Shahab Hosseini

Acting

Shahab Hosseini

Born 1974-02-04 · Tehran, Iran

Shahab Hosseini (شهاب حسینی) (born 4 February 1974) is a director and actor of theater, television, and cinema who was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He started his professional career by playing Amir Ghavidel's "Rokhsareh". He Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Fajr Festival for two consecutive years in "A Candle in The Wind" by Pouran Derakhshandeh and "Salvation in Twenty minutes after Eight" by Sirous Alvand. He then won the Best Actor Award for the Fajr Festival for "The Superstar" by Tahmineh Milani. Shahab Hosseini won an Honorary Diploma of Best Supporting Actor in 2008 in Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" movie. He also won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival in the movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, after that he won the Best Actor award from Canne Film Festival for "The Salesman" by Asghar Farhadi. He produced his film "Resident of the Middle Class" in 2014. Among the best movies that he has played Bahram Tavakoli's "Parse Dar Meh", Kianoush Ayari's "Khaneh Pedari", "The Painting Pool" by Maziar Miri and "My Brother, Khosrow" by Soheil Biragi can be named.

Acting credits

A Separation poster
7.9

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

A Separation

2011

The Salesman poster
7.2

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

The Salesman

2016

About Elly poster
7.5

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

About Elly

2009

Intoxicated by Love poster
7.6

Story of Rumi, his friendship with Shams Tabrizi, the love he had for him and the great influence of Shams over him in his life, his poetry and his love for God.

Intoxicated by Love

2024

The Night poster
5.6

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

The Night

2021

No artwork available
8.0

Yasaman has been living with her mother Leila since birth. Leila has never let her see her father. When Yasaman gets brain death in an accident, Leila has one week time to get consent from her ex-husband for a vital issue.

Someone Wants to Talk with You

2012

Any Day Now poster
5.5

Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.

Any Day Now

2020

A 5 Star poster
5.5

A story about a poor girl working in a 5 star hotel in tehran and the workers of the hotel when somthing priceless will stolen...

A 5 Star

2014

The Painting Pool poster
7.3

Maryam (Negar Javaherian) and Reza (Shahab Hosseini) are different from other people, it's not just a simple difference, but a very big difference. They must try to prove to others they have solved the big difference with the miracle of love ...

The Painting Pool

2013

Snow on a Hot Tin Roof poster
4.5

By the time of a famous poet's doubtful death, his last poem is found. The indication of its code would help to find out about the mysterious parts of his life and death. Any of his relatives is trying to do so in order to achieve the truth.But all these attempts will result in misunderstanding within them and with their past relationship with the poet.

Snow on a Hot Tin Roof

2011

Gholam poster
4.9

An Iranian expat living in London has a shady past and an enigmatic present.

Gholam

2017

The Fifth Reaction poster
5.8

Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her to return to her parents. She is faced with the loss of her visitation rights when Hadj plans to send his grandchildren to live in a remote town. With the help of her circle of women friends she tries to take them beyond his reach, but in a patriarchal society it is hard to find a safe haven.

The Fifth Reaction

2003

Niloofar poster
4.0

Niloofar is a twelve-year-old girl whose dream is to read and write, but she lives in a village where education is only for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting her mother during a delivery, Niloofar meets a feminist woman who undertakes to teach her in secret. Unfortunately, in exchange of a palm tree field, Niloofar's father promises her in marriage to an older man once she becomes a woman. Horrified by this notion, Niloofar does everything in her power to postpone her first periods. Eventually, the inevitable occurs. HOwever, Niloofar, who is determined to keep her freedom as long as possible, arranges to conceal the fact from her family for another two years until the truth can no longer be hidden. Then, rather than live in a marriage without love, Niloofar runs away with her friend. Shocked, her family considers itself dishonored and sends her step-brother to track her down

Niloofar

2008

From Iran, a Separation poster
8.5

In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran covered the world headlines, Farhadi talked about Iran's love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians on the stage when receiving his award. This time the Iranians voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. This documentary shows the reaction of the Iranians to this Oscar award and has a general view on Iran's society of today.

From Iran, a Separation

2011

Time to Love poster
5.9

Bita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in divorce cases, is blind to the trouble brewing in her own marriage. A snatch of gossip and a problem client with an unwanted pregnancy unexpectedly bring Bita’s problems home. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Time to Love

2014

Superstar poster
6.1

An arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up.

Superstar

2009

Final Exam poster
4.7

Farhad, a respected math teacher, is engaged to the mother of one of his pupils. But rather than embrace his new father figure, the angry young student spends his days riding around Tehran on a motorcycle with his rebellious friend, refusing to study—or even sit—for his big final exam.

