Amin Hayai (Persian: امین حیایی; born June 9, 1970) 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 | |
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امین حیایی | |
 Hayai at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival | |
| Born | June 9, 1970 Tehran, Iran |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Children | Dara Hayai |
Career edit
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 edit
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 edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 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 | ||
| 2024 | Hawaii | Bahman Goudarzi | |||
| TBA | Molotov Cocktail | Hossein Amiri Doomari | |||
| TBA | The Killer and the Savage | Hamid Nematollah | |||
| TBA | Instinct | Siavash As'adi |
Web edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform | Ref(s) |
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| 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 edit
- ^ filcin.com. "همه جوایز امین حیایی". filcin.com | فیلسین (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "امین حیایی از قلاده‌های طلا تا عصر جدید + بیوگرافی و عکس". ایمنا (in Persian). 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ Simon, Alissa (February 15, 2008). "Iranian film festival in flux". Variety.
- ^ ""Woodpecker" leads Fajr ten most popular movies". Tehran Times. Tehran Times. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Kahani's Film Finishes Shooting in Thailand". Financial Tribune. Financial Tribune. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "36th Fajr Film Festival wraps up with 22 awards". Persia Digest. February 12, 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Amin Hayai marriage to the Nilofar Khosh Kholgh". talarnameh. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "سکانس آخر «دم صبح» ضبط شد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
External links edit
- Amin Hayayee at IMDb
- Amin Hayai on Instagram