Madjid Niroumand (Persian: مجید نیرومند‎) was an Iranian
child actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of Amiro in
Amir Naderi's The Runner (1984), which is regarded as one of the
seminal films in modern Iranian cinema. The director discovered him
after a six-month search for a suitable lead, having spotted Niroumand
in a newspaper photograph of four youngsters who won a race.He also
appeared in Naderi's follow-up movie Water, Wind, Dust (1989). In the
1990s, Niroumand moved to Norway and afterwards made his way to the
United States, eventually settling in California.. He studied at Cal
State Long Beach and Cal State Dominguez Hills before completing his
PhD from Argosy University. He works as an educational administrator
in California.Niroumand's life was portrayed in the 2016 documentary A
Boy's Own Story. Madjid Niroumand Top Movies & Young Movies