Final Exam

2017

My Daughter's Hair poster
7.0

Raha is a teenage girl who is studying animation. When she is about to submit her university project, her laptop is stolen and she is forced to cut her hair and sell it to buy a new laptop. Tohid, her father, buys a second-hand laptop with the money from her hair, but the new laptop plunges Raha's family into a mysterious adventure, into a conflict with a wealthy family over the laptop's true ownership. As tensions rise, Tohid confronts harsh realities that reshape his life and his family's future.

My Daughter's Hair

2025

Shukran poster
NR

In 2011 the Syrian people rise up against the Assad regime. When Dr. Haider, a pediatric heart surgeon, loses his brother in a terrorist attack, he decides to fulfill his last wish, finding himself questioning everything he has always believed in.

Shukran

2023

Lovely Trash poster
5.5

Following protests to the presidential election in 2009, an elderly woman has one night to clear her house of any politically troublesome belongings of her family. To help her out; her deceased husband, her executed brother and two martyred and immigrated sons are back to life in their picture frames.

Lovely Trash

2019

Heartbroken poster
5.3

Heartbroken is the story of love between two youngsters who have two different perspectives and are from two different families.

Heartbroken

2009

50 million proposal poster
NR

A young couple needs money to cross the border. They decide to kidnap a movie actor, and on a rainy day, they put their plan into action. They hold him captive in a house in the north of the country and tell him to call his mother and tell her to prepare fifty million Tomans.

50 million proposal

2005

Hush! Girls Don't Scream poster
6.6

Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has had two unsuccessful marriage attempts, and is deeply psychologically troubled. But as the dark secrets in her past are slowly revealed, exposing a childhood of neglect, abuse, and the tragic history of two previous failed marriages, the characters must face their own battles with justice, retribution, and morality.

Hush! Girls Don't Scream

2013

A Candle in the Wind poster
9.0

Roya, Farzins's mother, has left her husbands. As young Farzin quits university, accidentally he meets a girl from a wealthy family who is the manager of an NGO. Aware of farzin's ...

A Candle in the Wind

2004

Behind the camera

Parallax poster
NR

Mahrokh is going to act in her first film and her husband Kayvan is against it. A few days before the shooting, she accidentally catches fire at her birthday party and her face badly hurts. Mahrokh does not see it as an accident and believes that Kayvan has done it out of jealousy.

Parallax

2023

Nargesi poster
5.0

The film follows Hossein, who has Down’s syndrome. His greatest wish is to find love and get married and for this, he is ready at doing anything. It seems, however, that there is no place for him and his love in this world until a gift completely turns his life around.

Nargesi

2021

Resident of the Middle Floor poster
4.3

'Resident of the Middle Floor' tells the quirky tale of a depressive writer (Shahab Hosseini) struggling for inspiration. He immerses himself into each new idea, playing the roles of his characters before our eyes. Slowly, these fantasies begin to intersect with his own life, blurring the line between his stories' worlds and his own failing existence. Will he ever be able to figure out the story he wants to tell? A throughly entertaining character study that is reminiscent of Walter Mitty's world.

Resident of the Middle Floor

2014

Residents of Nowhere poster
NR

A young man suddenly enters a guest house (hostel) ; at first It is not known where the strange guest house (hostel) is, but the more he ponders on the coordinates of the guest house, the more it becomes clear that the young man is somewhere between life and death.

Residents of Nowhere

2021

Residents of Nowhere poster
NR

A young man suddenly enters a guest house (hostel) ; at first It is not known where the strange guest house (hostel) is, but the more he ponders on the coordinates of the guest house, the more it becomes clear that the young man is somewhere between life and death.

Residents of Nowhere

2021

Sheen poster
NR

Noushin has returned to Iran after years, upon a request by her severely ill father to find a person that he needs to see. Her father finds this visit the most important duty of his life before passing away. Sheen is about a family secret that has been kept for many years. Shirin, the house maid’s daughter while playing with the owners’ children in the old house, falls in the well in the middle of the yard. Her body was never recovered. Her mother was pushed out of the house. They covered the well and abandoned the house. The family members encountered many unfortunate events throughout the years and didn’t have a happy life. They have returned to ask for forgiveness from a woman who lost her child.

Sheen

No artwork available
NR

For six months, Arash and Nafisa's relationship has grown colder after ten years of living together, due to Nafisa's silence and anger. The couple, while planning to get a divorce by mutual consent, travel to India at Nafisa's suggestion, but

U-Turn

The Writer Is Dead poster
NR

A famous actress plans to direct her first film, working off of a script written by a young writer. After a year of pre-production, the film is almost ready to start shooting, before the writer suddenly appears with a proposal that will completely change the careers of both people.

The Writer Is Dead

2022

Sun of Midnight poster
NR

A movie directed by Shobeir Shirazi

Sun of Midnight

2015

The Visitor poster
NR

A theater directed by Shahab Hosseini

The Visitor

2012

Confession poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Confession

2018