Saed Hedayati

Acting

Saed Hedayati

Born

1955-04-08 (71)

Place of birth

Rasht, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Barareh Nights poster
6.2

The show stars Mehran Modiri, as Shir Farhad, the son of Lower Barare's khan, or leader. He lives with his sister, Saharnaz; mother, Shadone; and father, Salar Khan. The show begins when a journalist, Kiyanush, from Tehran is arrested for writing an article criticizing the government, escapes capture, and then is bitten by a snake. Shir Farhad finds him collapsed and brings him to the village of Barare, nurtures him to health, and gradually introduces him to the town and the other characters in the show, such as the families of Upper and Lower Barare's Khans, as well as the flamboyant village poet, Baguri, and village doctor. Later in the series, new characters such as the village gendarme and Upper Barare's Khan's son and daughter, Keivun and Leilun, join the cast. Davune doesn't appear in this.

Barareh Nights

2005

Bitter Coffee poster
4.8

The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.

Bitter Coffee

2010

No artwork available
NR

The TV series Dashtestan depicts the comedic story of three young students, Ghafoor, Farid, and Danial, who share a dormitory. However, their friendship enters a new phase with the arrival of three new students, Khosrow, Nemat, and Amin, and unexpected adventures unfold for them. These 6 people are then forced to rent a room after the dormitory capacity is reached, and their fates become intertwined.

Dashtestan

2025

The Engineer Child poster
7.0

The story of this series is set in contemporary history and in three phases: childhood, adolescence, and youth. A boy is abandoned as a baby because his father did not want him to be born and decides to sell him for his gambling to make money. One night, after a few months, he comes home and finds the child. He has a fight with his wife and the mother and child leave the house. The mother places the child in an orphanage, where they name the child Javad Javadi, and the story of Javad's life is narrated from there.

The Engineer Child

—

On Tiptoes poster
7.1

Pavarchin is an Iranian television comedy serial. It was broadcast for the first time by the IRIB in September 2002 until March 2003. It could usually be seen every night at 8:00 p.m. Tehran time on Tehran TV, also known as Channel 5 in Iran. Later due to the popularity of the show, episodes were shown in syndication on various Iranian provincial channels as well as IRIB 1 & IRIB 2 for those living out of the country. The show stopped airing in March 2003. It was directed by Mehran Modiri.

On Tiptoes

2002

Great Award poster
1.0

The story centers around Bijan Jamali (Mehran Modiri), his cousin Mahmoud (Siamak Ansari), and his brother-in-law Morad (Javad Razavian). Morad is a smooth-talking con artist who is constantly getting himself and the others into jail. Bijan works at a pizza place where his boss Mr. Sa'adati (Saeid Pirdoost) is trying to get him to marry his daughter Mahnaz. When Bijan wins a brand new Mercedes Benz in a sweepstakes at his bank, it seems like all of their problems are over, but that all changes when Bijan meets Kambiz (Reza Shafiei Jam), and hilarity ensues.

Great Award

2005

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Series credits

Barareh Nights poster
6.2

The show stars Mehran Modiri, as Shir Farhad, the son of Lower Barare's khan, or leader. He lives with his sister, Saharnaz; mother, Shadone; and father, Salar Khan. The show begins when a journalist, Kiyanush, from Tehran is arrested for writing an article criticizing the government, escapes capture, and then is bitten by a snake. Shir Farhad finds him collapsed and brings him to the village of Barare, nurtures him to health, and gradually introduces him to the town and the other characters in the show, such as the families of Upper and Lower Barare's Khans, as well as the flamboyant village poet, Baguri, and village doctor. Later in the series, new characters such as the village gendarme and Upper Barare's Khan's son and daughter, Keivun and Leilun, join the cast. Davune doesn't appear in this.

Barareh Nights

2005

Bitter Coffee poster
4.8

The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.

Bitter Coffee

2010

No artwork available
NR

The TV series Dashtestan depicts the comedic story of three young students, Ghafoor, Farid, and Danial, who share a dormitory. However, their friendship enters a new phase with the arrival of three new students, Khosrow, Nemat, and Amin, and unexpected adventures unfold for them. These 6 people are then forced to rent a room after the dormitory capacity is reached, and their fates become intertwined.

Dashtestan

2025

The Engineer Child poster
7.0

The story of this series is set in contemporary history and in three phases: childhood, adolescence, and youth. A boy is abandoned as a baby because his father did not want him to be born and decides to sell him for his gambling to make money. One night, after a few months, he comes home and finds the child. He has a fight with his wife and the mother and child leave the house. The mother places the child in an orphanage, where they name the child Javad Javadi, and the story of Javad's life is narrated from there.

The Engineer Child

—

On Tiptoes poster
7.1

Pavarchin is an Iranian television comedy serial. It was broadcast for the first time by the IRIB in September 2002 until March 2003. It could usually be seen every night at 8:00 p.m. Tehran time on Tehran TV, also known as Channel 5 in Iran. Later due to the popularity of the show, episodes were shown in syndication on various Iranian provincial channels as well as IRIB 1 & IRIB 2 for those living out of the country. The show stopped airing in March 2003. It was directed by Mehran Modiri.

On Tiptoes

2002

Great Award poster
1.0

The story centers around Bijan Jamali (Mehran Modiri), his cousin Mahmoud (Siamak Ansari), and his brother-in-law Morad (Javad Razavian). Morad is a smooth-talking con artist who is constantly getting himself and the others into jail. Bijan works at a pizza place where his boss Mr. Sa'adati (Saeid Pirdoost) is trying to get him to marry his daughter Mahnaz. When Bijan wins a brand new Mercedes Benz in a sweepstakes at his bank, it seems like all of their problems are over, but that all changes when Bijan meets Kambiz (Reza Shafiei Jam), and hilarity ensues.

Great Award

2005

The Man with Two Thousand Faces poster
5.1

Charged for impersonation, we are studying criticisms directed towards different sectors in the society as our impersonator looks back at his crimes.

The Man with Two Thousand Faces

2009

The Man with a Thousand Faces poster
6.9

Because of him being in strange positions and situations, a man is several times mistaken as other, usually famous people; and now must explain himself to a judge as he has been arrested for impersonation.

The Man with a Thousand Faces

2008

Dotted poster
5.6

Noghtechin is an Iranian television sitcom. It was broadcast for the first time by the IRIB in 2003 and 2004. It was written, directed, and starred Mehran Modiri, the creator of Pavarchin and Shabhaye Barareh. The show was famous for Bamshad and his song "Bivafaie." It is also noted that Noghtechin holds the distinction of receiving the most money from advertising of any Iranian show, thanks largely to constant sponsorship by Samsung, which is featured prominently in Mr. Pirdoost's store. Many of the actors in Noghtechin are reused in other Modiri productions.

Dotted

2003

Eyd-e Emsal poster
NR

The story of the television series "Eid Amsal" is humorous and is about the events that happen to a family during Nowruz.

Eyd-e Emsal

2009

Last Game poster
NR

The story of the series is about a boy named Qobad. Qobad lives in his own world of dreams and illusions and wants to become a star quickly and travel the 100-year path overnight. He decides to enter the football field, but after joining the Premier League, something happens to him...

Last Game

2014

No artwork available
NR

This series is about two characters named Davoud and Manouchehr, who are exiled to a remote city.

Darbandoon

2024

No artwork available
NR

The series "Navad Shab" directed by Mehran Modiri, is a satirical series that tells the story of the daily life of a young couple in a comedic and sweet way, depicting their funny adventures in family life and facing everyday problems. In the margins of this story, topics such as saving a weekly magazine from bankruptcy were also addressed.

Navad Shab

2000