Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
30 Juli 1970 (56)
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
پیمان معادی · Payman Maādi · Payman Maadi · Peyman Moādi
Biography
Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) (born 30 July 1970) is an American-born Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. Maadi begun his film career as a screenwriter with the film Swan Song (2001). He began his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009), continuing his working relationship with the director in the film A Separation (2011), which was released to widespread critical acclaim.
Bekannt für
7.0
Film
Crime 101
Sammy Kassem
2026
8.0
Series
The Night Of
Salim Khan
2016
7.3
Film
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Amahl
2016
6.3
Film
6 Underground
Murat Alimov
2019
7.9
Film
A Separation
Nader
2011
7.5
Film
About Elly
Peyman
2009
6.7
Film
Camp X-Ray
Ali
2014
7.0
Film
Walnut Tree
Qader
2020
7.7
Series
Viper of Tehran
Arman Bayani
2024
6.4
Film
Last Knights
Emperor
2015
7.9
Film
Life and a Day
Morteza
2016
4.9
Film
Woman and Child
Hamid
2025
5.8
Film
Arenas
2025
7.0
Series
Azaazil
Major Behrouz Sharifi
2025–
7.2
Film
Law of Tehran
Samad
2019
6.7
Film
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Payman (voice)
2017
5.2
Film
Night Shift
Asomidin Tohirov
2020
7.6
Film
Leila's Brothers
Manouchehr
2022
6.1
Film
Aporia
Jabir
2023
6.6
Film
Opponent
Iman
2023
5.8
Film
Pig
Payman Maadi
2018
6.6
Film
Bomb: A Love Story
Iraj
2018
4.0
Film
Hard Shell
Siamak
2024
4.6
Film
Suddenly a Tree
Farhad
2019
Acting credits 24 titles
Crime 101
as Sammy Kassem
7.0
2026
Azaazil
as Major Behrouz Sharifi
7.0
2025–
Woman and Child
as Hamid
4.9
2025
Arenas
5.8
2025
Hard Shell
as Siamak
4.0
2024
Viper of Tehran
as Arman Bayani
7.7
2024
Opponent
as Iman
6.6
2023
Aporia
as Jabir
6.1
2023
Leila's Brothers
as Manouchehr
7.6
2022
Walnut Tree
as Qader
7.0
2020
Night Shift
as Asomidin Tohirov
5.2
2020
Suddenly a Tree
as Farhad
4.6
2019
Law of Tehran
as Samad
7.2
2019
6 Underground
as Murat Alimov
6.3
2019
Bomb: A Love Story
as Iraj
6.6
2018
Pig
as Payman Maadi
5.8
2018
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Payman (voice)
6.7
2017
Life and a Day
as Morteza
7.9
2016
The Night Of
as Salim Khan
8.0
2016
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
as Amahl
7.3
2016
Last Knights
as Emperor
6.4
2015
Camp X-Ray
as Ali
6.7
2014
A Separation
as Nader
7.9
2011
About Elly
as Peyman
7.5
2009