Behzad Farahani ( fa, بهزاد فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is the father of actresses

Shaghayegh Farahani Shaghayegh Farahani ( fa, شقایق فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actress. She is the daughter of actor Behzad Farahani, and sister of actress Golshifteh Farahani. Early life Farahani was born Tehran, Iran. She is the oldest daughter o ...

and

Golshifteh Farahani Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...

Early and personal life

Farahani was born in Arak,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. He is married to stage actress Fahimeh Rahiminia. His daughters are Iranian actresses

, and Azarakhsh Farahani.

Filmography

* ''Violent Punishment'', 1971 * ''Journey of the Stone'', 1978 * ''Wage'', 1989 * ''Zero Heights'', 1993 * ''Years of Restlessness'', 1994 * ''The Kind Moon'', 1995 * ''

Tootia Tootia ( fa, طوطیا) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written by Alireza Davood Nejad and directed by Iraj Ghaderi. Plot ''Shaghayegh'' (Shaghayegh Farahani), the CEO of a cooperative, needs more money to build a specialized pediatric medical co ...

'', 1998 * '' Sheida'', 1999 * ''Grey'', 2000 * ''

Killing Mad Dogs ''Killing Mad Dogs'' ( fa, سگ كشی, romanized: Sagkoshi) is a 2001 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Bayzai. Plot A businessman in late-1980s Tehran, Nasser Moasser, discovers that his partner has been laundering money and flees th ...

'', 2001

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* 1945 births Living people Iranian male actors Iranian radio actors Iranian screenwriters People from Arak, Iran Iranian male film actors {{iran-actor-stub