Hamid Farrokhnejad

Acting

Hamid Farrokhnejad

Born 1969-04-17 · Abadan, Iran

Hamid Farrokhnejad (حمید فرخ نژاد) is an Iranian actor, writer, and director. Born in Abadan in 1969, he began his career in student theatre and working on short films. He graduated from the Theatre Director programme in Tehran University Fine Arts Department. Hamid Farrokhnejad gained popular acclaim with his role in Bride of Fire (2000) winning many awards in the Fajr Film Festival, and notably appearing as Morteza in Fireworks Wednesday (2006). Farrokhnezhad has worked with prominent Iranian directors such as Asghar Farhadi and Bahram Bayzai.

Acting credits

Getting Even poster
3.0

Kasra moves back to his own country after years with a strange plan to build his future. He finds Mohsen, a go-between guy to help him, and meets Mahsa; and old love who has a thirst to move out of country. They find Reza as the only who could make the plan happens. But something very strange push them to change their plan which concludes completely different ending.

Getting Even

2018

We Like You Miss Yaya poster
2.0

This film is a story of two bastards that after the death of their father, their wife has been tracked down and for the sake of doing business in China, they are betraying Pattaya, but their confrontation with the old friend mixes everything.

We Like You Miss Yaya

2018

Fire Keeper poster
NR

Forty-eight-year-old Sohrab, head of the workers of the Isfahan Foundry, has just had his fourth daughter.

Fire Keeper

2009

Wedlock poster
6.0

The renovation of a rambling family homestead becomes a metaphor for an unexpected assault on traditional family values when a newly married twenty-something brings her architect husband to draw up the plans for her aunt and uncle’s rehab job.

Wedlock

2014

The Bride of Fire poster
5.8

A tragedy in which a young woman from an Arab tribe, prevented from marrying her non-Arab Persian lover is forced against her wishes to marry her cousin.

The Bride of Fire

2000

Low Heights poster
7.1

A person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.

Low Heights

2002

The Guidance Patrol poster
5.5

Three urban working poor young men who impersonate crew of a Guidance Patrol to earn money.

The Guidance Patrol

2012

Lottery poster
4.0

Two Iranian teenagers in love want to get married, travel to the US to get a green card and live there, but their parents object. With not enough money saved, they pin their hopes on winning the state lottery to fund their trip, but tragedy derails their plans.

Lottery

2018

The Night of the Incident poster
NR

Depicts a part of the life of Iranian war hero Daryagholi Surani during the early days of the Iran-Iraq war and the defense of Abadan and Khorramshahr.

The Night of the Incident

In the Alleys of Love poster
5.8

We follow a young man reflecting on his life in this thought-provoking tale of childhood. Forced to flee the devastated village of Abadan with his family at the beginning of the war, the young man returns years later. As he surveys the ruins of his former homestead, he remembers how his family adapted to a new life, his boyhood escapades, and his first love. An elegant account of how war affects the lives of children, this drama is a must see.

In the Alleys of Love

1991

Symphony No. 9 poster
1.0

Death and love are sacrifices, which in principle, the woman's hero, takes the film to Paradise.

Symphony No. 9

2019

Texas poster
3.0

The story of two friends Sasan and Bahram. Sasan is living in Brazil and Bahram wants to join him too but they face many different challenges and adventures in between.

Texas

2018

Samurai In Berlin poster
NR

The Samurai Movie in Berlin is a comedy film about the life of three samurai lovers in Iran. They have to travel to Germany for a contract with a smuggling gang and…

Samurai In Berlin

2019

Restoration poster
6.5

After the Iranian coup in 1953, Col. Takin is commissioned to find and recover 11 tons of gold from Russia. The subject of this film is the reclamation money that was supposed to be paid by England, America and Russia to Iran because of the World War II and is about the year 1951. This film is a historical drama about the War events and the issues that opened the door to Iran for the allies and axis forces, and points to the reclamation payment to Iran.

Restoration

2013

Heyhaat poster
NR

It is an episodic movie about Ashora and social subjects made from 4 episodes each with a different director and about a different subject.

Heyhaat

2016

The Color Purple poster
4.7

An undercover Iranian intelligence officer investigates the political status of a college student, whose parents were active members of the mujahedin khalgh radical group.

The Color Purple

2010

Banana Peel poster
NR

A wealthy young man named Hamid falls into a coma after a car accident, and his soul, in the afterlife, falls in love with the soul of a young woman. Meanwhile, his body in this world gradually recovers, and he comes out of the coma. Now he wants to return to that other world, but suicide is forbidden and would certainly send him to hell, and…

Banana Peel

2006

The Guidance Patrol 2 poster
5.0

َAbbas and Hassan Got out of prison Afrer 5 years and go to Atta, Atta Has gotten out coma recently and back to normal life, These three friends got together again and looking for a legit job but things don't workout as they hope...

The Guidance Patrol 2

2017

Meet the Witch poster
NR

The film "Meeting the Wizard" is the story of two gentlemen, one is naive and the other is clever, and tries to increase his wealth with big deals, while the simpler gentleman fantasizes about his life.

Meet the Witch

2024

Fireworks Wednesday poster
7.4

Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.

Fireworks Wednesday

2006

Days of Life poster
NR

The story of a couple who during the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, are working in a field hospital. Amir Ali and his wife because of many years which they spent there, are very fond of that place. But the news of cease fire between the two countries and then the attack of Iraqi army on their hospital put them on a difficult test.

Days of Life

2012

Hot Chocolate poster
NR

The film tells the story of a coffee shop that has regular customers and this coffee shop is run by a young man. With the arrival of a young woman in this cozy and quiet coffee shop, ...

Hot Chocolate

2009

The Fever poster
1.0

Despite his parents' oppositions, Mehran marries his beloved girl, Taraneh. After a while, Mehran's father is going abroad to get his sickness cured. Mehran goes to him to say goodbye

The Fever

2003

Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M poster
4.3

The fault lines in a marriage become evident when an out-of-town couple and their child arrive for a corporate trade show at a Tehran hotel. Accustomed to berating his pretty wife for her shy demeanor and her suburban manner, the husband is taken aback when she blooms under the attentions of a male colleague and is given a role in planning his company’s presentation. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M

2012

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