Ramin Yazdani

Known for ActingBorn 1952-07-20 (age 73)Isfahan, Iran

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten

Schwarz Rot Gold

Gates of Fire

Die Draufgänger

Ein Vater im Alleingang

Nobel

Almuth und Rita - Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel

The Physician

BA HAM

Wut im Bauch

Stations of the Cross

Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte

Abschnitt 40

Si-o-se Pol

Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Krüger aus Almanya

SOKO Leipzig

Hamburg Dockland

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

Dead Man Working

Das Traumhotel

Scene of the Crime

Iron Sky

Famous Five 4

Kommissarin Lucas

Küstenwache

German Genius

Danni Lowinski

SK Kölsch

Family Commitments

Life Kills Me

Familie ist ein Fest - Taufalarm

Zimtstern und Halbmond

Falcons

Highly Explosive

A Summer in Cyprus

Die schönste Bescherung

Bella Block

Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv

Leo und Marie – Eine Weihnachtsliebe

Bloody Nuisance

Ich und die Anderen

Hallo, Onkel Doc!

The Stoning

Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier

Die Wache

A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam

Alle in einem Boot