Saeed Rad

Acting

Saeed Rad

Born 1944-03-01 · Tehran, Iran

Saeed Rad is an Iranian stage and screen actor and playwright. He started his career in 1967. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his career. After a minor role in Conquerors of the Desert (1969, M. Zarrindast) he was invited by Amir Naderi for the leading role of his debut, Adieu Friend (1971). Because of his solemn, stern gaze and to some extent a rough complexion, Rad has played the role of rebel individuals in the margin of society. He is one of the main figures in New Wave of Iranian cinema which rose in the early 1970s and faded in the middle of the decade.

Acting credits

The Great Silence poster
NR

Azar discovers that her divorced sister, Pari, has sent her son to a boarding school and, with the help of a man named Jamshid, has been blackmailing men. Azar returns to her studies in Ahvaz and begins making arrangements for marriage...

The Great Silence

1977

Dadshah poster
8.0

Daadshah is a 1983 Iranian Persian-language film depicting the life and experiences of Baloch rebel Dad Shah in the Balochistan insurgency.

Dadshah

1983

No artwork available
5.3

The story focused on a group of farmers who decide to stand up to their tyrannical landlord by rolling a gigantic stone from the top of a mountain with the intention of smashing his exploitative mills and production facilities to smithereens.

Journey of the Stone

1978

The Imperilled poster
8.0

During Iranian revolution some prisoners manage to escape the prison. In a border village they meet a man Yaqub who wants to convince them not to escape. They first mocking at him not ...

The Imperilled

1983

The Red Line poster
5.0

During the Islamic revolution a SAVAK member Amani marries a woman her name Laleh. Laleh is a doctor and helps the injures of the revolution. Her brother is too involved in the revolution.

The Red Line

1982

Slaughterhouse poster
7.0

Mohammad meets a woman Fakhri in a café and decides to go with her to the north. He invites his friend Saeed who about to get marry with his fiancée to come with them. But in the middle of the way Fakhri drops out of the car and with another guy Jalal plans to blackmail these two friends causing them to be jailed. This cause Saeed's fiancée to commit suicide. When released Saeed who blames Fakhri for the death of his fiancée decides to get revenge on them and asks Mohammad to help him.

Slaughterhouse

1975

Dandelion poster
NR

Ghasem is a young gambler who makes a living by stealing old women's purses. His mother treats him kindly. But his father, a police officer, ignores him. His father throws him out of the house and Qasim moves in with his friend Aziz. Qasim steals Zari's purse, and a few days later, Zari, upon seeing Qasim, chases him and faints in a car accident. Qasim takes her to a friend's house, and Zari, after regaining consciousness, starts a brawl. The two gradually become interested in each other. Qasim steals the guests' purses at a party at her house, and Zari's stepmother sees him. Zari leaves her stepmother's house and takes refuge with Qasim, and Qasim marries her. Qasim, unable to find a decent job, robs a jewelry store after discovering that Zari is pregnant and is killed by a bullet fired by his father while trying to escape.

Dandelion

1976

End of Service poster
3.7

The story of a soldier who is in his last days of the military service and the problems which occur to him on the road. He steps on a path to trouble when he disobeys his commander who had always been very kind to him like a father.

End of Service

2014

The Target poster
1.0

Two brothers are separated from each other for many years. Khosrow is now a police officer but his missing brother Essi is a thief. Essi gets release from the prison but is in need to money for the treatment of his ill son so he participates once again in a rubbery with a gangsters mob. The police brother is involved in the events too. Essi when sees a special mark on

The Target

1975

The Controversy poster
NR

Tahir and his student Jamal are truck drivers. Tahir is in love with Goli, who works at Karim's coffee shop. Tahir and Goli get married, making Karim jealous and...

The Controversy

1976

Crossing the Minefield poster
NR

When the enemy surrounds the castle by minefield

Crossing the Minefield

1983

The Morning of the Fourth Day poster
6.0

A free adaptation from Godard's Breathless that follows Amir, a foul guy who has killed a man in Abadan. He returns to Tehran and continuing his misdeeds trying to convince his girlfriend Zarry to escape with him to the south of Iran.

The Morning of the Fourth Day

1973

An Aristocrat Beggar poster
NR

Zohra is a poor girl who meets Masoud; but Masoud's father, Ashraf, who is a wealthy man, opposes their marriage. Zohra pretends to be an orphan; but Jahangir reveals that Ismat, Zohra's famous mother, is alive.

An Aristocrat Beggar

1978

The Man of Night poster
NR

Bram Chakhan (Saeed Rad), who was in a car accident during his teenage years that caused the death of his friend Bijan, is tormented by a guilty conscience...

The Man of Night

1974

Wasteland poster
NR

It is a satire that makes you laugh, a lament that makes you cry.

Wasteland

1979

Treasure of the Lost Desert poster
10.0

A Green Beret is sent to the Middle East to combat an Arab terrorist.

Treasure of the Lost Desert

1971

Alcoholic poster
NR

A tragic accident causes a famous football player to turn to alcohol, and as a result, she soon becomes addicted

Alcoholic

1972

Rooster poster
10.0

After the death of her husband, a woman lives with her son, a cockfighter. An old admirer approaches the woman, but her son is against this new marriage.

Rooster

1973

Do agha-ye ba-shakhsiat poster
NR

Reza lives with his mother, sister, and younger brother. He suffers from severe headaches, and doctors diagnose him with a brain tumor. Meanwhile, Mr. Maleki is murdered. The victim’s brother offers a reward of two hundred thousand tomans to anyone who finds the killer.

Do agha-ye ba-shakhsiat

1975

Filmfarsi poster
2.0

A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Filmfarsi

2019

Ambush poster
NR

Amir kills a young man while robbing his house. Taghi, young man's father who is blind, seeks revenge

Ambush

1975

Che poster
5.6

Two days in the life of Mostafa Chamran, Iran's first post-revolutionary defense minister, as he attempts to prevent the city of Paveh from falling to Kurdish separatists in 1979.

Che

2014

Made in Iran poster
7.0

Ali is a young boxer pursuing his dream of becoming a champion, but he's soon approached by a gangster. He gets involved--agreeing to follow their terms. He wins boxing matches and everything is going okay until they order him to lose a match.

Made in Iran

1978

Sadegh the Kurd poster
6.5

Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife is getting killed. The police are after the murderer but Sadegh who seeks revenge begins to kill the truck drivers on the way. This put him in fronting the law.

Sadegh the Kurd

1972