Saeed Rad

Biography

Saeed Rad is an Iranian stage and screen actor and playwright. He started his career in 1967. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his career. After a minor role in Conquerors of the Desert (1969, M. Zarrindast) he was invited by Amir Naderi for the leading role of his debut, Adieu Friend (1971). Because of his solemn, stern gaze and to some extent a rough complexion, Rad has played the role of rebel individuals in the margin of society. He is one of the main figures in New Wave of Iranian cinema which rose in the early 1970s and faded in the middle of the decade.

Known For

Acting

1975

The Target

as

actor

1971

Treasure of the Lost Desert

as

1975

Water

as

Moslem

1975

Ambush

as

Amir

1977

The Third Thief

as

1973

Rooster

as

Ali

1983

The Imperilled

as

1981

Border

as

1974

Kaniz

as

1983

Dadshah

as

1983

Crossing the Minefield

as

1975

Sharaf

as

1977

Agha-ye Lor be shahr miravad

as

2014

Che

as

Valiollah Fallahi

1972

Sadegh the Kurd

as

Sadegh

1973

The Morning of the Fourth Day

as

Amir Azadbakht

1977

Journey of the Stone

as

Stranger

1973

Strait

as

1977

The Great Silence

as

1982

The Red Line

as

Amani

1973

Salome

as

Khalil

1977

Dying a Thousand Times

as

Mohsen

2011

Parvanegi

as

Behrooz

1973

Tighe Aftab

as

1985

The Eagles

as

Iranian Pilot

2004

Duel

as

Eskandar

2019

Filmfarsi

as

(archive footage)

2014

End of Service

as

1974

The sun in the swamp

as

rad

1972

Kaafar

as

Mehdi Kafar

1975

Slaughterhouse

as

Saeed

1977

Grey

as

Zeinal

1970

Goodbye, Friend

as

1978

Made in Iran

as

Ali Ramazani

Hamrefigh

as

Heart

as

Khosrow

Production

Crew

Directing