Akbar Abdi

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title: "Akbar Abdi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["living-people", "male-actors-from-tehran", "iranian-male-film-actors", "iranian-male-television-actors", "iranian-male-stage-actors", "people-from-ardabil", "21st-century-iranian-male-actors", "20th-century-iranian-male-actors", "1960-births", "recipients-of-the-order-of-culture-and-art", "crystal-simorgh-for-best-supporting-actor-winners"] description: "Iranian actor and comedian" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Abdi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Iranian actor and comedian ::

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Field	Value
name	Akbar Abdi
image	Akbar Abdi 2020.jpg
native_name	اکبر عبدی
native_name_lang	Fa
birth_date
birth_place	Tehran, Iran
occupation	Actor, comedian
yearsactive	1983–present
children	1
awards	[[File:Order of Culture and Art.png
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| name = Akbar Abdi | image = Akbar Abdi 2020.jpg | imagesize = | height = | caption = | native_name = اکبر عبدی | native_name_lang = Fa | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Tehran, Iran | occupation = Actor, comedian | yearsactive = 1983–present | children = 1 | awards = [[File:Order of Culture and Art.png|30px]] Order of Culture and Art (1st Class) | website = Akbar Abdi (, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Career

He began his career in 1981 with the children's TV series “The Traffic Neighborhood”, directed by Dariush Moadebian. His main credits include “The Actor”, “Delshodegan” and “The Snowman". He also acted in the film "Ejareh-Nesheenha" (The Tenants).

Abdi went through a kidney transplant in June 2016. He has been criticized for anti-Semitic remarks.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)	1984	1985	1986	1987	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1996	1999	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022
The Great Controversy		Siavash Shakeri
The Man Who Became a Mouse		Ahmad Bakhshi
The Mission		Hossein Zandbaf
The Stranger	Parviz	Rahman Rezaee
The Tenants	Mr. Ghandi	Dariush Mehrjui
Grand Cinema		Hossein Hedayat
Mother	Gholam Reza	Ali Hatami
The Old Men's School		Ali Sajadi Hosseini
Love-stricken	Faraj Boulsik	Ali Hatami
Once Upon a Time, Cinema		Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Actor	Akbar Abdi	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mr. Sunshine		Homayoun As'adian
All		Fereydoun Hassanpour
Once Upon a Time		Iraj Tahmasb
The Outcast	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
Lover		Godratollah Solh Mirzaee
The Outcast 2	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
Heartbroken		Ali Rouintan
Checkmate		Jamshid Heidari
Pay Back		Tahmineh Milani
The Outcast 3	Bayram Loder	Masoud Dehnamaki
The Presiden's Cell Phone	Ghorban Ali's brother-in-law	Ali Atshani
Displace	Ali	Ali Tavakolnia
I Feel Sleepy	Reza's Mother	Reza Attaran
Notoriety	Yousef	Masoud Dehnamaki
The Sleepy Ones	Mother	Fereydoun Jeyrani
Miʿrajis	Akbar	Masoud Dehnamaki
In Due Course		Vahid Amirkhani
Notoriety 2	Yousef	Masoud Dehnamaki
Four Isfahanians in Baghdad		Mohammad Reza Momtaz
Loveulance	Keramat	Mohsen Mahini
Misunderstanding		Ahmad Reza Motamedi
Happy Birthday		Somayyeh Zareinezhad
X-Large		Mohsen Tavakoli
Tornado 2	Professor Andish	Javad Hashemi
Automobile		Ali Miri Ramesheh
Hot Silver		Mohsen Aghakhan
	Bitter Smile		Mohammad Reza Momtaz
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Web

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Year	Title	Role	Director	Platform	Ref(s)	2013–2014
King of Ear	Rahman Shoja'at	Davood Mirbagheri	Video CD
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Awards and nominations

• Receiving the Crystal Simorgh for the second role of a man from the 8th Fajr Film Festival for his role in Ali Hatami's film Mother (1989)
• Receiving Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Fajr International Film Festival for his role in the film I Dream I Made by Reza Attaran
• Nominated for the 20th Fajr Film Festival Award for the film Bread, Love and Motor 1000

References

References

1. link. [[Tasnim News Agency]]. (24 August 2013)
2. Wright, Robin B.. (2000). "The last great revolution: turmoil and transformation in Iran". [[Alfred A. Knopf]].
3. "اکبر عبدی در زادگاهش تجلیل شد/کلید طلایی شهر در دستان هنرپیشه کشوری | خبرگزاری فارس".
4. (June 19, 2017). "IAF to Review Akbar Abdi's Best Films". [[Financial Tribune]].
5. (July 4, 2016). "Comedy king Akbar Abdi undergoes kidney transplant". [[Tehran Times]].
6. (March 11, 2015). "Activists campaign against visit of anti-Semitic Iranian comedian". [[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]].
7. (2007-12-13). "Iranactor.com - Akbar Abdi - اکبر عبدی".
8. ""روزهای زندگی و ضد گلوله بهترین فیلم‌های جشنواره فیلم فجر شدند". مهر نیوز. ۲۳ بهمن ۱۳۹۰. دریافت‌شده در ۱۳ فوریه ۲۰۱۲.".

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