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Ahmed Ahmed Poor

About

Ahmad Ahmadpour (born around 1979 in Gilan province, Iran) was an Iranian child actor permanently linked to Abbas Kiarostami's Where Is the Friend's House? (1987), the opening film of the celebrated Koker trilogy. At around seven years old he played Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, the schoolboy whose notebook sets the story in motion. After his brief acting career he worked as a military nurse in the Iranian Army. He died on 23 October 2025 in Tehran of cardiac arrest, aged 44.

Place of birth:
Koker, Iran
#1
film on the BFI list "50 films you must watch by age 15"
100%
rating on Rotten Tomatoes (11 reviews)

What's new

  • 2025-10

    Ahmad Ahmadpour died on October 23, 2025 in Tehran from cardiac arrest in his sleep at the age of 44; his death sparked a wave of condolences in the Iranian film community.

Tracks

Where Is the Friend's House? (Khāne-ye dust kojāst?, 1987)Kiarostami film in which Ahmadpour played Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh; first part of the Koker trilogy, Bronze Leopard in Locarno 1989

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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