Shahab Hosseini
Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni (; born 3 February 1974) is an Iranian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his collaborations with Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi in "About Elly" (2009), "A Separation" (2011), and "The Salesman" (2016). His accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, a Silver Bear for Best Actor and a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor. Early life. Shahab Hosseini was born on February, 3rd, 1974 in Tehran. He earned his high school diploma in Biology. He dropped out of the University of Tehran as a psychology student and emigrated to Canada. Later, he  became a radio host in Iran, and hosted a TV show for youth. He also took on some small acting roles in a few TV series. Hosseini's cinematic debut was in "Rokhsareh" (2002) directed by Amir Ghavidel. His career took off with his performance in the movie "The Fifth Reaction" directed by Tahmineh Milani. In June 2011, he announced that he would be taking a break but would return to cinema in 2013. He also received a lot of attention in "Young Police". Career. Acting. Hosseini has won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for "A Separation" at the  61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his role in "The Salesman". Hosseini won his first award, Crystal Simorgh for "Superstar" in 2009. In 2013, he made his directorial debut. In 2020, Hosseini co-founded Pol Media ("pol" translating to "bridge" in Persian) with director Kourosh Ahari and producer Alex Bretow, a distribution and production company aiming to "bridge the gap" between Iranian art, culture and cinema with that of the U.S. He is coming up with the first-ever Turkish-Iranian film, "Drunk on Love". He will be in  the lead role alongside Hande Erçel, Parsa Pirouzfar, İbrahim Çelikkol, Selma Ergeç, Bensu Soral and Boran Kuzum. Music. Haft (Seven Band) with his younger brother and a few friends. They have released several albums whereby he did the reciting and singing for. Personal life. Hosseini married Parichehr Ghanbari in 1996. They have two sons, Mohammad Amin, born on 3 February 2004, and Amir Ali, born on 11 August 2011.