Reza Kianian ( born June 19, 1951) is an actor. Kianian is the second child of a family of 9; he has 4 brothers and 2 sisters. When he was 1 year old, his family moved to Mashhad. His first acting coach was his older brother, Davood. In 1965, Davood directed and coached Reza in his first role in a play titled Az Paa Nayoftadeha, written by Gholam Hossein Sa’edi. He continued to work with Davood’s theater troupe for the next 3 years, when he moved back to study fine arts at the University, where he graduated in 1976.