Hossein Abedini
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Hossein Abedini (Persian: حسین عابدینی) is an Iranian actor.[1] His debut film was Pedar (Father), which was released in 1996 and directed by Majid Majidi. He received critical acclaim after portraying Lateef, a 17-year-old native Iranian boy in the 2001 film Baran, which was also directed by Majid Majidi.[2] His other films include Rasm-e ashegh-koshi (Tradition of lover killing) in 2004, Wind Blows in the Meadow (2009) and Rouyidan Dar Bad (Growing in the wind) in 2012.[3]
Abedini was born in Zanjan, Iran. From the beginning, Abedini was not a professional actor. Despite entering acting by chance, he won the Crystal Symorgh for Best Actor in a leading role for Baran at the 19th Fajr International Film Festival.
Majid Majidi once told in an interview to Gerald Peary in December 2002 that, "When I found him, he was twelve years old, had quit school, and worked in a fruit market. When Pedar (Father) was screened, he was very happy, and said, 'I'm going to get famous, and when a truck of watermelons arrives, everyone will buy from me!' We encouraged Hossein to go to school, but it's now his tenth year still in the fruit market."[4]