Reza Attaran (
Persian: رضا عطاران; born 10 May 1968) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and singer. He has received various accolades, including three
Crystal Simorgh, six
Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
Early life
Attaran was born in Mashhad on 10 May 1968. He has two older sisters and a younger brother and is the third child in the family. Attaran is originally from Kakhk. He lost his mother in an earthquake in Kakhk.
He received a degree in economics in the Mashhad before moving to Tehran to study industrial design at the
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...
, faculty of Fine Arts. In 1982, he left his education unfinished to pursue a career in
theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Iranian comedians
Iranian screenwriters
Iranian film directors
Iranian male film actors
Iranian television directors
Iranian male television actors
Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor winners
Iranian radio and television presenters
Iranian male singers