Who’s Iran box-office gold in comedy?

Reza Attaran has become top-earning comedian over the last three years for Iran cinema.

 According to a press release focusing on the incomes of comedians over the last three years in Iranian cinema, ifilm popular star Attaran has raked in 640 billion-plus Rials.

‘Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection’ released in 2017 was one of the top-grossing flicks in Iran cinema. In 2018, 'Confiscation' by Mehran Ahmadi featuring Attaran also racked up high figures at Iran box-office.

Attaran has appeared in several movies, such as 'The Key to Marriage' (1997), 'Cinderella' (2001), 'Red Cap and Sarvenaz' (2002), 'The Rival Wife' (2005), 'A Hat for Baran' (2006), 'Quarantine' (2007), 'Forced Blessing' (2007), 'The Empty Chair' (2008), 'The Sting and the Bee' (2008), 'Three Degree Fever' (2009), 'No Men Allowed' (2010), 'Whatever God Wants' (2010), ‘Absolutely Tame is a Horse’ (2010), 'I'm Sleepy' (2011), 'Without Reason or Cause' (2011), 'Mirror and Candlestick' (2012), 'The Corridor' (2013), 'Red Carpet' (2013), 'Sensitive Level' (2013), 'Kalashnikov' (2013), 'Absolute Rest' (2014), 'Sperm Whale' (2014), 'Guinness' (2014), and 'I'm Not Salvador' (2015).

He has acted in a number of series, including 'Flight 57' (1993), 'Happy Year' (1995), 'Shirin’s World' (1996), 'Greenland' (1997), 'Apple for Laughs' (1997), 'Eternal Train' (2000), 'The Seamen' (2002), 'Aqaqiya Alley' (2003), 'Homeless' (2004), 'The Suspect Got Away' (2005), 'Hodhod Bookstore' (2005), 'Sweet and Sour' (2006), 'The Trace' (2007), 'Three by Four' (2008), 'Right on Time' (2008), 'Waves and Cliffs' (2011), 'Full Stop, Next Line' (2011), and 'Heart of Ice 3' (2012).

In 2011, he was nominated for an Iran Cinema Celebration Statuette for his roles in 'No Men Allowed' and 'Absolutely Tame is a Horse'.

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