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name: "Shahab Hosseini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shahab-hosseini"
fi1m_id: "shahab-hosseini"
imdb_id: "nm1486911"
tmdb_id: 229933
wikidata_id: "Q1800870"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 February 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T12:35:14.734345+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Shahab Hosseini

## Identity

Shahab Hosseini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shahab-hosseini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shahab-hosseini
- **IMDb ID:** nm1486911
- **TMDB ID:** 229933
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1800870
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahab_Hosseini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486911/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229933

Actor. Born 4 February 1974 in Tehran, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 February 1974, Tehran, Iran
- **Active:** 2011–2016
- **Also known as:** شهاب حسینی, Shahab Hoseyni, Shahab Hoseini, 샤하브 호세이니, شەهاب حوسەینی
- **Frequently works with:** [Asghar Farhadi](https://film.one/person/asghar-farhadi.md)
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahab_Hosseini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486911/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229933

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*A Separation*](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md) (93)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Salesman*](https://film.one/film/the-salesman.md) (72)

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## Fi1m on Shahab Hosseini

> Shahab Hosseini gives troubled men enough care and attention to make a quick judgement difficult. His work with Asghar Farhadi is the place to start: we rate the restraint as highly as the emotional force.

The quarrels in *A Separation* (2011) make it difficult to choose a side and stay there. Shahab Hosseini's Hojjat is as carefully played as Payman Maadi's Nader, Leila Hatami's Simin and Sareh Bayat's Razieh, each given enough consideration to frustrate a quick verdict. Class and religion inform the disagreements, but neither excuses the behaviour. We found this upsetting because the care Hosseini and Bayat give Hojjat and Razieh makes it difficult to dismiss them when the quarrels become uncomfortable.

*Superstar* (2009), in which he plays Kourosh Zand, marked a major breakthrough at home. That year also brought *About Elly* (2009), his first collaboration with Asghar Farhadi, beginning the partnership that widened his international profile. He plays Emad Etesami in *The Salesman* (2016), the third of their films together after *A Separation*. Later work includes *The Night* (2021), with its immigrant and psychological themes. The Farhadi films remain our starting point because their social and ethical tensions suit an actor whose restraint matters as much as his emotional force.

Hosseini's recurring territory is the troubled or morally conflicted man, often working-class, and the obvious danger is that intensity becomes the whole performance. What we value in *A Separation* is the attention given to each person involved: Hojjat's circumstances matter, but he is never simply there to explain a social difference. Hosseini has described approaching a character without judging them as good or bad. With Farhadi, that approach works because the disagreements still leave us free to judge the behaviour for ourselves.

There are limits to what careful acting can do. A few plot complications in *A Separation* feel too deliberately placed, and even this cast cannot make them look accidental. That is a small reservation about a film we recommend without hesitation, and no reason to overlook how well Hosseini works within its ensemble. Start there, and give him and Bayat as much attention as the couple at the centre.

## Biography

Shahab Hosseini is an Iranian actor, producer and director. He was born in Tehran in 1974 and began his career in radio and television before making his film debut in *Rokhsareh* (2002).

He is known for his collaborations with director Asghar Farhadi, appearing as Ahmad in *About Elly* (2009), Hojjat in *A Separation* (2011) and Emad Etesami in *The Salesman* (2016). For the latter two films he shared the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also received the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the Fajr Film Festival for his role in *Superstar* (2009).

