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Mehrdad Raissi Ardali
Mehrdad Raissi
Born (1978-10-17) 17 October 1978 (age 46)
Tehran, Iran
CitizenshipUnited States, San Diego
EducationUniversity of Science and Culture (Software Engineering)
Occupation(s)voice actor, voice acting director, CEO of Glory Entertainment
Years active2003–present
SpouseNasim Nezhad Azar (m.2010)
Children2 (Glory & Lily)
Mehrdad Raissi's voice
One of Mehrdad Raissi's voice

Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (Persian: مهرداد رئیسی اردلی), born (1978-10-17)17 October 1978) is a prolific Iranian voice actor, dubbing director, founder, director, CEO and Quality Control Manager of Glory Entertainment (The Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors). He has also provided Persian voices for several animation characters, including famous characters such as Donkey in Shrek, Marty in Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Bolt in Bolt, Carl Fredricksen in Up, Flynn Rider in Tangled, The Once-ler in The Lorax, RJ in Over the Hedge, Francesco Bernoulli in Cars 2, Mr. Ping in Kung fu Panda, Ramon in Happy Feet 2, The Man in the Yellow Hat in Curious George, Raoul in A Monster in Paris, Kevin in Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction, Barry in Bee Movie, Bunnymund in Rise of the Guardians, Guy in The Croods and Kristoff in Frozen.[1]

Education and career

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Mehrdad Raissi studied computer software engineering at University of Science and Culture in Tehran. He started dubbing animations and movies in 2003. Different channels of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, i.e. Channel 2, Namayesh, Pouya Cartoon Channel, home video companies having the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance permit, directors, domestic and foreign animation producers, the UN and Radio Javan have broadcast his works. Mehrdad Raissi has received certificates of appreciation from IRIB TV5, the 16th Festival of the Capital Cities of Iran's Provinces' TV-Radio Products and the UN - WFP.

In 2006 he published the first professional dubbing periodical called Dubbing in Iran which provided information on dubbing. He has also directed a 15-episode program called The Eighth Art – each episode 40 minutes long – which was created for IRIB TV5 and was about dubbing and voice acting. Mehrdad Raissi has equipped the Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors with 10 digital recording studios. He has been holding regular voice acting auditions for animations/movies since 2003 and has trained more than 380 up-and-coming voice actors. Mehrdad Raissi has also been auditioning journalists for animation voice acting for free since 2006.

In 2010, during a formal ceremony, he paid tribute to Ali Kassmaei and Arshak Ghokasian [fa], pioneers in dubbing in Iran, and named two of the studios of the Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors after them.

Mehrdad Raissi paying tribute to Ali Kassmaei, known as the father of Persian voice acting, in Tehran, 2010 - From left to right: Arshak Ghokasian, Ali Kassmaei, Mehrdad Raissi Ardali, Hamed Behdad
Mehrdad Raissi Ardali and Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia in one of the studios of Glory Entertainment working on Tehran 1500, 2011

In 2011 he, as the head of the policy-making board, published the first and only voice acting magazine called Sedapisheh in Iran.[2] He holds the record for the highest selling dubbed animations in Iran. In 2011 he attended Annecy International Animated Film Festival[3] and met Carlos Saldanha and invited him to come to Iran to exchange information regarding animation making and voice acting. Mehrdad Raissi has written the Persian lyrics for a couple of renown musicals such as A Monster in Paris, Tangled, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Frozen. In 2012 he started an Internet radio station by the name of Voice of Glory which streams children's stories 24/7.

Awards and honors

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  • Receive an appreciation certificate for the best voice actor from IRIB Tehran in 2006
  • Receive an appreciation certificate from TDH institute, the Sony and Columbia pictures representative in Iran
  • Receive an appreciation statuette from the second computer games festival
  • Receive an appreciation certificate in the 16th festival of radio and television productions in provincial centers
  • Receive an appreciation certificate from WPF in Iran due to cooperation in announcer affairs and dubbing

Director of voice actors

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He has also directed Iranian voice actors in several animated feature films such as:

Voice acting

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Title Character Year
Lightyear Buzz lightyear 2022
Luca Ercole 2021
Storks Junior 2016
Zootopia Nick 2016
Big Hero 6 Tadashi 2014
Frozen Kristoff 2013
Monsters University Frank McCay 2013
The Croods Guy 2013
Rise of the Guardians Bunnymund 2012
Shrek Forever After Donkey 2010
Tangled Flynn Rider/Yujin 2010
Cloudy with a Chance of Meathballs Brent and Flint's ringtone 2009
Up Carl Fredricksen 2009
Horton Hears A who! Mayor 2008
Kung Fu Panda Mr. Ping, Grand Master Oogway
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Marty
Bolt Bolt
Shrek the Third Donkey 2007
Ratatouille Alfredo Linguini 2007
Bee Movie Barry 2007
TMNT (2007) Casey Jones 2007
A Scanner Darkly Freck 2006
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Fast Tony 2008
Over the Hedge RJ 2006
Corpse Bride Informer and the French waiter 2005
Madagascar Marty 2005
Robots Herb 2005
ماجراهای یقنلی Narrator -
Shrek 2 Donkey 2004
Mickey Mouse and Friends Mickey Mouse 1994

Director of voice actors in Tehran 1500

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Mehrdad Raissi has directed Iranian voice actors/actors Bahram Radan, Hedieh Tehrani, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Gohar Khayrandish, Habib Rezaei, Mahtab Nassirpour, Hessam Navvab Safavi and Mehran Modiri in Tehran 1500[5] which is the first Iranian animation feature directed by Bahram Azimi.

TV Shows Director

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  • The Eighth art (persian: هنر هشتم) TV show, 2007
  • Tamashakhane, summer 2008
  • Gaffe Show, winter 2017 and summer 2020 [6]
  • Bekhandim Podcasts [7]
  • Joystick TV Show, 2018 and summer 2020 [8]
  • Jackpot TV show, 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Irandaily - No. 3704 - Art & Culture - Page 12". iran-daily.com.
  2. ^ Sedapisheh Archived 21 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ List of Journalists 2011 annecy.org
  4. ^ "Mina va Palang (TV Movie 2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Tehran 2121(Animation)-(تهران 1500- انیمیشن)". www.fcf.ir. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  6. ^ "RadioJavan". radiojavan.com.
  7. ^ "RadioJavan". radiojavan.com.
  8. ^ "RadioJavan". radiojavan.com.
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