| Native name | مهدی پاکدل |
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| Birth date | 1 July 1980 (age 46) |
| Birth place | Isfahan, Iran |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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Mehdi Pakdel (Persian: مهدی پاکدل; born July 1, 1980) is an Iranian actor.
Career
Mehdi Pakdel lived in his hometown until the age of 17 when he left for the capital, Tehran, to pursue a career in arts.
While studying graphic arts at the Islamic Azad University, he designed a few theatrical posters and later established his own graphic studio to broaden his field of work.
His first stage appearance was in 1997, after which he began to pursue an acting career.
While his main focus has been on stage acting, he had several cinematic and television roles which gained him nationwide fame.
Pakdel has appeared in the series ‘The Scarlet Pearl’ (2004), ‘The Silence of the Sea’ (2005), ‘The First Night of Peace’ (2005), ‘The Innocent Ones’ (2008), ‘The Night Shall Pass’ (2008), ‘Missing’ (2010), ‘Setayesh’ (2009-2010), and ‘Kimiya’ (2013-2015), ‘The Accomplice’ (2020), ‘Jeyran’ (2022)
He has also acted in a number of movies, including ‘Blue’ (2000), ‘Fish Fall in Love’ (2004), ‘Hardships of the Maiden’ (2006), ‘Trouble’ (2007), ‘Tambourine’ (2007), ‘The Snitch’ (2008), ‘Without Permission’ (2010), ‘The Freeway’ (2010), ‘A Decent Ceremony’ (2011), and ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’ (2014).[3]
Personal life
Pakdel was initially married to actress Behnoosh Tabatabaei. They met in March 2007, and got married in 2011. They divorced in 2016. In 2020, reports of his marriage to Rana Azadivar surfaced in the media.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Blue | Yashar | Hamid Labkhandeh | |
| 2004 | Internet Adventures | Hossein Ghenaat | ||
| 2005 | The Fish Fall in Love | Reza | Ali Rafie | |
| 2006 | Calamities of the Maiden | Masoud Atyabi | ||
| Nightly | Omid Bonakdar, Keyvan Alimohammadi | |||
| 2008 | Predicament | Reza Shemirani | Mohammad Ali Sadjadi | |
| Tambourine | Parisa Bakhtavar | |||
| 2012 | The Freeway | Salman | Abbas Rafei | |
| Without Permission | Amir | Morteza Ahmadi Harandi | ||
| 2013 | Tomorrow | Mehdi Pakdel, Iman Afsharian | Director & Screenwriter | |
| 2014 | Raspberry | Saman Salur | ||
| 2015 | Muhammad: The Messenger of God | Abu Talib | Majid Majidi | |
| 2016 | Sometimes | Mani | Mohamad Reza Rahmani | |
| Dead End of Trust | Hamid Kaviani | |||
| 2017 | Midday Adventures | Masoud Keshmiri | Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian | |
| House of Paper | Taha | Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh | ||
| 2018 | Istanbul Junction | Fariborz | Mostafa Kiaei | |
| The Lost Strait | Reza | Bahram Tavakoli | ||
| 2020 | Infatuate Narcissus | Reza / Aref Ghazvini | Seyyed Jalalaldin Dori | |
| 2021 | Tara | Kaveh Ghahreman | ||
| At the End of Evin | Mehdi Torab Beigi, Mohammad Torab Beigi |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Accomplice | Farhad Sabouri | Mostafa Kiaei | Filimo, Namava |
| 2022–2023 | Jeyran | Salman | Hassan Fathi | Filimo |
| 2023 | Amsterdam | Barbod | Masoud Gharagozlu | Tamashakhaneh |
References
- ^ "'Mannequin' casts new actor". IFilm. Archived January 25, 2025 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "تسلیت انجمن بازیگران به برادران پاکدل" (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency. August 8, 2019. Archived August 9, 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Mehdi Pakdel on beytoote News
External links
- Mahdi Pakdel at IMDb
- Mahdi Pakdel on Instagram