Mehrdad Niknam is an actor and TV author, who was born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran. Niknam started his professional career by writing a series called "How Much Time Do You Have?" Made by Manuchehr Safarkhani. He also worked as the author of the "Factor Eight" series directed by Reza Mirkarimi. Niknam recently has cooperated as an author in "Recovery" series made by with Bahadur Asadi. Mehrdad Niknam has also been featured in the telefilm of "Bitter Soup" as an actor and writer.