Kaveh Ghaemi was born in Iran/Tehran in 1984. He initially studied engineering for the mining industry, but dropped out to study at the Samandarian College of Theater (2006/07). He then worked briefly at Iranian Television as an actor and critic and appeared in plays including Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (directed by Hamid Samandarian), the lead role in the play Read (Bekhan) at the Stadttheater (Teathre Shahr), and was awarded Best Male Actor at the Fadjr Festival in 2009 and 2010. In 2010, he played Iago in Othello (directed by Atefeh Tehrani) at the K.T.O Theater Festival in Poland and at the City Theater in Iran, with which he performed again in 2011 as part of the 150% Festival in Hamburg. Kaveh Ghaemi has already participated in Modjgan Hashemian’s dance pieces DON’T MOVE and IN MOTION.