Amir Aghaei

Amir Aghaei (امیر آقایی) is an actor, born on the 1 August 1970 in Urmia, Iran. He is known for Inja Iran, for which he was nominated at the Action on Film International Film Festival, USA, the award-winning Death Is My Profession (Marg kasb va kare man ast) (2011) and for his participation in the romantic drama 'Saadat Abad' (2011) in the role of Ali.

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Hush! Girls Don't Scream (2013)

Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has had two unsuccessful marriage attempts, and is deeply psychologically troubled. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pouran Derakhshande
CAST:  Merila Zarei  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Babak Hamidian

Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has had two unsuccessful marriage attempts, and is deeply psychologically troubled. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pouran Derakhshande
CAST:  Merila Zarei  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Babak Hamidian

Private Life (2012)

Intense thriller following a religious newspaper editor who is faced with temptation. When Ibrahim (Farhad Aslani) meets a young writer (Hanie Tavassoli) who is seemingly interested in a job, things quickly take a turn. A gripping story of paranoia and obsession ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh
CAST:  Farhad Aslani  •  Hanie Tavassoli  •  Laya Zanganeh  •  Amir Aghaei

Intense thriller following a religious newspaper editor who is faced with temptation. When Ibrahim (Farhad Aslani) meets a young writer (Hanie Tavassoli) who is seemingly interested in a job, things quickly take a turn. A gripping story of paranoia and obsession ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh
CAST:  Farhad Aslani  •  Hanie Tavassoli  •  Laya Zanganeh  •  Amir Aghaei

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

Death Is My Profession (2011)

"Death is My Profession" is about the struggle of people who have to accept any work offered to survive in a neglected society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amirhossein Saghafi
CAST:  Pejman Bazeghi  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Mahchehreh Khalili  •  Kamran Tafti

"Death is My Profession" is about the struggle of people who have to accept any work offered to survive in a neglected society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amirhossein Saghafi
CAST:  Pejman Bazeghi  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Mahchehreh Khalili  •  Kamran Tafti

Niloofar (2008)

Niloofar is a twelve-year-old girl whose dream is to read and write, but she lives in a village where education is only for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting her mother during a delivery, Niloofar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sabine El Gemayel
CAST:  Fatemeh Motamed-Arya  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Roya Nownahali  •  Hengame Ghaziani

Niloofar is a twelve-year-old girl whose dream is to read and write, but she lives in a village where education is only for boys. Her mother, a well-known midwife, insists that Niloofar become her apprentice. While assisting her mother during a delivery, Niloofar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sabine El Gemayel
CAST:  Fatemeh Motamed-Arya  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Roya Nownahali  •  Hengame Ghaziani

Low Heights (2002)

A person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Hamid Farrokhnejad  •  Leila Hatami  •  Gohar Kheyrandish  •  Amir Aghaei

A person wants to hijack an airplane to go out of Iran and cure his sick son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Hamid Farrokhnejad  •  Leila Hatami  •  Gohar Kheyrandish  •  Amir Aghaei

Bodyguard (2016)

A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Parviz Parastouei  •  Babak Hamidian  •  Merila Zarei  •  Amir Aghaei

A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Hatamikia
CAST:  Parviz Parastouei  •  Babak Hamidian  •  Merila Zarei  •  Amir Aghaei

The Nameless Alley (2016)

Two families who live in neighborhood in south of Tehran have different looks to life. These differences make some troubles for both.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hatef Alimardani
CAST:  Farhad Aslani  •  Baran Kosari  •  Pantea Bahram  •  Melissa Zakeri

Two families who live in neighborhood in south of Tehran have different looks to life. These differences make some troubles for both.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hatef Alimardani
CAST:  Farhad Aslani  •  Baran Kosari  •  Pantea Bahram  •  Melissa Zakeri

No Date, No Signature (2017)

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Jalilvand
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Hedie Tehrani  •  Zakiyeh Behbahani

Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Jalilvand
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Hedie Tehrani  •  Zakiyeh Behbahani

The Narcissus Season (2017)

A story about normal people who have not lost themselves in today's narcissistic world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Negar Azarbayjani
CAST:  Yekta Naser  •  Rima Raminfar  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Pejman Bazeghi

A story about normal people who have not lost themselves in today's narcissistic world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Negar Azarbayjani
CAST:  Yekta Naser  •  Rima Raminfar  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Pejman Bazeghi

Wednesday, May 9 (2015)

A man named Jalal publishes an unusual advertisement in one of Tehran’s morning papers to donate $10,000 to a needy person. The news gathers a large group of people. At the end of the day, he receives many application forms, and he eventually decides to choose one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Jalilvand
CAST:  Niki Karimi  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Vahid Jalilvand

