Babak Karimi

Personal Info

Birthday

March 22, 1960

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Also Known As

بابک کریمی

Babak Karimi

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.

Known For

A Separation

Once Upon a Time in Iran

The Salesman

The Past

Zeros and Ones

The Life Ahead

Yalda

Filmography

2025
Sunshine Express
as The Judge
Guardian of the Field
as Helma's father
2024
Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
as himself
2023
Terrestrial Verses
as (voice)
The Strait
as Hashem
Fossil
as Khosravi (Savaki)
Vanished
as The old man
2022
The Wastetown
as Mohandes
Lawless City
as Salar
Odyssey of Solitude
as Victor
(Im)perfetti Criminali
as Amir
Until Tomorrow
as Mr. Mahmoudi
2021
Zeros and Ones
as Mullah
Careless Crime
as Mohsen
The World in Shots
as Self
Free - Liberi
as Antonio
Majority
as Doctor
2020
The Life Ahead
as Mr. Hamil
No Choice
as Karim
Yalda
as Ayat
Bad Habits Die Hard
as Barbone
2017
Invasion
as Babak
The Last Prosecco
as Zio Cyrus
A Wedding
as Mansoor Kazim
2016
The Salesman
as Babak
2013
Fish & Cat
as Babak
The Past
as Shahryar
2011
A Separation
as Interrogator
2009
Ex
as Collega dottore
2008
Quiet Chaos
as Mario
2007
Last Minute Marocco
as Zin Krisha
2005
10 Days with Kiarostami
as Self