Ramin Yazdani
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.
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Films (29)
Highly Explosive
2025 · Nika Shabani
Die schönste Bescherung
2024 · Navid
Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte
2023 · Faras
A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam
2023 · Self, Executive Producer
Rabiye Kurnaz contre George W. Bush
2022 · Farhad Khan
Familie ist ein Fest - Taufalarm
2021 · Masud Manipur
BA HAM
2021
Alle in einem Boot
2020 · Arif
A Summer in Cyprus
2017 · Ioannis
Almuth und Rita - Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel
2016 · Asim
Dead Man Working
2016 · Scheich Senior
Si-o-se Pol
2015 · Parvis Karimpour
Family Commitments
2015 · Aledrissi
Krüger aus Almanya
2015 · Ahmed
Le club des cinq et le secret de la pyramide
2015 · Ibrahim
Chemin de croix
2014 · Arzt
Gibsy - Rukeli Trollmanns Kampf ums Leben
2014 · Schnipplo Trollmann
L'Oracle
2013 · Rabbi
Mit geradem Rücken
2012 · Anas Hafez
Soleil Noir
2012 · Pakistani Representative
Zimtstern und Halbmond
2010 · Abu Kamal
Leo und Marie – Eine Weihnachtsliebe
2008 · Kellner im „1001 Nacht“
The Stoning
2006 · Prison Govenor
Falcons
2002 · Scarface
Life Kills Me
2002
Bloody Nuisance
2001
Ein Vater im Alleingang
1999 · Abu Farrat
Wut im Bauch
1999 · Elternsprecher
Gates of Fire
1996 · Khalil
Séries (22)
German Genius
2023 · Emir
Ich und die Anderen
2021 · Taxifahrer
Nobel
2016 · Heydar Zamani
Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv
2016 · Tarik Rahman
Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier
2012 · Ömer Dilek
Die Draufgänger
2012 · Nadir Altai
Danni Lowinski
2010 · Ali Genc
Hamburg Dockland
2007 · Adnan Aydin
Hôtel de rêve...
2004 · Scheich Abdul
Kommissarin Lucas
2003 · Faruk Hashemi
Abschnitt 40
2001 · Herr Al-Hariri
Brigade du crime
2001 · Tahir al Zayed, Dr. Sabet
STF : Special Task Force
1999 · Thabit
Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten
1997 · Samir Achmed Nassib
Les gardes-côtes
1997 · Kapitän Ling
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
Sperling
1996 · Halid
Hallo, Onkel Doc!
1994 · Dr. Fazal Bahrami
Die Wache
1994 · Dr. Khalil
Bella Block
1993 · Razina
Schwarz Rot Gold
1982 · Narazani
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Walid Junbesh