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Acting

Ardalan Esmaili

Career

Active from 2016 to 2027, busiest in 2024 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Opponent
Opponent
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ardalan Esmaili Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.8, average 3.8
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nordic Noir 6
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Immigrant Experience Drama 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Bleak & Intense 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Slow Burn Thriller 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Espionage 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 65
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (2025)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

The Helicopter Heist
The Helicopter Heist (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Michel

Scenes After a Marriage
Scenes After a Marriage (2024)

TV show · as Kian

Deliver Me
Deliver Me (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Farid

Hunters on a White Field
Hunters on a White Field (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

as Alex

Buddy, We Need to Talk
Buddy, We Need to Talk (2024)

as Nima

Codename: Annika
Codename: Annika (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Rasmus Ståhlgren

A Beautiful Life
A Beautiful Life (2023)
GoodWatch score 50

as Patrick

Black Crab
Black Crab (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

as Karimi

Snow Angels
Snow Angels (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Salle

Sea Fever
Sea Fever (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

as Omid

White Wall
White Wall (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Said

2010s

7 titles · average score 69
Held for Ransom
Held for Ransom (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

as Majeed

Greyzone
Greyzone (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Iyad Adi Kassar

The Charmer
The Charmer (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Esmail

The Dying Detective
The Dying Detective (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Joseph Ermegan

Rebecka Martinsson
Rebecka Martinsson (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Tommy Rantakyrö

Trespassers
Trespassers (2016)

as Ali

The Girl, the Mother and the Demons
The Girl, the Mother and the Demons (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

as Demon Deinar / Einar