Mohammad Reza Foroutan

Mohammad-Reza Foroutan is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Islamic Azad University. His acting in an episode of the mystery drama ‘Clue’ (1996) brought him an offer to play in Masoud Kimiai’s film. He achieved a nation-wide fame after appearing in ‘Mercedes’ (1997) and ‘Objection’ (1999). Shining in movies such as ‘Red’ (1998), ‘Two Women’ (1998), ‘Born in the Month of Mehr’ (1999), ‘Under the City’s Skin’ (1999), and ‘Winter Solstice’ (2000) made him a superstar. He has also acted in movies such as ‘The Target’ (1994), ‘The Last Port’ (1994), ‘Friday Soldiers’ (2003), ‘Octopus’ (2004), ‘The Bachelors’ (2004), ‘Kandelous Gardens’ (2004), ‘While Everyone Was Asleep’ (2005), ‘Cold Soil’ (2005), ‘The Night Bus’ (2006), ‘Hidden Feeling’ (2006), ‘The Second Woman’ (2007), ‘My Child’ (2008), ‘14-Karat’ (2008), ‘Invitation’ (2008), ‘Being 40’ (2009), ‘The Other Man’ (2009), ‘The Pact’ (2011), ‘Unfinished Tajrish’ (2011), ‘No One, Nowhere’ (2012), ‘Metropol’ (2013), ‘Sensitive Level’ (2013), and ‘Night Shift’ (2014). He has appeared in series such as ‘The Forgotten’ (2010) and ‘Ancient Land’ (2010) as well. Foroutan received two Crystal Simorghs for Best Actor for his leading role in the physiological thriller ‘Red’(1998) and ‘Slowly’ (2005). He has bagged two Golden Statues for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Iran Cinema Celebration Awards for ‘Winter Solstice’ and ‘Red’.

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Two Women (1999)

A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tahmine Milani
CAST:  Niki Karimi  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Reza Khandan  •  Atila Pesyani

A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tahmine Milani
CAST:  Niki Karimi  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Reza Khandan  •  Atila Pesyani

Karat 14 (2009)

An Iranian jeweler who helped arrest a thief discovers that the culprit has been released from prison and is out for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Parviz Shahbazi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Kambiz Dirbaz  •  Pouria Poursorkh  •  Mina Sadati

An Iranian jeweler who helped arrest a thief discovers that the culprit has been released from prison and is out for revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Parviz Shahbazi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Kambiz Dirbaz  •  Pouria Poursorkh  •  Mina Sadati

Romantic Nostalgia (2014)

During a demonstration, with the assistance of a man named Manouchehr, Fereshteh succeeds to get rid of the security forces. After victory of the revolution, they accidentally meet each other and consequently get married despite disagreement of Fereshteh’s family. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Azamian
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mitra Hajjar  •  Siamak Atlasi  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian

During a demonstration, with the assistance of a man named Manouchehr, Fereshteh succeeds to get rid of the security forces. After victory of the revolution, they accidentally meet each other and consequently get married despite disagreement of Fereshteh’s family. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Azamian
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mitra Hajjar  •  Siamak Atlasi  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian

Canaan (2008)

Mina has decided to leave her older husband Morteza after ten years of marriage. Next Monday will be her divorce date, which means her first step towards her goal; immigration. However, the arrival of her older sister, Azar, together with the illness of her mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mani Haghighi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Taraneh Alidoosti  •  Afsaneh Bayegan  •  Bahram Radan

Mina has decided to leave her older husband Morteza after ten years of marriage. Next Monday will be her divorce date, which means her first step towards her goal; immigration. However, the arrival of her older sister, Azar, together with the illness of her mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mani Haghighi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Taraneh Alidoosti  •  Afsaneh Bayegan  •  Bahram Radan

No Where No Body (2013)

A young couple need easy money. A few friends join them to plan a kidnap, but nothing goes right when some of them go after revenge and betray each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Sheibani
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Arezu Afari  •  Babak Karimi

A young couple need easy money. A few friends join them to plan a kidnap, but nothing goes right when some of them go after revenge and betray each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Sheibani
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Arezu Afari  •  Babak Karimi

Trial on the Street (2009)

Just a few hours to his wedding, Amir, a lad from the south of Tehran, receives a call from his closest friend Habib who insist on meeting him to speak about an urgent issue. He rushes to Habib's works place and there listens to Habib's devastating claim that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Poulad Kimiayi  •  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Shabnam Darvish

Just a few hours to his wedding, Amir, a lad from the south of Tehran, receives a call from his closest friend Habib who insist on meeting him to speak about an urgent issue. He rushes to Habib's works place and there listens to Habib's devastating claim that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Poulad Kimiayi  •  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Shabnam Darvish

Metropole (2014)

The story of two youngsters who one night meet a woman Khatoon who has take refuge in a billiard club. This put them on many challenges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Poulad Kimiayi  •  Shaghayegh Farahani

The story of two youngsters who one night meet a woman Khatoon who has take refuge in a billiard club. This put them on many challenges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Poulad Kimiayi  •  Shaghayegh Farahani

Zane Dovom (2007)

A recently married couple face the intrinsic dynamics of a couple's relationship during personal turmoil. Themes of love, exploration and the symbolism of marriage flow throughout. The bleak, isolated winter setting which was once a getaway for the couple now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sirus Alvand
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Niki Karimi  •  Anahita Ne'mati  •  Hengame Ghaziani

A recently married couple face the intrinsic dynamics of a couple's relationship during personal turmoil. Themes of love, exploration and the symbolism of marriage flow throughout. The bleak, isolated winter setting which was once a getaway for the couple now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sirus Alvand
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Niki Karimi  •  Anahita Ne'mati  •  Hengame Ghaziani

Invitation (2008)

a film about how attitude dissimilar family against abortion .....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Merila Zarei  •  Reza Babak

a film about how attitude dissimilar family against abortion .....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Merila Zarei  •  Reza Babak

Democracy in Daylight (2009)

The story of life of an Iranian army leader who has faults in his life and now in purgatory wants to retaliate for his faults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Atshani
CAST:  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Ali Dehkordi  •  Hamid Farrokhnejad  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan

The story of life of an Iranian army leader who has faults in his life and now in purgatory wants to retaliate for his faults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Atshani
CAST:  Arjang Amirfazli  •  Ali Dehkordi  •  Hamid Farrokhnejad  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan

Gradually... (2006)

A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Maryam Boubani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Roya Javidnia

A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Maryam Boubani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Roya Javidnia

Red (1998)

Hasti, a widowed nurse who has a daughter, marries a paranoid wealthy man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fereydoun Jeyrani
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Hedie Tehrani  •  Kamand Amirsoleimani  •  Turan Mehrzad

Hasti, a widowed nurse who has a daughter, marries a paranoid wealthy man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fereydoun Jeyrani
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Hedie Tehrani  •  Kamand Amirsoleimani  •  Turan Mehrzad

Born Under Libra (2001)

Divided by student protests and conflicting politics, college lovers Daniel and Mahtab are separated when Daniel flees Tehran. But Mahtab follows, travelling south to his village. As the lovers reunite and head back to Tehran, they find themselves trapped by flood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Darvish
CAST:  Mitra Hajjar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mahmud Azizi  •  Laleh Eskandari

Divided by student protests and conflicting politics, college lovers Daniel and Mahtab are separated when Daniel flees Tehran. But Mahtab follows, travelling south to his village. As the lovers reunite and head back to Tehran, they find themselves trapped by flood ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Darvish
CAST:  Mitra Hajjar  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mahmud Azizi  •  Laleh Eskandari

Under the Skin of the City (2001)

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Golab Adine  •  Baran Kosari  •  Ebrahim Sheibani

Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Golab Adine  •  Baran Kosari  •  Ebrahim Sheibani

Protest (2001)

When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Dariush Arjmand  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mitra Hajjar  •  Bita Farrahi

When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masoud Kimiai
CAST:  Dariush Arjmand  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mitra Hajjar  •  Bita Farrahi

Night Bus (2007)

The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiumars Pourahmad
CAST:  Khosro Shakibai  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrdad Sedighian  •  Elnaz Shakerdoust

The film, which is in sharp monochrome, relates the story of a twenty-four-hour-long journey of two young Iranian soldiers (Issā and Emād) and a civilian driver (Amu Rahim) transporting thirty-eight Iraqi prisoners of war, taken from behind the Iraqi line, to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiumars Pourahmad
CAST:  Khosro Shakibai  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrdad Sedighian  •  Elnaz Shakerdoust

Tales (2014)

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Habib Rezaei  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrave Sharifinia  •  Golab Adine

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Habib Rezaei  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mehrave Sharifinia  •  Golab Adine

Tajrish... an unfinished story (2015)

Soroor and Amir first met 20 years ago. Since then, she has been widowed and is now the single mother of a child. And he got married. But their friendship has remained.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shaghayegh Farahani  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mona Sartoveh

Soroor and Amir first met 20 years ago. Since then, she has been widowed and is now the single mother of a child. And he got married. But their friendship has remained.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shaghayegh Farahani  •  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Mona Sartoveh
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