Esmaeil Khalaj is an Iranian playwright and film and television writer, director, and actor. He was born in Astara, but went to Tehran and studied acting under the Iranian acting teacher and director, Abdolhossein Noushin. He started to write plays in the 1970s.

KNOWN FOR

Shahriar
2007
Modest Reception
2013
Yalda
2013
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
35 Meters Below Sea Level
2006
Iran's Son is Unaware of His Mother
1976
There is No Rain in Hell
2023
A Piece of Bread
2005
The Spring
1973
Paradise of Criminals
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
10
2024
Paradise of Criminals
2023
There is No Rain in Hell
as The Elderly Man
2013
Modest Reception
2013
Yalda
2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
2007
Shahriar
2006
35 Meters Below Sea Level
2005
A Piece of Bread
1976
Iran's Son is Unaware of His Mother
1973
The Spring