Asre Jadid Produced by Ehsan alikhani.

## Personal life

He was married to Mona Bankipour and they have a son, Dara Hayai. They were divorced, and he is now married to Niloufar Khoshkholgh, who is an Iranian actress.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1993 | Two Companions | | Asghar Hashemi | |
| 1994 | Two Faces of the Coin | | Mohammad Motevaselani | |
| 1994 | The Precipice | | Bahram Reypour | |
| 1995 | Peace | | Ghodratollah Solhmirzaie | |
| 1996 | The Special Guard | | Parviz Sabri | |
| 2004 | Mum's Guest | The Doctor | Dariush Mehrjui | |
| 2007 | The Outcast | Bijan | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2008 | The Tambourine | Mr. Jafari | Parisa Bakhtavar | |
| 2008 | The Night | | Rasul Sadr Ameli | Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2009 | The Outcast 2 | Bijan | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2010 | Saint Petersburg | The Murderer | Behrouz Afkhami | |
| 2011 | The Outcast 3 | Bijan | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2012 | The Golden Collars | Engineer Kamran | Abolghasem Talebi | |
| 2018 | Axing | Rouzbeh | Behrouz Shoeibi | |
| 2018 | Flaming | Farid | Hamid Nematollah | Won – Diploma Honorary Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2018 | Miss Yaya | Azim | Abdolreza Kahani | |
| 2019 | Darkhoongah | Reza Misagh | Siavash As'adi | |
| 2019 | Lover | Peyman | Kamran Ghadakchian | |
| 2019 | Unsophisticated | Behrouz Shabkhiz | Farzad Motamen | |
| 2022 | 2888 | | Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heydari | |
| 2022 | The Last Snow | Yousef | Amir Hossein Asgari | Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2023 | In the Form of Love | | Siavash As'adi | |
| 2024 | Hawaii | | Bahman Goudarzi | |
| 2025 | The Killer and the Savage | | Hamid Nematollah | |
| 2025 | Call Me Ziba | | Rasoul Sadrameli | Nominated – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2025 | Molotov Cocktail | | Hossein Amiri Doomari | |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes |
| 2010–2012 | Frozen Heart | Amin | Mohammad Hossein Latifi | Video CD | Main role; season 1–2 |
| 2012–2022 | Made in Iran | Gholam Hossein Jafarzadeh | Mohammad Hossein Latifi, Borzou Niknejad, Bahman Goudarzi | Filimo | Main role |
| 2020–2021 | Blue Blood | Behrouz Bahrami | Behrang Tofighi | Filimo, Namava | Main role |
| 2021–2022 | Joker | Himself | Ehsan Alikhani, Seyyed Hamed Mirfattahi | Filimo | Reality show |
| 2025 | Aban | Babak Mahmoudi | Reza Dadooi | Sheyda | Main role |