# Behzad Khalaj

Behzad Khalaj (Persian: بهزاد خلج; born April 20, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his roles in Mr. Judge (2022–present), The Lion Skin (2022–2023), and The Lost Prestige (2023). Khalaj won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor at the 42nd Fajr International Film Festival for his performance in Majnoon (2024). In 2024, he earned a Hafez Award nomination for his role in Mr. Judge.

## Early life

Behzad Khalaj was born on April 20, 1975, in Tehran, Iran. He is originally an Iranian Khalaj. He has two sons named Arshia and Barbod, who are both actors.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2016 | Nasrin | | Hossein Shahbazi | Short film |
| 2018 | Damascus Time | Iranian flight group | Ebrahim Hatamikia | |
| 2018 | The Stranger and the Wind | | Hamid Reza Ahmadi, Hamed Ahmadi | Short film |
| 2018 | Intensification | Nader | Shirin Sabour | Short film |
| 2018 | Hot Milk | Man | Armin Hemmati | Short film |
| 2018 | Roya | Driver | Majid Shahmohammadi | Short film |
| 2019 | Snake Venom | | Javad Razavian | |
| 2019 | Small Panda, Big Panda | Farid | Sahar Khoshnam | Short film |
| 2019 | Box Man | | Manouchehr Teymourzadeh | Short film |
| 2020 | Zagzwang | Man | Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahani | Short film |
| 2020 | Light Room | | Pouya Aghelizadeh | Short film |
| 2021 | Good Girl | | Raheleh Karami | Short film |
| 2022 | Middle Eastern Stories: Father | Father | Reza Daghagh | Short film |
| 2022 | The Wolf | | Milad Rabi'i | Short film |
| 2023 | Leather Jacket Man | Major | Hossein Mirzamohammadi | |
| 2023 | Degeneration | | Mohammad Reza Sarvestani | Short film |
| 2023 | Posterity | | Mona Ramezani | Short film |
| 2024 | Alligator Blood | Farid Ghanbari | Javad Ezzati | |
| 2024 | Majnoon | Reza Hassanpour | Mehdi Shamohammadi | |
| 2024 | Resemblance | | Mehdi Marvdashti | Short film |
| 2024 | Campaign | | Shahram Asadzadeh | Completed in 2021 |
| TBA | Midnight Sun | | Shahriar Bahrani | Completed in 2021 |
| TBA | Puzzle of Imagination | | Soheil Azharian | Short film; Completed in 2022 |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Notes |
| 2019–2020 | Mannequin | Behzad Khalaj | Hossein Soheilizadeh | Filimo, Namava | Recurring role |
| 2021 | Red Square | Navid | Ebrahim Ebrahimian | Filimo | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | The Lion Skin | Rasoul Fouladvand | Jamshid Mahmoudi | Filmnet | Supporting role; 22 episodes |
| 2023 | The Lost Prestige | Esmail / Safdar Kouti | Sajad Pahlevanzadeh | Filimo | Main role; 7 episodes |
| 2025 | Aban | Adham | Reza Dadooi | Sheyda | Guest appearance; 2 episodes |
| 2025 | One Way Ticket | Shakib | Pouria Heidary Oureh | Namava | Supporting role |
| TBA | Untitled Adel Tabrizi project | | Adel Tabrizi | Filmnet | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network | Notes |
| 2017 | Border of Happiness | Police | Ali Khodsiani | IRIB TV2 | TV series; guest appearance |
| 2017 | Traveling at Home | | Bahman Goudarzi | IRIB Nasim | TV series; guest appearance |
| 2017 | Agate | | Behrang Tofighi | IRIB TV3 | TV series; guest appearance |
| 2017 | The Yellow Tape | | Pouria Azarbaijani | IRIB TV2 | TV series; guest appearance |
| 2017 | Better Days: The Last Letter Episodes | Dr. Khazenifar | Danesh Eghbashavi | IRIB TV3 | TV series; main role |
| 2017–2020 | Narrative | Amir | Seyyed Jamal Seyyed Hatami, Hossein Ghena'at | IRIB TV1 | TV series; supporting role |
| 2019 | Talk to Me | Salehzadeh | Azadeh Mohammadi | IRIB TV3 | TV film; main role |
| 2019 | Dear Brother | Dr. Abbas | Mohammad Reza Ahanj | IRIB TV3 | TV series; guest appearance |
| 2021 | Silhouette | Ali Mechanic | Reza Mohebi Nouri | IRIB TV1 | TV theater; main role |
| 2021 | Frontline | Emad | Shahriar Bahrani | IRIB TV1 | TV miniseries; supporting role |
| 2022–present | Mr. Judge | Judge Behzad Khalaj | Sajjad Mehregan | IRIB TV2 | TV series; leading role |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Playwright | Director | Stage |
| 2017 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Bertolt Brecht | Amir Dezhakam | Hafez Hall |
| 2017 | The Balkan Women | Jules Tasca | Hossein Shahbazi | Mehr Hall |
| 2017 | Between Worlds | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Behzad Khalaj | Azad Film Workshop |
| 2018–2019 | Khayyam | Behrouz Gharibpour | Behrouz Gharibpour | Ferdowsi Hall |
| 2018 | He Has Become a Man | Asoo Bahari | Asoo Bahari | Iranshahr Theater |
| 2019 | My Seagull | Kiumars Moradi | Kiumars Moradi | Iranshahr Theater |
| 2024 | Chaplin | Mehran Ranjbar | Mehran Ranjbar | City Theater of Tehran |

## 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 |
| Action on Film International Megafest | 2019 | Best Supporting Actor – Hollywood Dreams | Box Man | Nominated |
| Fajr International Film Festival | 2024 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Majnoon | Won |
| Hafez Awards | 2024 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Mr. Judge | Nominated |
| Red Rock Film Festival | 2022 | Best Acting in a Fiction Short | Middle Eastern Stories: Father | Nominated |