Saeed Rad

Saeed Rad
سعید راد
Rad in 2019
Born
Ahmad Saeed Haghparast Rad[1]

(1944-10-26)26 October 1944
Tehran, Iran
Died22 July 2024(2024-07-22) (aged 79)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationActor
Years active1968–1984
2003–2021
Spouse
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(m. 1975; div. 1993)​
Children2
RelativesAdam Hemati (grandson)[2][3]

Ahmad Saeed Hagh Parast Raad (Persian: احمد سعید حق پرست راد, also romanized as Said Rād and Sa'id Rād; 26 October 1944 – 22 July 2024) was an Iranian actor and playwright who started his career in 1968. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but returned in 2000 to continue his career.

After a minor role in M. Zarrindast's Conquerors of the Desert in 1969, he was invited by Amir Naderi to play the leading role of his debut film, Adieu Friend (1971).

Raad died following complications from a fall on 22 July 2024, at the age of 79.[4][5]

Filmography

  • Deadlock, 1973
  • Made in Iran, 1979
  • Journey of the Stone, 1977
  • The Border, 1981
  • The Red Line, 1982
  • The Imperilled, 1982
  • Farmaan, 1982
  • Daadshah, 1983
  • Crossing the Mine Field, 1983
  • Eagles, 1984
  • Duel, 2002
  • Che, 2014
  • End of Service, 2015
  • Love and Frenzy, 2015

He has also acted in notable Iranian TV series including In the Eye of the Wind in the role of Reza Shah.

References

  1. ^ "ماجرای عاشق شدن سعید راد". Fararu. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ "زندگینامه".
  3. ^ "زندگینامه". 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Iranian actor Saeed Rad passes away at 79". Mehr News Agency. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Fourth and Eternal Sequence of Saeed's Life".
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