He got his education in acting in Tehran, but was forced to leave the country in the mid 1980s because of the effects of the Iranian revolution and war with Iraq and travelled to Sweden.

[1] Brijany learned to speak Swedish quickly and already after a few months in the country he got a job as an interpreter for migration work.

[2][3] At the end of the 1980s, Brijany started acting again and debuted in the Play Främmande at Angeredteatern in Gothenburg.

[citation needed] Brijany became known to a larger audience with his role as Serbandi in the film Hus i helve in 2002.

[citation needed] Hassan Brijany died in July 2020, after suffering from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.