Jamshid Mashayekhi
Acting
Biography
Jamshid Mashayekhi is a celebrated Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror(1965, Ebrahim Golestan). After a four-year break, he acted in The Cow (1969, Darius Mehrjui) and Kaiser(Qeysar) (1969, Masoud Kimiai). Mashayekhi commonly appears as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather (1985, Majid Gharizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.
Born: November 26, 1934
Place of Birth: Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as himself
as Bahrami
as Morteza Afjehei
as (archive footage)
as himself
as Dr. Latifian
as Roya's Teacher
as Reza Khoshnevis
as Reza tofangchi
as Mirza Mohsen
as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
as Kamalolmolk
as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
as Fereshteh's Grandfather
as Khan Baba
as Towfigh
as Haj Samad
as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
as Woman's Lover
as Morteza Phantom
as Eskandar
as Doctor
as Gheisar's Uncle
as Abbas
as Himself