Ramin Yazdani
Born: 1952-07-20 in Isfahan, Iran
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Highly Explosive as Nika Shabani
2024
- Die schönste Bescherung as Navid
2023
- German Genius as Emir
- A Journey Home: The Story of Sahaya Vietnam as Self
- Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte as Faras
2022
- Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush as Farhad Khan
2021
- Ich und die Anderen as Taxifahrer
- BA HAM
- Familie ist ein Fest - Taufalarm as Masud Manipur
2020
- Alle in einem Boot as Arif
2017
- A Summer in Cyprus as Ioannis
2016
- Nobel as Heydar Zamani
- Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv as Tarik Rahman
- Dead Man Working as Scheich Senior
- Almuth und Rita - Zwei wie Pech und Schwefel as Asim
2015
- Famous Five 4 as Ibrahim
- Family Commitments as Aledrissi
- Krüger aus Almanya as Ahmed
- Si-o-se Pol as Parvis Karimpour
2014
- Stations of the Cross as Arzt
- Gibsy - Rukeli Trollmanns Kampf ums Leben as Schnipplo Trollmann
2013
- The Physician as Rabbi
2012
- Iron Sky as Pakistani Representative
- Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier as Ömer Dilek
- Die Draufgänger as Nadir Altai
- Mit geradem Rücken as Anas Hafez
2010
- Danni Lowinski as Ali Genc
- Zimtstern und Halbmond as Abu Kamal
2008
- Leo und Marie – Eine Weihnachtsliebe as Kellner im „1001 Nacht“
2007
- Hamburg Dockland as Adnan Aydin
2006
- The Stoning as Prison Govenor
2004
- Das Traumhotel as Scheich Abdul
2003
- Kommissarin Lucas as Faruk Hashemi
2002
- Falcons as Scarface
- Life Kills Me
2001
- SOKO Leipzig as Tahir al Zayed
- Abschnitt 40 as Herr Al-Hariri
- Bloody Nuisance
1999
- SK Kölsch as Thabit
- Wut im Bauch as Elternsprecher
- Ein Vater im Alleingang as Abu Farrat
1997
- Küstenwache as Kapitän Ling
- Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
- Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten as Samir Achmed Nassib
1996
- Sperling as Halid
- Gates of Fire as Khalil
1994
- Die Wache as Dr. Khalil
- Hallo, Onkel Doc! as Dr. Fazal Bahrami
1993
- Bella Block as Razina
1982
- Schwarz Rot Gold as Narazani
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Walid Junbesh