Mehran Modiri is a prolific Iranian actor, television director and musician. His artistic career began in his teenage years as he was acting in local plays

Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

. He then entered the world of radio and television in the early 1990s, actively writing scripts for and participating in various comedy skits during the annual Norooz comedy television shows broadcasted by the IRIB.

He continued appearing in television comedies, however, he achieved real stardom with his creation of Pavarchin

Pavarchin

Pavarchin is an Iranian television comedy serial. It was broadcast for the first time by the IRIB in September of 2002 until March of 2003. It could usually be seen every night at 8:00 p.m. Tehran time on Tehran TV, also known as Channel 5 in Iran...

, in which he won numerous awards for directing and starring in the picture.