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Bahar Pars

Bahar Pars

Actor and writer · Born March 28, 1979 (47) · Shiraz, Iran

Sundance award nominee

Bahar Pars is an Iranian-Swedish actress and director, known for A Man Called Ove (2015), Turkkiosken (2017) and Operation Ragnarok (2018). She is married to Linus Tunström. They have one child.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 28, 1979 (47)
From
Shiraz, Iran
Works as
Actor and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 29 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 157 days to Oct 28Up 30% in 30 days

What are Bahar Pars' films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Self
26%
Bonds
22%
Society
11%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

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 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
3
Contemplative
3
Bittersweet
2
Melancholic
2
Tense
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

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 Bahar Pars' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bahar Pars' 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

29 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Just Like a Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

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

    Director

  • A Copenhagen Love Story(2025)

    as Swedish Journalist

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Handling the Undead(2024)

    as Eva

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Conference(2023)

    as Nadja

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

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

    Director · as Isalolla

  • The Cake Dynasty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Zeinab

  • Ingen ängel(2023)

    Show as Mamma Susanne

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Maya Nilo (Laura) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Nilo

  • The Year I Started Masturbating(2022)

    Idea · as Leyla

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Shift(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Samis mor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Suburbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cilla

  • Spit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Tehran(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Shirin

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Bergman Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Operation Ragnarok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Sahar

  • Conspiracy of Silence(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

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

    as Anna

  • The Turk Shop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Black Lake(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Amina

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

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

    as Emma

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Finaste familjen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Frida

  • A Man Called Ove(2015)

    as Parvaneh

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ghetto Swedish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Incident by a Bank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

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

    as Nurse

  • When Darkness Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Nina

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

    as Annelie

Career shape

Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles from 2005 to 2025; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

A Man Called Ove (2015)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

A Man Called Ove (2015)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

20052025

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 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.

  • 2006Screen debut· When Darkness Falls

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting24 of 28: 22 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score25thDirecting5 of 28: 2 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 28: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 28: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

28 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · acting2010s12 · 10 acting · 2 crew2020s13 · 11 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 7 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.

Awards

Nominated for a Sundance award in 2018.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bahar Pars' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 25th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed5

Most loved · actor

A Man Called Ove (2015)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 45. 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 Bahar Pars' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 69 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Bahar Pars work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bahar Pars' MovieCove titles; Katia Winter shares the most, 2.