Payman Maadi
Biography
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.
Known For
Westworld
Crime 101
The Night Of
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
6 Underground
Last Knights
A Separation
Camp X-Ray
All Movies (31)
- Crime 1012026 · as Sammy Kassem
- Oh, What Happy Days!2025
- Woman and Child2025 · as Hamid
- Arenas2025
- Hard Shell2024 · as Siamak
- Opponent2023 · as Iman
- Aporia2023 · as Jabir
- Parfum2023
- Leila's Brothers2022 · as Manouchehr
- Hamid's Symphony2022 · as Payman
- Night Shift2020 · as Asomidin Tohirov
- Walnut Tree2020 · as Qader
- 6 Underground2019 · as Murat Alimov
- Law of Tehran2019 · as Samad
- Suddenly a Tree2019 · as Farhad
- Pig2018 · as Payman Maadi
- Bomb: A Love Story2018 · as Iraj
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2017 · as Payman (voice)
- Life and a Day2016 · as Morteza
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 · as Amahl
- Last Knights2015 · as Emperor
- Camp X-Ray2014 · as Ali
- Melbourne2014 · as Amir
- Il était une fois... Une séparation2014
- Tales2014 · as Taxi Driver
- Mourning2011 · as Masoud (voice)
- From Iran, a Separation2011 · as Self - Actor
- A Separation2011 · as Nader
- About Elly2009 · as Peyman
- The Test—
- Enemies—
All TV Shows (4)
- Azaazil2025 · as Major Behrouz Sharifi
- Viper of Tehran2024 · as Arman Bayani
- Westworld2016 · as Elliot
- The Night Of2016 · as Salim Khan