Amin Hayai (Persian: امین حیایی; born June 9, 1950) is an Iranian actor.[1][2] He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Honorary Diploma, in addition to nomination for an Iran Cinema Celebration Award.

Amin Hayai
امین حیایی
Born (1970-06-09) June 9, 1970 (age 54)
Tehran, Iran
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1991–present
Spouses
  • Mona Bankipour
    (divorced)
  • Niloufar Khoshkholgh (m. 1998)
ChildrenDara Hayai

Career

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He started acting in theater along with his education. After finishing high school, he entered military service, and also acted in the art center of air force army. In 1991 he acted in a theatrical show for kids with the directorship of Soraya Ghasemi. It took him long to get a main acting role in movies, and he was successful in his first movie Eve's Red Apple.[citation needed] He has also won the best male actor award in Fajr film festival for the film by Rasoul Sadr-Ameli, "The Night", in 2008.[3]

Hayai appeared in the film Woodpecker in 2018.[4] Hayai also will appear in the film We Like You Miss Yaya which he filmed in 2017.[5] He was awarded the Diploma Honorary for Best Actor for Blazing at the Fajr Film Festival in 2018.[6]

In 2019, he became a judge in the first Iranian Talent Show called Asre Jadid Produced by Ehsan alikhani.[7]

Personal life

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He was married to Mona Bankipour and they have a son, Dara Hayai. They were divorced, and he is now married to Niloufar Khoshkholgh, who is an Iranian actress.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
1993 Two Companions Asghar Hashemi
1994 Two Faces of the Coin Mohammad Motevaselani
The Precipice Bahram Reypour
1995 Peace Ghodratollah Solhmirzaie
1996 The Special Guard Parviz Sabri
2004 Mum's Guest The Doctor Dariush Mehrjui
2007 The Outcast Bijan Masoud Dehnamaki
2008 The Tambourine Mr. Jafari Parisa Bakhtavar
The Night Rasul Sadr Ameli Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2009 The Outcast 2 Bijan Masoud Dehnamaki
2010 Saint Petersburg The Murderer Behrouz Afkhami
2011 The Outcast 3 Bijan Masoud Dehnamaki
2012 The Golden Collars Engineer Kamran Abolghasem Talebi
2018 Axing Rouzbeh Behrouz Shoeibi
Flaming Farid Hamid Nematollah Won – Diploma Honorary Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
Miss Yaya Azim Abdolreza Kahani
2019 Darkhoongah Reza Misagh Siavash As'adi [9]
Lover Peyman Kamran Ghadakchian
Unsophisticated Behrouz Shabkhiz Farzad Motamen
2022 2888 Keyvan Alimohammadi, Ali Akbar Heydari
The Last Snow Yousef Amir Hossein Asgari Won – Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2023 In the Form of Love Siavash As'adi
2024 Hawaii Bahman Goudarzi
TBA Molotov Cocktail Hossein Amiri Doomari
TBA The Killer and the Savage Hamid Nematollah Completed
Year Title Role Director Platform Ref(s)
2010–2012 Frozen Heart Amin Mohammad Hossein Latifi Video CD
2012–2022 Made in Iran Gholam Hossein Jafarzadeh Mohammad Hossein Latifi, Borzou Niknejad, Bahman Goudarzi Video CD, Filimo
2020–2021 Blue Blood Behrouz Bahrami Behrang Tofighi Filimo, Namava
2021–2022 Joker Himself Ehsan Alikhani, Seyyed Hamed Mirfattahi Filimo
TBA Poker Reza Dadooi

References

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  1. ^ filcin.com. "همه جوایز امین حیایی". filcin.com | فیلسین (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  2. ^ "امین حیایی از قلاده‌های طلا تا عصر جدید + بیوگرافی و عکس". ایمنا (in Persian). 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  3. ^ Simon, Alissa (February 15, 2008). "Iranian film festival in flux". Variety.
  4. ^ ""Woodpecker" leads Fajr ten most popular movies". Tehran Times. Tehran Times. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Kahani's Film Finishes Shooting in Thailand". Financial Tribune. Financial Tribune. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ^ "36th Fajr Film Festival wraps up with 22 awards". Persia Digest. February 12, 2018.
  7. ^ امروز داوران برنامه عصر جدید معرفی شدند؛ در میان داوران رویا نونهالی، امین حیایی، آریا عظیمی نژاد و سید بشیر حسینی حضور دارند.(persian) on Young Journalists Club, 15 January 2019
  8. ^ "Amin Hayai marriage to the Nilofar Khosh Kholgh". talarnameh. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  9. ^ "سکانس آخر "دم صبح" ضبط شد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
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