Poulad Kimiai

• Name — Poulad Kimiayi • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Occupation — Actor, Film director, Musician • Years Active — 1988–present • Father — Masoud Kimiai • Mother — Giti Pashaei

Poulad Kimiayi was born in 1980 in Tehran to Masoud Kimiai and Giti Pashaei. His childhood and teenage was mostly spent in Germany. when he was 5, his mother gave him his first musical training to play piano. He debuted at age eight with a minor appearance in his father's film, The Lead, in 1988. He came back to Iran after playing in the movie Trade and following his mother's sickness. Since Masoud Kimiai had decided to make a movie starring Googoosh, he traveled to Cuba and Canada with his father in 2009. He studied Digital Media at Seneca polytechnic and returned to Iran after graduation in 2002.

Poulad Kimiayi started his film career as cast in his father's movies, which received much criticism. To answer the Press and criticisms, explained that the roles he has played in Masoud Kimiai movies were both an opportunity and a hindrance. In an attempt to avoid criticism for always playing male hero roles in Masoud Kimiai movies, he took on a different gender role in the film "Guidance Patrol". His performance earned him a nomination for the Crystal Simorgh award for the second role of a man from the 30th Fajr Film Festival. In 2019, he wrote the screenplay for the film Reverse and directed it as his very first movie. This film was screened in the New Look section of the 37th Fajr Film Festival. He pursued his interest in theater and made his debut in 2023 with a role in the Concert show "The Story of Lasting Songs" at Roudaki Hall in Tehran.

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Network • 2006 — Blood Money — Rasoul — Javad Mozdabadi — IRIB TV1 • 2007 — Gradual Death of a Dream series — Aras Mashreghi — Fereydoun Jeyrani — IRIB TV2 • 2008 — The Same day — Saam — Alireza Amini — IRIB TV1 • 2011 — The 6th Person — Adib Asayesh — Bahman Goudarzi — IRIB TV3 • 2013 — Matador — Amin Hamed — Farhad Najafi — IRIB TV1

• Illustration — Poulad Kimiayi on theatre stage • Year — Title — Role — Director — Stage • 2023 — The Story of Lasting Songs — Actor — Seyyed Jalal-al-din Dorri — Roudaki Hall • 2024 — Galileo — Singer — Shahab-al-din Hosseinpour — City Theater of Tehran • 2024 — The Story of Lasting Songs — Actor — Seyyed Jalal-al-din Dorri — Sa'dabad Complex