{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2708799/mehran-karimi-nasseri",
  "name": "Mehran Karimi Nasseri",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/2708799/mehran-karimi-nasseri",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری , also known as Sir Alfred Mehran, was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal.",
  "birthDate": "1945-01-01",
  "deathDate": "2022-11-12",
  "birthPlace": "Masjed Soleyman, Iran",
  "alternateName": [
    "Sir Alfred Mehran",
    "Alfred Mehran"
  ],
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10454013"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "17 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 105333,
      "title": "Kulturplatz",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2yHMMrHsmMbvMPHLrsYH4epu5M.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/105333/kulturplatz-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 723570,
      "title": "Here to Where",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oAAqShRdtwHrzmBB2Guoz4aD5Vw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/723570/here-to-where-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 723573,
      "title": "Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bxutZ8POws7Y00uMCJ2loBAmcmL.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/723573/waiting-for-godot-at-de-gaulle-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 723578,
      "title": "Sir Alfred of Charles de Gaulle Airport",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3WLvypVTnQFmzijhT4rmPH9UHxe.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/723578/sir-alfred-of-charles-de-gaulle-airport-2000"
    }
  ]
}