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.

Filmography

• 2026Crime 101 — Sammy Kassem
• Azaazil — Major Behrouz Sharifi
• 2025Oh, What Happy Days!
• 2025Woman and Child — Hamid
• 2024Hard Shell — Siamak
• Viper of Tehran — Arman Bayani, Writer, Creator
• 2023Aporia — Jabir
• 2023Opponent — Iman
• 2023Parfum
• 2022Hamid's Symphony — Payman
• 2022Leila's Brothers — Manouchehr
• 2022Like a Fish on the Moon — Technical Advisor
• 2020Night Shift — Asomidin Tohirov
• 2020Walnut Tree — Qader
• 20196 Underground — Murat Alimov
• 2019Law of Tehran — Samad
• 2019Suddenly a Tree — Farhad, Producer
• 2018Bomb: A Love Story — Iraj, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2018Pig — Payman Maadi
• 2017Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming — Payman (voice)
• 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi — Amahl
• 2016Life and a Day — Morteza
• The Night Of — Salim Khan
• Westworld — Elliot
• 2015Last Knights — Emperor
• 2014Camp X-Ray — Ali
• 2014Il était une fois... Une séparation
• 2014Melbourne — Amir
• 2014Tales — Taxi Driver
• 2013The Snow on the Pines — Director, Writer
• 2011A Separation — Nader
• 2011Mourning — Masoud (voice)
• 2009About Elly — Peyman
• 2006Cafe Setareh — Writer
• 2006Wedding Dinner — Writer
• 2004Coma — Writer
• 2003Thirst — Writer
• 2001Swan Song — Writer, Costume Design, Production Design
• Enemies
• The Test

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2011From Iran, a Separation — Self - Actor