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

The Salesman
2016
A Separation
2011
Savushun
2025
The Life Ahead
2020
Once Upon a Time in Iran
2021
The Vertical Line
2018
Zeros and Ones
2021
The Past
2013
Azaazil
2025
The Island
2003
The Last Prosecco
2017
Sunshine Express
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
62
Directing
2
Producing
2
Editing
7
Crew
1
2026
Balcanica
as Jalil
2026
Somewhere Between Memories
2025
Guardian of the Field
as Helma's father
2025
Sunshine Express
as The Judge
2025
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
as Babak / Antonio
2025
Azaazil
2025
Savushun
2024
Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
as himself
2023
Fossil
as Khosravi (Savaki)
2023
Terrestrial Verses
as (voice)
2023
The Strait
as Hashem
2023
Vanished
as The old man
2023
Set Me Free
2022
(Im)perfetti Criminali
as Amir
2022
Bucharest
2022
I Am Forough
2022
The Loser Man
2022
Until Tomorrow
as Mr. Mahmoudi
2022
Lawless City
as Salar
2022
Visiting Time
2022
The Wastetown
as Mohandes
2022
Odyssey of Solitude
as Victor
2022
The Lion Skin
2021
The World in Shots
as Self
2021
At the End of Evin
2021
Careless Crime
as Mohsen
2021
Free - Liberi
as Antonio
2021
Majority
as Doctor
2021
Zeros and Ones
as Mullah
2021
I Want To Be Alive
2021
Once Upon a Time in Iran
as Haji Zarrabi
2020
Yalda
as Ayat
2020
The Life Ahead
as Mr. Hamil
2020
Cinema Shahre Gheseh
2020
Timo's Winter
2020
Bad Habits Die Hard
as Barbone
2020
No Choice
as Karim
2020
Dio salvi la regina
as Apolide
2018
The Role
2018
Delay
2018
Invasion To Interpretation
2018
The Vertical Line
2017
A Wedding
as Mansoor Kazim
2017
The Last Prosecco
as Zio Cyrus
2017
Invasion
as Babak
2017
Gaze
2017
The Girl's House
2016
The Salesman
as Babak
2016
Death of the Fish
2014
Il était une fois... Une séparation
2014
I Hate the Dawn
2013
The Past
as Shahryar
2013
No Where No Body
2013
Fish & Cat
as Babak
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
The mirror man
Muncher
as Laborer
Morning is Close