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Akbar Abdi
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| Born | 26 August 1960 |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Awards |  Order of Culture and Art (1st Class) |
Akbar Abdi (Persian: اکبر عبدی, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
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Career
He began his career in 1981 with the children's TV series “The Traffic Neighborhood”, directed by Dariush Moadebian. His main credits include “The Actor”, “Delshodegan” and “The Snowman". He also acted in the film "Ejareh-Nesheenha" (The Tenants).
Abdi went through Kidney transplant in June 2016. He has been criticized for anti-Semitic remarks.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 1984 | The Great Controversy | Siavash Shakeri | |||
| 1985 | The Man Who Became a Mouse | Ahmad Bakhshi | |||
| 1986 | The Mission | Hossein Zandbaf | |||
| 1987 | The Stranger | Parviz | Rahman Rezaee | ||
| The Tenants | Mr. Ghandi | Dariush Mehrjui | |||
| 1989 | Grand Cinema | Hossein Hedayat | |||
| 1990 | Mother | Gholam Reza | Ali Hatami | ||
| 1991 | The Old Men's School | Ali Sajadi Hosseini | |||
| 1992 | Love-stricken | Faraj Boulsik | Ali Hatami | ||
| Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | ||||
| 1993 | Actor | Akbar Abdi | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | ||
| 1996 | Mr. Sunshine | Homayoun As'adian | |||
| 1999 | All | Fereydoun Hassanpour | |||
| 2000 | Once Upon a Time | Iraj Tahmasb | |||
| 2007 | The Outcast | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| 2008 | Lover | Godratollah Solh Mirzaee | |||
| 2009 | The Outcast 2 | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| Heartbroken | Ali Rouintan | ||||
| 2010 | Pay Back | Tahmineh Milani | |||
| 2011 | The Outcast 3 | Bayram Loder | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| The Presiden's Cell Phone | Ghorban Ali's brother-in-law | Ali Atshani | |||
| 2012 | Displace | Ali | Ali Tavakolnia | ||
| I Feel Sleepy | Reza's Mother | Reza Attaran | |||
| 2013 | Notoriety | Yousef | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| 2014 | The Sleepy Ones | Mother | Fereydoun Jeyrani | ||
| Miʿrajis | Akbar | Masoud Dehnamaki | |||
| 2015 | In Due Course | Vahid Amirkhani | |||
| 2016 | Notoriety 2 | Yousef | Masoud Dehnamaki | ||
| Four Isfahanians in Baghdad | Mohammad Reza Momtaz | ||||
| 2018 | Loveulance | Keramat | Mohsen Mahini | ||
| The Misunderstanding | Ahmad Reza Motamedi | ||||
| 2019 | Happy Birthday | Somayyeh Zareinezhad | |||
| X-Large | Mohsen Tavakoli | ||||
| Tornado 2 | Professor Andish | Javad Hashemi | |||
| 2021 | Automobile | Ali Miri Ramesheh | |||
| 2022 | Hot Silver | Mohsen Aghakhan | |||
| TBA | Bitter Smile | Mohammad Reza Momtaz |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Ref(s) |
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| 2013–2014 | King of Ear | Rahman Shoja'at | Davood Mirbagheri | Video CD |
Awards and nominations
- Receiving the Crystal Simorgh for the second role of a man from the 8th Fajr Film Festival for his role in Ali Hatami's film Mother (1989)
- Receiving Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Fajr International Film Festival for his role in the film I Dream I Made by Reza Attaran
- Nominated for the 20th Fajr Film Festival Award for the film Bread, Love and Motor 1000
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