Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 20, 1952
Place of Birth
Isfahan, Iran
Credits
51 titles
Ramin Yazdani
Biography
Ramin Yazdani (born July 20, 1952, in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian-German actor and director. Ramin Yazdani grew up in Iran, where he gained his first theatrical experiences as a teenager. After studying economics, theater studies, acting, and film in the United States, he initially returned to Iran before moving to Germany in 1985. In Hamburg, he founded the Persian Theater in 1991 and the Festival of Iranian Theater in 1995; he also worked at venues including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theater, the Hamburg State Opera, and Kampnagel. In addition to his work as a director, he realized numerous independent theater projects. Since the early 1990s, Yazdani has appeared regularly in film and television productions. His credits include *Hallo, Onkel Doc!*, *Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh*, *Der Medicus*, *Kreuzweg*, *Familie verpflichtet*, and the Norwegian series *Nobel*. For his lead role in *Si-o-se Pol – Die letzten Tage des Parvis K.*, he received multiple international awards for Best Actor. Furthermore, he has held guest roles in series such as *SOKO Leipzig*, *Notruf Hafenkante*, and *Großstadtrevier*, and has also worked as a voice actor for radio plays. In 2021, Yazdani participated in the #allesdichtmachen campaign, in which actors offered satirical commentary on COVID-19 containment measures. He lives in Hamburg and is the father of the historian Kaveh Yazdani.
Known For
Filmography
Highly Explosive
Nika Shabani
Die schönste Bescherung
Navid
Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte
Faras
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
Self
German Genius
Emir
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Farhad Khan
Familie ist ein Fest - Taufalarm
Masud Manipur
Ich und die Anderen
Taxifahrer
BA HAM
Alle in einem Boot
Arif
A Summer in Cyprus
Ioannis
Almuth und Rita - Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel
Asim
Nobel
Heydar Zamani
Dead Man Working
Scheich Senior
Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv
Tarik Rahman
Si-o-se Pol
Parvis Karimpour
Family Commitments
Aledrissi
Krüger aus Almanya
Ahmed
Famous Five 4
Ibrahim
Stations of the Cross
Arzt
Gibsy - Rukeli Trollmanns Kampf ums Leben
Schnipplo Trollmann
The Physician
Rabbi
Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier
Ömer Dilek
Mit geradem Rücken
Anas Hafez
Iron Sky
Pakistani Representative
Die Draufgänger
Nadir Altai
Zimtstern und Halbmond
Abu Kamal
Danni Lowinski
Ali Genc
Leo und Marie – Eine Weihnachtsliebe
Kellner im „1001 Nacht“
Hamburg Dockland
Adnan Aydin
The Stoning
Prison Govenor
Das Traumhotel
Scheich Abdul
Kommissarin Lucas
Faruk Hashemi
Falcons
Scarface
Life Kills Me
Bloody Nuisance
Abschnitt 40
Herr Al-Hariri
SOKO Leipzig
Tahir al Zayed
Ein Vater im Alleingang
Abu Farrat
SK Kölsch
Thabit
Wut im Bauch
Elternsprecher
Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten
Samir Achmed Nassib
Küstenwache
Kapitän Ling
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Gates of Fire
Khalil
Sperling
Halid
Hallo, Onkel Doc!
Dr. Fazal Bahrami
Die Wache
Dr. Khalil
Bella Block
Razina
Schwarz Rot Gold
Narazani