Actor is a 1993 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave...

. The film features Akbar Abdi

Akbar Abdi

Akbar Abdi , born in 1960, Tehran, Iran is an Iranian actor and comedian. Akbar Abdi proved his talent through a TV series consisting of children's programming ....

 as Akbar, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria

Fatemeh Motamed-Aria

-Selected filmography:* Reyhaneh * Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema * Mosaferan * Honarpisheh * Hamsar...

 as his wife, Simin, and Mahaya Petrosian

Mahaya Petrosian

-Filmography:-External links:*...

 as the gypsy girl. The film is a combination of fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

 and reality

Reality

In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...

since the leading character has the same name and occupation as the actor who portrays the role, while the details and events are fictional.

Plot

An Iranian actor named Akbar who is trying to be a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.