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Shahab Hosseini

Shahab Hosseini

Actor, also producer · Born February 4, 1974 (52) · Tehran, Iran

Shahab Hosseini (شهاب حسینی) (born 4 February 1974) is a director and actor of theater, television, and cinema who was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He started his professional career by playing Amir Ghavidel's "Rokhsareh". He Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Fajr Festival for two consecutive years in "A Candle in The Wind" by Pouran Derakhshandeh and "Salvation in Twenty minutes after Eight" by Sirous Alvand. He then won the Best Actor Award for the Fajr Festival for "The Superstar" by Tahmineh Milani. Shahab Hosseini won an Honorary Diploma of Best Supporting Actor in 2008 in Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly" movie. He also won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival in the movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, after that he won the Best Actor award from Canne Film Festival for "The Salesman" by Asghar Farhadi. He produced his film "Resident of the Middle Class" in 2014. Among the best movies that he has played Bahram Tavakoli's "Parse Dar Meh", Kianoush Ayari's "Khaneh Pedari", "The Painting Pool" by Maziar Miri and "My Brother, Khosrow" by Soheil Biragi can be named.

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Born
February 4, 1974 (52)
From
Tehran, Iran
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 62% in 30 days

What are Shahab Hosseini's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Survival
21%
Bonds
17%
Self
14%
Society
13%
Ideas
8%
Power
3%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 7

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 4

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 8
Mentor
2 of 8
Ally
1 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Herald
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
8
Dread
4
Warm
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous5
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shahab Hosseini's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Shahab Hosseini's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spotlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • My Daughter's Hair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Tohid

  • Aban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 17 episodes · as Fariborz Sabeti

  • Intoxicated by Love(2024)

    as Shams ad-Din Tabrizi

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Fereshteh's Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 18 episodes · as Hamed Tehrani

  • Shukran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Taher

  • Golden Blood(2022)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Parallax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Producer

  • The Lion Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • The Writer Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Nargesi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer · Actor

  • The Night(2020)

    as Babak Naderi

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Residents of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Screenplay · Actor

  • Hamrefigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 31 episodes · Director · Creator · Presenter · as Presenter

  • After the Incident(2020)

    Producer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Any Day Now(2020)

    as Bahman Mehdipouri

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Sheen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer · Actor

  • Labyrinth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Nabat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Saeed

  • HajDani és MajDani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Visual Effects

  • Lovely Trash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Mansoor

  • Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Actor

  • My Brother Khosrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Khosrow

  • Gholam(2017)

    as Gholam

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Final Exam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Farhad

  • Wednesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Parallel Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The Salesman(2016)

    as Emad Etesami

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Shahrzad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 59 episodes · as Ghobad Divansalar

  • Sweet Taste of Imagination (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Sun of Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer · Actor

  • Resident of the Middle Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Actor

  • A 5 Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Reza Vahidi

  • The Paternal House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Naser

  • Time to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Hamid

  • Hush! Girls Don't Scream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Prosecutor

  • The Painting Pool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Reza

  • Ziba and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jafar

  • Someone Wants to Talk with You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • The Visitor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Actor

  • Final Whistle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Husband

  • Tabire Khab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Just an hour ago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Shadow of Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Freeway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Pasha

  • A Separation(2011)

    as Hojjat

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Snow on a Hot Tin Roof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • A Walk in the Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Amin

  • Anahita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Heartbroken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Amir Ali

  • About Elly(2009)

    as Ahmad

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Niloofar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Sugarland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Mahya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Zero Degree Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 30 episodes · as Habib Parsa

  • Loneliness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Eternal Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • The bottleneck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • 50 million proposal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Barmak

  • Salvation at 8:20 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Online Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Whirpool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • A Candle in the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • This woman is not talking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Poisonous Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • The Fifth Reaction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Majid

  • Ziggurat Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Rokhsareh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Pas Az Baran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 37 episodes · Actor

  • The Far Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • U-Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles, 73 of them dated from 2000 to 2025; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

A Separation (2011)

$23M worldwide

Highest rated

A Separation (2011)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Salesman (2016)

Film career

20002025

Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2009Screen debut· About Elly
  • 2013First top-billed film· The Painting Pool

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 75: 62 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndDirecting6 of 75: 1 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting1 of 75: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing6 of 75: 2 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 75: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

75 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s22 · acting2010s34 · 33 acting · 5 crew2020s17 · 15 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 50% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Shahab Hosseini's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor, producer

After the Incident (2020)

99th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Separation (2011)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 88, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Shahab Hosseini's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 11 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Shahab Hosseini work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shahab Hosseini's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Asghar Farhadi shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors