Hamid Lolayi
Hamid Lolayi | |
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حمید لولایی | |
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| Born | 25 December 1955 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Hamid Lolayi (Persian: حمید لولایی, born 24 December 1955) is an Iranian actor. He won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor at the Fajr Film Festival for his role in Chand Migiri Geryeh Koni (2005).
He gained fame through the television series Zire Aseman-e Shahr as “Khashayar Mostofi” and continued to build his reputation with roles in Khaneh Be Doosh as “Agha Mashallah” and Mosafers as “Farrokh Afrookhteh.”
Personal and Professional Life
[edit]Hamid Lolayi was born in 1955 in the Eshratabad neighborhood of Tehran, with ancestral roots in northern Iran, though he spent his childhood near Eshratabad Square. He grew up in a large family with nine siblings. Lolayi married in 1990 and has two daughters.[1]
He began his career in 1979 when Reza Ghasemi recommended him to director Reza Zhian for the theater production Sabzeh, Doost-e Bacheha, where he played the roles of “Elephant” and “Woodpecker.” In 1980, he performed in Bacheha va Khomreh-ye Sokhangu, directed by Siavash Tahmoures, and shortly after in An Shast Nafar, An Shast Hezar, directed by Bahram Ebrahimi.[2]
Lolayi then appeared in a film that was not released publicly due to its poor quality. His first television experience was in Sarbazaran, where he had two heavily made-up scenes, but his parts were cut from the final broadcast due to the series being shortened. Following this, he stepped away from acting for about eight years, working as the manager of Azadi Cinema. In 1991, he returned with a role in the series Faramooshkhaneh, after which he resigned from his managerial position to focus on acting. Later, Ali Omrani invited him to join the comedy series Saat-e Khosh. Dariush Kardan was the first to recognize Lolayi’s comedic talent, inviting him to perform in Nowruz 72. However, it was his role in Saat-e Khosh that significantly increased his visibility. After a period of absence, his portrayal of “Khashayar Mostofi” in Zire Aseman-e Shahr, directed by Mehran Ghafourian, solidified his status as a prominent actor. Other notable roles include those in the series Torsh o Shirin, Charkhooneh, and the film Chand Migiri Geryeh Koni.[3][4]
Filmography
[edit]Cinema
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Chaos | Seyed Mostafa Azad | |
| 2021 | Yesterday's Girl | Mani Armaghan | |
| 2019 | How Much You Want to Cry? 2 | Ali Tavakolniya | |
| 2018 | Song in Sleep | Arash Sajjadi Hosseini | Fathi |
| 2018 | Apache | Arash Moayerian | |
| 2014 | Three Strangers | Mehdi Mazloumi | Haj Agha |
| 2013 | Carriage | Arash Moayerian | Abi |
| 2013 | Lamp 100 | Saeed Aghakhani | Taxi Man |
| 2012 | Switch | Ali Tavakolniya | Factory Manager |
| 2010 | Concert on Water | Jahangir Jahangiri | Hedayat Hedayati |
| 2009 | Cry for Him | Asghar Baghal | |
| 2009 | Forced Father | Abbas Moradian | |
| 2006 | If You Can, Catch Me | Shahram Ahmadlou | |
| 2006 | Rule of the Game | Ahmadreza Motamedi | Antique Detective |
| 2000 | How Much You Want to Cry? | Shahram Ahmadlou | Ashkboos |
| 2000 | Dance of the Devil | Esmaeil Barari | |
| 1997 | Marriage Key | Davood Movassaghi | Boss |
| 1997 | Wrong Man | Mohammadreza Honarmand | |
| 1995 | Invisible Man | Faryal Behzad | |
| 1994 | Great Wish | Khosrow Shojaei | |
| 1994 | Encounter | Mohammadreza Honarmand | |
| 1981 | Sculptor - From Zenith to Apex | Mohammadreza Majed |
Series
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wheel of Fortune 2 | Javad Mazdabadi | |
| 2023 | Wheel of Fortune | ||
| 2022 | Reza the Grocer | Hamid Loolai | |
| 2022 | Sleight of Hand | Shahram Ahmadlou | |
| 2022 | Tide | Ali Abdolalizadeh | |
| 2022 | Good Name | Alireza Najafzadeh | Master Shafii |
| 2021 | Bootimar | Parviz Golabi | |
| 2020 | Kid of the Neighborhood | Ahmad Darvishalipour | Master Khanjan |
| 2020 | Noon Kha 2 | Saeed Aghakhani | Pasha Khodaparast |
| 2019 | Life Is Wonderful | Mojtaba Cheraghali | |
| 2018 | Eid Night | Saeed Aghakhani | Mr. Seifi |
| 2017 | Puncture | Borzoo Niknejad | Uncle Parviz |
| 2015 | Three Shows | Seyed Javad Rezavian | |
| 2014 | Flower and Nightingale Neighborhood | Ahmad Darvishalipour | Amir Mohammad's Grandfather |
| 2013–2014 | Meraajiha | Masoud Dehnamaki | |
| 2013 | Rooster | Saeed Aghakhani | |
| 2012 | Thief and Police | Saeed Aghakhani | |
| 2012 | Rental House (Season 2) | Shahram Ahmadlou | |
| 2011 | Starting Point | Saeed Aghakhani | Samad Gheisari |
| 2011 | Four Wheels | Javad Mazdabadi | Zabih |
| 2010 | Happy Dwellers | Saeed Aghakhani | Touraj Sadri |
| 2009 | Travelers | Rambod Javan | Farrokh Afrookhteh |
| 2008 | Bazangah | Reza Attaran | Saber Parvar |
| 2007 | Text from the Hereafter | Siroos Moghadam | Bahram |
| 2007 | Charkhooneh | Soroosh Sehat | Mansour Jamali |
| 2006 | Sweet and Sour | Reza Attaran | Jahan Jahangiri |
| 2005 | Life on the Condition of Laughter | Mehdi Mazloumi | |
| 2003–2004 | House to House | Reza Attaran | Mashallah Marzoughi |
| 2002 | Under the City Sky (Season 3) | Mehran Ghafoorian | Khashayar Mastoofi |
| 2001 | Under the City Sky (Season 2) | Khashayar Mastoofi | |
| 2000 | Under the City Sky (Season 1) | Khashayar Mastoofi | |
| 2000 | Eternal Train | Reza Attaran | Neron |
| 1999 | Friendship Agency | Ahmad Ramadanzadeh | Kamyab |
| 1999 | Dani and I (Season 2) | Ali Abdolalizadeh | |
| 1998 | That Year's Eid | Saeed Ebrahimifar | Mirza Masoud Tehrani |
| 1998 | Trial | Hassan Hedayat | Doctor Ahmadi |
| 1998 | Majid My Dear | Reza Attaran | |
| 1997 | Sunflowers | Masoud Shahmohammadi | |
| 1994 | Happy Hour | Mehran Modiri | |
| 1993 | Nowruz 72 | Dariush Kardan, Ali Omrani, Mehrdad Khosravi | |
| 1992 | Apartment | Asghar Hashemi | |
| 1991 | House of Forgetfulness | Abdolreza Navab Safavi | |
| 1981 | Sarbodaran | Mohammad Ali Najafi |
References
[edit]- ^ رویداد۲۴, پايگاه خبری تحلیلی. "حمید لولایی کیست؟| پیشینه و کارنامه هنری بازیگر پیشکسوت | رویداد24". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ In an interview with Soroush Sehat, conducted during the third episode of the seventh season of the series Sham-e Irani, Hamid Lolayi provided a detailed account of the start of his artistic career and his first three theater works. This interview is available on various websites and its DVD can be purchased.
- ^ "در مورد حمید لولایی در ویکی تابناک بیشتر بخوانید". www.tabnak.ir. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ "حمید لولایی: دیگر نمی توانم آن نقش ها را بازی کنم | من هم جای رضا عطاران بودم بودم سینما را ترجیح می دادم". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
External links
[edit]- Hamid Lolayi at IMDb
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