Saeed Rad
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Saeed Raad (née Ahmad Haghparast Rad ?) (in Persian: سعید راد), Actor, Born 1944, Tehran, Iran. Started his career as the manager of a company for making commercial films and teasers in 1967. After a minor role in Conquerors of the Desert (1969, M. Zarrindast) he was invited by Amir Naderi for the leading role of his debut, Adieu Friend (1971). Because of his solemn, stern gaze and to some extent a rough complexion has played the role of rebel individuals in the margin of society. He is one of the main figures in New Wave of Iranian cinema which rose in the early 1970s and faded in the middle of the decade. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but he returned to his homeland in 2000 to continue his career.
His plays:
- Deadlock, 1973
- Made in Iran
- Journey of the Stone, 1978
- The Border, 1981
- The Red Line
- Farmaan, 1982
- Daadshah
- Crossing the Mine Field, 1983
- The Eagles, 1984
- Duel, 2002