Hosseini has appeared in other notable films including *The Night* (2021) and has worked as a director and producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Salesman* (2016), Fi1m 72, as Emad Etesami — [page](https://film.one/film/the-salesman.md)
- *A Separation* (2011), Fi1m 93, as Hojjat — [page](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Daughter's Hair* (2025), as Tohid
- *Aban* (2025), series, as Fariborz Sabeti
- *Intoxicated by Love* (2024), as Shams ad-Din Tabrizi
- *Fereshteh's Sin* (2023), series, as Hamed Tehrani
- *Shukran* (2023), as Taher
- *Golden Blood* (2023), Actor
- *Parallax* (2023), Producer
- *The Lion Skin* (2022), series, Actor
- *The Writer Is Dead* (2022), Director
- *Nargesi* (2021), as Producer
- *The Night* (2021), as Babak Naderi
- *Residents of Nowhere* (2021), Director, Screenplay
- *After the Incident* (2020), as Producer
- *Any Day Now* (2020), as Bahman Mehdipouri
- *Labyrinth* (2019), Actor
- *Nabat* (2019), as Saeed
- *HajDani és MajDani* (2019), Visual Effects
- *Lovely Trash* (2019), as Mansoor
- *Confession* (2018), Director
- *My Brother Khosrow* (2017), as Khosrow
- *Gholam* (2017), as Gholam
- *Final Exam* (2017), as Farhad
- *Wednesday* (2016), Actor
- *Parallel Shadows* (2016), Actor
- *The Salesman* (2016), as Emad Etesami — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-salesman.md)
- *Shahrzad* (2015), series, as Ghobad Divansalar
- *Sweet Taste of Imagination* (2015), Actor
- *Sun of Midnight* (2015), as Producer
- *Resident of the Middle Floor* (2014), Director
- *A 5 Star* (2014), as Reza Vahidi
- *The Paternal House* (2014), as Naser
- *Time to Love* (2014), as Hamid
- *Hush! Girls Don't Scream* (2013), as Prosecutor
- *The Painting Pool* (2013), as Reza
- *Ziba and I* (2013), as Jafar
- *Someone Wants to Talk with You* (2012), Actor
- *The Visitor* (2012), Director
- *Final Whistle* (2011), Actor
- *Goodbye* (2011), as Husband
- *Tabire Khab* (2011), Actor
- *Just an hour ago* (2011), Actor
- *Shadow of Horror* (2011), Actor
- *Freeway* (2011), as Pasha
- *A Separation* (2011), as Hojjat — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md)
- *Snow on a Hot Tin Roof* (2011), Actor
- *Africa* (2010), Actor
- *A Walk in the Fog* (2010), as Amin
- *Anahita* (2010), Actor
- *Heartbroken* (2009), as Amir Ali
- *About Elly* (2009), as Ahmad
- *Superstar* (2009), Actor
- *Niloofar* (2008), Actor
- *Sugarland* (2008), Actor
- *Mahya* (2008), Actor
- *Zero Degree Turn* (2007), series, as Habib Parsa
- *Loneliness* (2007), Actor
- *Unknown* (2007), Actor
- *Eternal Children* (2006), Actor
- *The bottleneck* (2006), Actor
- *50 million proposal* (2005), as Barmak
- *Salvation at 8:20* (2005), Actor
- *Online Murder* (2005), Actor
- *Whirpool* (2005), Actor
- *A Candle in the Wind* (2004), Actor
- *This woman is not talking* (2003), Actor
- *The Fifth Reaction* (2003), as Majid
- *Poisonous Honey* (2003), Actor
- *Ziggurat Goddess* (2002), Actor
- *Rokhsareh* (2002), Actor
- *Pas Az Baran* (2000), series, Actor
- *Sheen*, as Producer
- *U-Turn*, Producer
- *The Far Mountains*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-e400e8751620.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Hamed Malekpour, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shahab_Hosseini_at_32th_Fajr_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Seven Skies Entertainment Logo (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-84647d71ebaa.png) Seven Skies Entertainment Logo (2022) — RainFate, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Seven-skies-entertainment-logo.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![شهاب حسینی در سومین روز چهل‌ و سومین جشنواره فیلم فجر (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-7c116845047c.jpg) شهاب حسینی در سومین روز چهل‌ و سومین جشنواره فیلم فجر (2025) — Fatemeh Amuzad, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Shahab_Hosseini_20250202.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![شهاب حسینی در مراسم تودیع منوچهر شاهسواری و معارفه مرضیه برومند مدیرعامل جدید خانه سینما (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-794635d3edba.jpg) شهاب حسینی در مراسم تودیع منوچهر شاهسواری و معارفه مرضیه برومند مدیرعامل جدید خانه سینما (2023) — Forough Taherkhani, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Shahab_Hosseini_at_Khaneh_Cinema%2C_Tehran.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-ce10463c134f.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Image via TMDB
- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-979b03f4c06f.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Image via TMDB
- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-ca8f6e9f2399.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Image via TMDB
- ![شهاب حسینی و درناز حاجی ها در اختتامیه جشنواره فیلم کوتاه تهران (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-9d2bfe109c53.jpg) شهاب حسینی و درناز حاجی ها در اختتامیه جشنواره فیلم کوتاه تهران (2024) — Fatemeh Amouzad, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Shahab_Hosseini_at_Tehran_International_Short_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![شهاب حسینی در دیدار هنرمندان و دست‌اندرکاران صداوسیما با سید علی خامنه‌ای (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-dabb75d4842f.jpg) شهاب حسینی در دیدار هنرمندان و دست‌اندرکاران صداوسیما با سید علی خامنه‌ای (2010) — KHAMENEI.IR, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Shahab_Hosseini_at_the_meeting_with_Ali_Khamenei.jpg/1280px-Shahab_Hosseini_at_the_meeting_with_Ali_Khamenei.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-3c2f6fa7c34f.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Image via TMDB
- ![Shahab Hosseini](https://film.one/media/person/103080/gallery-9f09db928a2a.jpg) Shahab Hosseini — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2016: Best Actor (won), for *The Salesman*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2011: Best Actor (won), for *A Separation*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor 2020: Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor (won), for *Any Day Now*
- Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor 2009: Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor (won), for *The Superstar*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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