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Mosaffa, Ali (Actor)
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Date of Birth
1 December 1966, Teheran, Iran
Ali Mosaffa (December 1, 1966, Teheran, Iran)
Ali Mosaffa was born in Teheran in 1966. His first lead film appearance was the role in the 1996 film Leila, directed by Dariush Mehrjui.
Mosaffa has starred in films such as Pari (1995), Leila (1996), and Borj-e Minoo (1996) and a TV series, Keef-e Englisi (The English Bag, 1999).
A Civil Engineering graduate from Tehran University, Mosaffa worked as an actor in the early 1990s, earning praise for his work in a loose adaptation of J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, entitled Pari (1994) (dir. Dariush Mehrjui).
The performance won him the Best Supporting Actor prize at the 13th Fajr International Film Festival.
A series of short films, including Incubus (1991), Rush (1993), The Deceit of Poesy (1996) and The Neighbour (1999, Best Experimental Film at the Iranian Short Film Festival) led to his feature film debut, "Sima-Ye Zani Dar Doordast" (Portrait of a Lady Far Away) (2005).
Premiering at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Portrait of a Lady Far Away toured several of the world’s prestigious film festivals, including Montreal, London, and Istanbul.
Mosaffa’s second feature, The Last Step, screened at Tehran’s Fajr Film Festival in February 2012 and receiving the Best Script award.
The Last Step also recently received the Best Actress award, the FIPRESCI Award and the Best Film Poster prize at Karlovy Vary in July 2012.
Mosaffa married his co-star in Leila, the Iranian actress Leila Hatami in 1999. They have two children: a son named Mani and a daughter named Assale.
Awards
International Critics’ Prize for The Last Step, from Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2012
Selected works of
Mosaffa, Ali (Actor)
2024
Dead of Night | Zharfnaye Shab (2024)
2022
The Locust | Malakh (2022)
2022
A Minor | LA Minor (2022)
2021
Playing with Stars | Setareh Bazi (2021)
2021
Absence | Naboodan (2021)
2019
Dance with Me | Jahan, Ba Man Beraghs (2019)
2018
A Bigger Game | Gorg Baazi (2018)
2018
TALE OF THE SEA | Hekayat-e Darya (2018)
2018
Pig | Khook (2018)
2018
Dressage (2018)
2017
Searing Summer | Tabestan-E Dagh (2017)
2016
Inversion | Varoonegi (2016)
2015
Death of the Fish | Marg-e Mahi (2015)
2014
What’s The Time In Your World? | Dar donya ye to saat chand ast? (2014)
2013
The Past | Le Passé (2013)
2012
The Last Step | Peleh Akhar (2012)
2006
Who Killed Amir? | Che kasi Amir ra kosht? (2006)
2003
Somewhere Else | Jayi digar (2003)
2000
Party (2000)
2000
The Mix (2000)
2000
Tales of an Island | Dastanhaye Jazireh (2000)
2000
The English Bag (1999–2000 | TV Series)
1996
Minoo Watch Tower | Borj-e Minoo (1996)
1996
Leila (1996)
1995
Pari (1995)
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