[custom_adv] Seyyed Shahab Hosseini (born 3 February 1974) is an Actor and director. A popular actor, internationally he is known for collaborations with writer and director Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016). He has won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for A Separation together with the male cast in 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award in 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Salesman. [custom_adv] Shahab Hosseini for the first time won Crystal Simorgh for Superstar movie in (2009) year. In 2013, he made his movie directing debut. [custom_adv] In 2020, Shahab Hosseini co-founded Pol Media ("pol" translating to "bridge" in Persian) with director Kourosh Ahari and producer Alex Bretow, a distribution and production company aiming to "bridge the gap" between art, culture and cinema with that of the U.S. He is coming up with first ever Turkish-Iranian film, Mest-i Aşk. He will be in lead role alongside Hande Erçel, Parsa Pirouzfar, İbrahim Çelikkol, Selma Ergeç, Bensu Soral and Boran Kuzum.