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Mostafa Abdollahi
Iranian actor and director

Mostafa Abdollahi

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Iranian actor and director
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Place of birth
Borujerd
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Place of death
Tehran
Age
59 years
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Biography

Mostafa Abdollahi (1955-2015) was a seminal Iranian stage and film actor, theater director, voice artist and theater instructor. He was widely recognized as an outstanding actor and the many productions that he directed provided him with a reputation as one of the leading theater directors in Iran. In 1979, he was admitted to the dramatic arts faculty of Tehran to start his education in the directing and acting program.

Abdollahi established the Koocheh (meaning alley in English) theater group in his birthplace in 1970. During 46 years of activity, he staged numerous plays both as an actor and as a director. He also acted in many movies, TV theaters, Radio dramas, and TV series.

His artistic activities include acting and directing in 62 theater productions, directing several TV theaters and short films, directing and voice acting in more than 500 radio plays, and playing in famous TV series like Heroes Never Die, Lighter Than Darkness, and Zero Degree Turn. Abdollahi is also the recipient of many awards for various artistic activities.

Biography

Born in 1955 in the city of Borujerd, Abdollahi passed his childhood and teenage years in his birthplace. As he said: "I was registered in Bahman school of Borujerd". He established Koocheh theater group in 1970. Koocheh theater, which was the first scientific and organized theater in Borujerd, announced its existence by performing the Farmer of Chicago by Mark Twain. Activity of Koocheh theater group in borujerd lasted until 1979. During 9 years, the members of Koocheh theater group performed 17 plays from famous Iranian and western playwrights such as Bahram Beyzai, Athol Fugard, William Shakespeare, Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, and Augusta, Lady Gregory.

After starting his studies at the Dramatic Arts Faculty of Tehran, Abdollahi was selected to play a small role in a play titled Enemies written by Maxim Gorky and directed by maestro Rokneddin Khosravi. Within the rehearsal sessions, his virtuosity and endeavor caused Khosravi to choose him for Zakarov role, which is one of the leading roles in Enemies. This play, however, was not performed because of the so-called cultural revolution and its sequences in Iran. Iranian cultural revolution caused universities to be closed, therefore Abdollahi voluntarily went to Kerman province to help earthquake-stricken people and collaborated in rebuilding damaged towns. Because of universities reopening in Iran by the end of the cultural revolution, he came back to Tehran and prepared Sizwe Banzi is dead as the graduation thesis of his classmate Majid Beheshti. His brilliant performance attracted Hamid Samandarian's and Ghotbeddin Sadeghi's attentions who were two outstanding directors in Iran.

Abdollahi was one the first artists invited to join Honar theater group which was established by Ghotbeddin Sadeghi. He collaborated with Honar theater group as the director and actor in more than 25 plays. During 90's, the acting duo Mostafa Abdollahi and Michael Shahrestani was very famous and admirable in the Iran theater.

Many people know Abdollahi for his playing the role of an Iranian hero named Arsalan in the Heroes Never Die TV series. Abdollahi started his acting in Iran television since 1986. He also participated in several movies such as Living with the presence of a wall, Eye witness, and Mah-banoo. Moreover, Abdollahi had many successful experiences in acting and directing dramas for Iran national radio and television. By and large, he was recognized as a prominent artist in Iran and as Ghotbeddin Sadeghi said: “He never staged dull and useless plays, which are far from the culture of his homeland and he had faith in what he did on stage”

Having a critical approach towards the domestic affairs in Iran, Mostafa Abdollahi profoundly tried to introduce salient western playwrights to the Iranian society. For Instance, he was the first Iranian producer who directed a play by Pavel Kohout titled War on the third floor. Abdollahi also introduced famous Russian writer Nikolai Erdman to Iranian audience by staging The mandate. After performing Accidental death of an anarchist, a play written by Dari Fo, Koocheh theater group founded by Abdollahi was recognized the best theater group in Iran in 2013. While having his last play, The lower depths written by Maxim Gorky, on the stage of the main hall of the Tehran City Theater Complex, he passed away in Tehran on 21 May 2015 after 14 years of suffering from blood cancer.

During 46 years of artistic activity, Abdollahi received numerous awards from various festivals and was paid tributes by his colleague and also Iranian universities.

Works

Theater works
TitleDirectorAbdollahi's Profession(s)PlaceYear
The farmer of ChicagoMostafa AbdollahiDirectorCities of Lorestan Province1970
He was not a strangerNaser HosseinporActorCities of Lorestan Province1971
The master and brokersNaser HosseinporActorCities of Lorestan Province1972
The hauntMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan Province1973
The golden viperMostafa AbdollahiActorCities of Lorestan Province1973
Ya'qūb-i Layth-i SaffārīMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan Province1974
Capital A, small aMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1974
JourneyMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan Province1975
White horseMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1975
Bastards' dreamMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan Province1976
The Rising of the MoonAbdolreza BayatuniActorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1977
A donkey with a load of saltMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1977
Eye for an eyeMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1978
Siavosh on the windMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1978
My death doesn't need an elegyReza Arab pourActorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1979
TarkhoonMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan & Hamedan Provinces1979
The banquetMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Khoozestan Province1980
Sizwe Banzi is deadMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorCities of Lorestan Province1980
Sizwe Banzi is deadMajid BeheshtiActorTehran1986
The inspector generalMajid BeheshtiActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran1987
IvanovMohammad Por HassanActorRoudaki Hall1987
MedeaGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran1988
Room No.13Mostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorMolavi Hall1989
EscorialHamid Reza AfsharActorMolavi Hall1990
Tragedy of SiavoshSadegh HatefiActorParis, London, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Ftankfurt1990
Adam's storyHossein FarokhiActorRoudaki Hall- Tehran1991
EqlimaMahmood AziziActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran1991
The Last EsfandiyarSadegh HatefiActorThéâtre de Paris-

Cheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran

1992
Romance with bare feetSadegh HatefiActorParis Art hall1992
With night till morningMostafa AbdollahiDirectorMolavi Hall- Tehran1992
No poem can describe your lonelinessDariush RezvaniActorPerformance Hall- Tehran1993
Epic of recluseMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorTajikistan

Turkmenistan

1993
ُُThe boar toothSadegh HatefiActorSangelaj Theater1993
The wise man and the crazy tigerGhotbeddin SadeghiActorWorld Festival of Puppet Theaters-Charleville-mézières

Bahman Cultural Center- Tehran

1993
Bahram ChobinGhotbeddin SadeghiActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran1994
Kaboodan & EsfandyarHamid Reza AfsharActorMolavi Hall- Tehran1995
Rostam's Seven LaboursGhotbeddin SadeghiActorSa'dabad Complex- Tehran

Tomb of Ferdowsi- Tus

1995
The Hairy ApeAkbar ZanjanpourActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran1997
Women of Sabra, Men of ShatilaGhotbeddin SadeghiActorRoudaki Hall- Tehran1998
Crime and PunishmentMichael ShahrestaniActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran1998
ArashGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran1999
Calligraphy of LoveGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2000
Seven lost tribesGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2001
The luminous gardenHadi MarzbanActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran2001
Poor BitosHamid MozaffariActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran2002
Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting RoleHadi MarzbanActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran2002
East of kissMostafa AbdollahiDirectorHall no.2- City Theater of Tehran2004
Finale of WritingMohammad AsadiActorTheater house- Tehran2005
3 scenesAbbas ShadravanActorHall no.2- City Theater of Tehran2006
Scarlet nightmareMostafa AbdollahiDirectorQashqai Hall- City Theater of Tehran2006
War on the third floorMostafa AbdollahiDirectorQashqai Hall- City Theater of Tehran2007
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Shahin AlizadehActorUniversity of Tehran2008
Memoirs of ZariranGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2008
From behind the gelssesMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorSangelaj Theater2009
Shekar Pareh's GardenGhotbeddin SadeghiActorMain Hall-City Theater of Tehran2009
Tragedy of SiavoshSiavosh TahmorethActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2010
Dozd-AbHadi MarzbanActorRoudaki Hall- Tehran

Iranshahr Theater- Tehran

2011
The mandateMostafa AbdollahiDirectorAzadi Tower Hall- Tehran2012
If you had not goneGhotbeddin SadeghiActorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2012
A plethora of nobodyMostafa AbdollahiDirector & actorAzadi Tower Hall- Tehran2012
Accidental death of an anarchistMostafa AbdollahiDirectorCheharsoo Hall-City Theater of Tehran2013
The Lower DepthsMostafa AbdollahiDirectorIranshahr Theater- Tehran

Main Hall-City Theater of Tehran

2015
TV Series
TitleDirectorYear
Ogkor begherMajid Beheshti1986
Roots in the SoilMajid Beheshti1987
A window to the gardenHossein Marvi1990
In a dilemmaMajid Beheshti1994
The seventh leaderReza Shalchi1995
Woven of griefMajid Beheshti1996
Heroes Never dieHassan Fathi1997
Day time showSadegh Hatefi1998
Lighter than darknessHassan Fathi1999
Smell of soilAli Biabani2000
Damoon alleyAbbas Ranjbar2001
The ash & the windJahanbakhsh Lak2002
Zero degree turnHassan Fathi2006
Sar gashtehM.H. Haqiqi2010
The Enigma of the ShahMohamad Reza Varzi2014
Films
TitleDirectorYear
The BottleneckAli Naqilou1988
The EarthquackMajid Beheshti1989
Ebrahim's life1991
Eye witnessJahanbakhsh Lak2000
The silent starM. Shah Mohamadi2001
Mah BanooMajid Beheshti2001
Disturbed conscienceManoochehr Hadi2008
UnarmedManoochehr Hadi2009
Living with the presence of a wallMichael Shahrestani2013
Bi GodarJahanbakhsh Lak2014
Television Theater
TitleDirectorAbdollahi's professionYear
Tale-e-EshghKorosh NarimaniActor1990
Historical tableauMostafa AbdollahiDirector1996
The Last RoleSiamak SafariActor2005
The party of predatorsRashid BehnamActor2006

Awards and Honors

Awards & Honors
AwardPlaceYear
Special Order of Tehran City TheaterTehran2015
Ordibehest-e-Theatre Iran OrderTehran2014
Honored for 50 years of artistic activityK. N. Toosi University of Technology- Tehran2014
Best Iran's Theater GroupKermanshah2013
Best Actor from the 7th Razavi International Theater FestivalTehran2011
Best actor from the 28th Fajr International Theater FestivalTehran2010
Best actor from the 5th Monologue festival of IRIB Dramatic Art CenterTehran2009
Special award from World Theater day CelebrationTehran2009
Lifetime achievement for artistic activities by The Society of Iranian CalligraphistsTehran2008
Best Director from the 2nd Ashorai Theater FestivalTehran2006
Awarded in the 5th Radio Drama Festival of IRIBZiba Kener2004
Best actor from the 22nd Fajr International Theater FestivalTehran2004
Honored for years of endeavor and endurance for promoting Iran's art and culture by Iran minister of cultural affairs Ahmad Masjed-JameiTehran2002
Best Actor From 12th Fajr International Theater FestivalTehran1994
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