Bahram Afshari

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Born (1987-05-27) May 27, 1987 (age 38)
Hamadan, Iran
AlmamaterAzad University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • playwright
Yearsactive2003–present
Bahram Afshari
Afshari at the 2017 Fajr Film Festival
Born (1987-05-27) May 27, 1987 (age 38)
Hamadan, Iran
Alma materAzad University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • playwright
Years active2003–present

Bahram Afshari (Persian: بهرام افشاری; born May 27, 1987) is an Iranian actor and director. He is best known for his role as Behtash Fariba in Capital (2013–present). His directorial debut film, Seventy Thirty (2024) became the highest-grossing film of all time in Iran, and he also starred in Fossil (2023), the second highest-grossing film. Afshari has received various accolades, including two Hafez Awards, in addition to nominations for two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.[1][2][3][4][5]

Bahram Afshari was born on 27 May 1987 in Hamedan, Iran. His parents separated during his childhood, and he has spoken about this experience, stating:

My mother left me and my father when I I was two years old. My father later fell ill, and I spent much of my childhood in hospitals, caring for him.

— [6]

From a young age, Afshari was passionate about acting and performed in theater productions in Hamedan. At the age of 22, he moved to Tehran to pursue his career, studying acting professionally under Hamid Samandarian. He subsequently began working in theater. Afshari graduated with a degree in manufacturing and production from a vocational school and later earned a bachelor's degree in acting from Islamic Azad University, Tehran.[7]

Personal life

Haghighat Doost boycotted the Fajr International Film Festival in light of the 2025–2026 Iranian protests.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
2013 Asphalt Reza Asghari Short film; unreleased [9]
2014 I'm Not Angry! Real Estate Agent Reza Dormishian [10]
Mom's Birthday Morteza Shams Short film [11]
2015 Iran Burger Panjshanbeh Masoud Jafari Jozani [12]
2016 Lantouri Bahram Reza Dormishian [13]
2017 Simple Worker Needed Ghadam Manouchehr Hadi [14]
2018 Rahman 1400 Anoush Manouchehr Hadi [15]
2019 Newcastle Ebi Mohsen Ghasabian [16]
Unsophisticated Saeed Gholami Farzad Motamen [17]
2020 Mr. Censor Shahram Far'i Ali Jabbarzadeh [18]
After the Incident Pouria Heidary Oureh [19]
2021 Staging Asad Alireza Samadi [20]
2022 Sag Band Farzad Mehran Ahmadi [21]
2023 Fossil Esi Amouee Karim Amini [22]
Gray House Bahram Afshari Short film; also as writer [23]
2024 The Year of the Cat Jahangir Mostafa Taghizadeh [24]
Seventy Thirty Barat Amini Bahram Afshari Directorial feature film debut [25]
2025 Man with Glasses Halim Rayegan Karim Amini [26]

Web

Year Title Role Director Platform Notes Ref(s)
2019–2020 The Heart Farab Sohrabpour Manouchehr Hadi Filimo Supporting role [27]
2020 Mutual Friendship Himself Shahab Hosseini Namava Talk show; 1 episode [28]
2021 Red Square Payam Makin Ebrahim Ebrahimian Filimo Main role; 9 episodes [29]
2022 The Secret of Survival Rahim Timsar Saeed Aghakhani Filmnet Main role; 17 episodes [30]
Party Himself Iraj Tahmasb Namava Guest appearance; 1 episode [31]

Television

Year Title Role Director Network Notes Ref(s)
2013–present Capital Shirafkan Fariba / Behtash Fariba Sirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1 Main role; 35 episodes [32]
2017 AlalBadal Hormoz Sirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1 Main role; 14 episodes [33]
2019 Special Condition Manouchehr Shane'Besar Vahid Amirkhani IRIB TV3 Main role; 18 episodes [34]

Theatre

Year Title Playwright Director Stage Notes Ref(s)
2015, 2018 Hedgehog Bahram Afshari Bahram Afshari Iranian Artists Forum, Baran Theatre, Iranshahr Theater Also as actor [35]
2022, 2024, 2025 Who Killed the Hedgehog? Bahram Afshari Bahram Afshari Shahrzad Theater Complex, Yazd Central Hall Also as actor [36]
2024–2025 300 Mohammad Rahmanian Sohrab Pournazeri Sa'dabad Complex As actor [37]

Awards and nominations

References

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