Mohammad Bahrani

Mohammad Bahrani ( ; born September 11, 1981) is an Iranian voice actor, puppeteer, actor, director, presenter, and poet. Best known for his voice acting improvisations as one of the most popular adult puppets in the history of the Iranian television Jenab Khan.

Early life and career

Mohammad Bahrani (September 11, 1981, Kazerun, Iran) was born to an English teacher father and a housewife mother. He is the last of their four children; 3 sons and a daughter.

Despite receiving a math and physics diploma, he completed his education with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from the college of art at the University of Tehran. He entered Tarbiat Modares University, where he completed his Master of Arts degree in 2008. He married one of his classmates and coworker Mahnaz Khatibi in 2006.

He started his career with college theater and puppetry. In one of his performances in a festival, Maryam Sadat (a member of the jury) invited him to take part in ''Ninimoun'' (Our Baby), a live television program directed by Bahram ShahMohammadlou.

Since entering the television programs in 2001, Bahrani has participated in numerous puppet projects for children and adults. The Iranian well-known puppet Jenab Khan introduced to television for the first time from a home video series called ''Morvarid alley''. Rambod Javan, a co-star in ''Morvarid alley'', invited Jenab Khan to his variety show '' Khandevaneh''. Bahrani is also known for voice acting as two characters, Aghoye Hamsadeh (Mr. neighbor) and Baabaee, in an Iranian famous children's television program ''Kolah Ghermezi''.

Characterization of Jenab Khan is a product of Bahrani's lived experience; from his childhood in Shiraz with Khouzestan war refugee children to his college dorm experiences. Most of the Jenab Khan dialogues are Bahrani's improvisations.
Bahrani is also well known for voice acting as two characters, Aghoye Hamsadeh (Mr. neighbor) and Baabaee, in an Iranian popular children TV series, ''Kolah Ghermezi'', created by Hamid Jebeli and Iraj Tahmasb.
He performed as a voice actor in many children TV series such as ''Ostad-e Hamechidoon'' (all-knowing Professor), ''Shahr-e Koudakan'' (city of children), and ''Ba ma Kash Bashi'' (Wish you would be with us).

In addition to voice acting, he, along with Amir Soltan Ahmadi, wrote and performed the music video World Cup in 2014. They once again produced another music video for the 2018 world cup called We are coming to Russia. In this music video, they feature Jenab Khan as the guest-star singer.
As an actor, Bahrani appeared in several movies and TV series such as ''Sly'', ''Tabagheye Haasas'', ''Monster'', ''Golshifteh'', and ''Doping''. One of the main parts of his versatile body of works consists of theatre acting and directing.

Filmography

Acting

Film

Television and web

Theatre

Directing

Voice acting and puppeteering in theatre

Voice acting and puppeteering in TV

Narrating and presenting

Singing

Lyrics and poetry

Awards and nominations

See also

References

External links

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* محمد بحرانی ویکی‌پدیا

Interview with Mohammad Bahrani,
Dorehami, Season5, TV Nasim, March 23, 2020

Mohammad Bahrani Irantheater

Mohammad Bahrani salamcinama

مصاحبهٔ خبر آنلاین با محمد بحرانی

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1981 births
Living people
21st-century Iranian male actors
Tarbiat Modares University alumni
Iranian film directors
Iranian male film actors
Iranian male stage actors
Iranian male voice actors
Iranian puppeteers
Iranian comedians
Iranian male television actors
University of Tehran alumni
People from Shiraz