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Babak Karimi

Acting Born Mar 22, 1960 Prague, Czechoslovakia 24 credits

Biography

Babak Karimi (Persian: بابک کریمی‎, born 1960) is an Iranian actor. For his role in A Separation, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor (as part of ensemble) at 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.

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Known for

Film

A Separation

as Interrogator
Film

The Salesman

as Babak
Film

The Past

as Shahryar

Full filmography

  • A Separation (2011) as Interrogator
  • Azaazil (2025)
  • The Salesman (2016) as Babak
  • Once Upon a Time in Iran (2021) as Haji Zarrabi
  • Savushun (2025)
  • The Past (2013) as Shahryar
  • The Lion Skin (2022)
  • The Vertical Line (2018)
  • I Want To Be Alive (2021)
  • Set Me Free (2023)
  • The Life Ahead (2020) as Mr. Hamil
  • Quiet Chaos (2008) as Mario
  • Zeros and Ones (2021) as Mullah
  • Ex (2009) as Collega dottore
  • Yalda (2020) as Ayat
  • Fish & Cat (2013) as Babak
  • The Last Prosecco (2017) as Zio Cyrus
  • Terrestrial Verses (2023) as (voice)
  • Timo's Winter (2020)
  • Careless Crime (2021) as Mohsen
  • Black Rabbit, White Rabbit (2025) as Babak / Antonio
  • A Wedding (2017) as Mansoor Kazim
  • The Girl's House (2017)
  • Free - Liberi (2021) as Antonio