Iraj Safdari (; 5 February 1939, Tehran, Iran â 23 June 2018, Tehran) was an Iranian make-up artist and actor. He had three children.
He started his career from 1954, when he was teenager at some famous theater in Tehran such as , , Dehghan theater and later on . During these years working in theater as a makeup artist and actor, he met and worked with some famous and effective producers and theater owners such as Dr. Fathollah Vala (theater organization director of Iran), Dr. Shervan, Dr. Kooshan, Sarang, , . Later he worked on . He is known as one of the pioneers of makeup art in Iran.
His first official job was on "Marg-e-Moosh" play, directed by on 1954 at Nasr theater. On movie industry on 1955 his first job as makeup artist was on movie directed be Nasrollah Vahdat 1955.
In early years after 1979 revolution of Iran, his wife "Fatemeh Jaferi" and his son assisted him on movies. Recently his son has entered the career independently.
Besides his main job, he has proficiency on movie title designing, sfx and some other items.