Jamshid Mashayekhi
Birthday: 1934-11-26 | Place of Birth: Jajrood, Tehran, IranJamshid 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Mostofi
as Morteza Afjehei
as Dr. Latifian
as Roya's Teacher
as Mirza Mohsen
as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
as Fereshteh's Grandfather
as Khan Baba
as Haj Samad
as Towfigh
as Woman's Lover
as Eskandar
as Morteza Phantom
