Background
Navid Akhavan was born in Teheran, Iran.
Navid Akhavan was born in Teheran, Iran.
Due to the Iran-Iraq war the four-year Navid had to escape with his family from his native country. Navid has grown up trilingually (English, German, Persian). He stood, for the 1st time, on stage when he was 8 years old.
He has grown up with music
His mother, composer, and his father, concert organizer, let him participate in their working life. He has played in different theater, television and film productions during and over this time.
During 2003 Navid earned a nomination for "strange friend(Fremder Freund)", for the "Foerderpreis deutscher Film" in the category "best actor ".