I grew up in Iran. At the age of 16 i joined a professionally run theater group. I went then at the age of 21 to the USA and studied economics at Western Michigan University, later theater and acting at the University of Illinois at Chicago and film and cinematography at Columbia College Chicago. Then I returned to Iran and worked there as an actor. In 1985 i went to Germany. In Hamburg I founded the Persian Theater in 1991 and the Iranian Theater Festival in 1995 in diaspora. I worked at various theaters in the Hamburg city, at the „Deutsches Schauspielhaus“, at the „Thalia Theater“, at the „Opera Stabile“ and „Kampnagel-Theater“. I also staged my own projects, including at the „Laeiszhalle“, the former music hall.
I also began working for film and television in the early 1990s in Europe and have since appeared in a variety of roles. I acted first in the television series "Schwarz Rot Gold", then in several episodes of the hospital series „Hallo, Onkel Doc!“ from 1990 til1994, further in films such as "Die Straßen von Berlin", „Ein Vater im Alleingang’, the Icelandic feature film "Falcons", the TV movie "Zimtstern und Halbmond", the finnish feature films "Iron Sky", and the UFA Production „Der Medicus“ with Ben Kingsley, the Berlinale winner „Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross)“, the „Familie verpflichtet“ and the Norwegian television series „Nobel“. For my title role in the award-winning feature film „Si-o-se Pol - The Last Days of Parvis K.“ i received the Best Actor awards at the Bridge Film Festival in Mitrovica-Kosovo, at the Tamil Nadu Film Festival in Chennai-India and Cardiff-Wales. In addition, I have acted recently in numerous productions including appearances in "Tatort", SKY-series "Ich und die anderen (Me and the Others) and "Die Ibiza Affäre" and the award winning film "Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush)"... I also took part in some radio plays and dubbing productions as voice actor and many more.