24 Facts About Hootan Shakiba

Hootan Shakiba is best known for his role as Habib Naghavi in Bachelors which earned him a Hafez Award.

Hootan Shakiba was born on 14 June 1984, in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran to a Kurdish family and grew up there.

Hootan Shakiba studied in Imam Mohammad Ghazali Governmental Leading Middle School.

Hootan Shakiba received a Bachelor's degree in theater directing from Soore University and a Master's degree in acting from University of Arts.

Hootan Shakiba started acting at age 18 with working in theatre and short films.

Hootan Shakiba played his first major and professional work in 2008 with Tune Your Violins play which earned him his first acting award at the 11th Iran International University Theater Festival.

Hootan Shakiba made his feature debut with a supporting role in Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini's Night Out as Tomaj.

Hootan Shakiba received the Best Theater Actor of the Year Award at the 11th Theater Actor Celebration for his acting in Timequake.

Hootan Shakiba starred in Kamal Tabrizi's first web series Fool as Mehrdad alongside Mohsen Tanabandeh, Hanieh Tavassoli, Mehran Ahmadi, Majid Salehi, Ahmad Mehranfar, Shabnam Moghaddami and Behnam Tashakor.

Hootan Shakiba earned a Best Theater Actor of the Year nomination at the 13th Theater Actor Celebration for his performance in The Hole.

In 2016, Hootan Shakiba Starred in Bachelors television series directed by Soroush Sehat and gained a lot of recognition and became well known among the audience.

Hootan Shakiba received critical acclaim for his performance as Habib and earned his first Hafez Award and a Jam-e-Jam Television Festival nomination.

In 2018, Hootan Shakiba played as Monsieur Thenardier in the big production tragedy musical play Les Miserables, alongside Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Sahar Dolatshahi and Parsa Pirouzfar.

Hootan Shakiba received critical acclaimed and was highly praised by both audience and critics.

Hootan Shakiba played in the play Oslo directed by Yousef Bapiri on Iranshahr Theater stage.

At the 39th Fajr Film Festival Hootan Shakiba participated with two films TiTi and Pinto, both alongside Elnaz Shakerdoost.

Hootan Shakiba played as Amir Sasan, an alcoholic wedding singer who is abusive to his wife in Ida Panahandeh's TiTi.

Hootan Shakiba collaborated with Narges Abyar for the second time in Pinto, where he plays a gambler who is a beater with a short temper.

Hootan Shakiba later earned an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Pinto.

Hootan Shakiba played in Bonus short film directed by Reza Nejati which received critical acclaim and won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Short Film at the 40th Fajr Film Festival.

Hootan Shakiba earned an Iranian Short Film Association nomination for Best Performance for his role in Bonus as a Teacher.

Hootan Shakiba played Farhad, an English Teacher who is in prison for some reason and has fallen in love with his inmate's daughter Parvaneh.

Hootan Shakiba uses rude and nasty words during fights and anger, and according to himself, he enjoys this work.

Some reliable sources have stated that Hootan Shakiba will be starring in Narges Abyar's period drama web series Savushun, and Soroush Sehat's comedy web series How Many Springs Does Life Have.