Payman Maadi
Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) was born in 1970 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. Peyman Maadi's family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. Peyman Maadi started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Fest.
Born: 30 July 1970
Played In
Movie
Feb 2026
Crime 101
Sammy Kassem
Movie
Nov 2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
Movie
Jul 2025
Woman and Child
Hamid
Movie
May 2025
Arenas
TV Show
Jan 2025
Azaazil
Major Behrouz Sharifi
Movie
Oct 2024
Hard Shell
Siamak
TV Show
Mar 2024
Viper of Tehran
Arman Bayani
Movie
Oct 2023
Opponent
Iman
Movie
Aug 2023
Aporia
Jabir
Movie
Jan 2023
Parfum
Movie
Aug 2022
Leila's Brothers
Manouchehr
Movie
Mar 2022
Hamid's Symphony
Payman
Movie
May 2020
Night Shift
Asomidin Tohirov
Movie
Feb 2020
Walnut Tree
Qader
Movie
Dec 2019
6 Underground
Murat Alimov
Movie
Mar 2019
Law of Tehran
Samad
Movie
Feb 2019
Suddenly a Tree
Farhad
Movie
Apr 2018
Pig
Payman Maadi
Movie
Feb 2018
Bomb: A Love Story
Iraj
Movie
Mar 2017
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Payman (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2016
Westworld
Elliot
TV Show
Jul 2016
The Night Of
Salim Khan
Movie
Mar 2016
Life and a Day
Morteza
Movie
Jan 2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Amahl
Movie
Apr 2015
Last Knights
Emperor
Movie
Oct 2014
Camp X-Ray
Ali
Movie
Feb 2014
Melbourne
Amir
Movie
Feb 2014
Il était une fois... Une séparation
Movie
Feb 2014
Tales
Taxi Driver
Movie
Oct 2011
Mourning
Masoud (voice)
Movie
Mar 2011
From Iran, a Separation
Self - Actor
Movie
Feb 2011
A Separation
Nader
Movie
Jun 2009
About Elly
Peyman
Movie
The Test
Movie
Enemies