A man named Jalal publishes an unusual advertisement in one of Tehran’s morning papers to donate $10,000 to a needy person. The news gathers a large group of people. At the end of the day, he receives many application forms, and he eventually decides to choose one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vahid Jalilvand
CAST:  Niki Karimi  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Vahid Jalilvand

360 Degrees (2015)

Javid takes the responsibility for the methamphetamine found in his car to save his wife from going to prison. After his release, many people come forward to use him for their own good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Gharibian
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Naser Aghaee  •  Alireza Ara  •  Mitra Hajjar

Javid takes the responsibility for the methamphetamine found in his car to save his wife from going to prison. After his release, many people come forward to use him for their own good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Gharibian
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Naser Aghaee  •  Alireza Ara  •  Mitra Hajjar

Night Shift (2015)

A woman searches for her husband on the streets of Tehran.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Karimi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Gohar Kheyrandish  •  Sahar Ghoreyshi  •  Leila Zare

A woman searches for her husband on the streets of Tehran.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Karimi
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Gohar Kheyrandish  •  Sahar Ghoreyshi  •  Leila Zare

Privacy (2017)

A group of youngsters are going to a villa in north of Tehran. But there their troubles little by little begin to appear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Moezi
CAST:  Rana Azadivar  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Milad Keymaram  •  Andisheh Fouladvand

A group of youngsters are going to a villa in north of Tehran. But there their troubles little by little begin to appear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Moezi
CAST:  Rana Azadivar  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Milad Keymaram  •  Andisheh Fouladvand

Lina (2017)

Maryam finds out that her parents are not her biological parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramin Rasouli
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Homayoun Ershadi  •  Hasiba Ebrahimi  •  Fahim Ebrahimi

Maryam finds out that her parents are not her biological parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramin Rasouli
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Homayoun Ershadi  •  Hasiba Ebrahimi  •  Fahim Ebrahimi

A Man without a Shadow (2019)

The film A Shadowless Man in the Social Genre, produced in 1397 and filmed in Iran and Spain. The director of this work, Alireza Reisian, went on to make a film without shadows after the films "Forty Years" and "The Age of Love". A Shadowless Man was screened at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alireza Raisian
CAST:  Leila Hatami  •  Ali Mosaffa  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Farhad Aslani

The film A Shadowless Man in the Social Genre, produced in 1397 and filmed in Iran and Spain. The director of this work, Alireza Reisian, went on to make a film without shadows after the films "Forty Years" and "The Age of Love". A Shadowless Man was screened at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alireza Raisian
CAST:  Leila Hatami  •  Ali Mosaffa  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Farhad Aslani

Russian (2019)

Toomaj manages to escape from the prison but when get back home he finds that his wife has been raped by an unknown person. This is only the beginning of the troubles as Toomaj begins to search for that person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amirhossein Saghafi
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Saber Abar  •  Milad Keymaram

Toomaj manages to escape from the prison but when get back home he finds that his wife has been raped by an unknown person. This is only the beginning of the troubles as Toomaj begins to search for that person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amirhossein Saghafi
CAST:  Amir Aghaei  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Saber Abar  •  Milad Keymaram

Felicity Land (2011)

Yassi, who has doubts about Mohsen's life in common, decides to remind her of a memorable occasion. He anticipates everything in advance for the best of the party, ignoring the fact that the circumstances do not go away on his own. The film deals with betrayal in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Leila Hatami  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Mahnaz Afshar

Yassi, who has doubts about Mohsen's life in common, decides to remind her of a memorable occasion. He anticipates everything in advance for the best of the party, ignoring the fact that the circumstances do not go away on his own. The film deals with betrayal in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Leila Hatami  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Mahnaz Afshar

We're All Sinners (2016)

Farhad needs money for the treatment of his daughter. To get money, he is ready to sell everything or do anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Nazer
CAST:  niusha zeyghami  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Elham Hamidi  •  Arshia Seifi

Farhad needs money for the treatment of his daughter. To get money, he is ready to sell everything or do anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hassan Nazer
CAST:  niusha zeyghami  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Elham Hamidi  •  Arshia Seifi

Butterfly Stroke (2020)

Adventurous

After leaking of a video of her class in a women only swimming pool, Parvaneh is brutally murdered by her husband, Hashem, who seeks a way to redeem his reputation and dignity as the godfather in the neighborhood. Hashem’s brother, Hojat, embarks a journey into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Kart
CAST:  Javad Ezzati  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Pantea Bahram

After leaking of a video of her class in a women only swimming pool, Parvaneh is brutally murdered by her husband, Hashem, who seeks a way to redeem his reputation and dignity as the godfather in the neighborhood. Hashem’s brother, Hojat, embarks a journey into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Kart
CAST:  Javad Ezzati  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Amir Aghaei  •  Pantea Bahram
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