Actor
Jamshid Mashayekhi
November 26, 1934 · Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
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.
Often works with
Ezzatollah Entezami
6 titles together
The Cow, A House Built on Water, The Fateful Day
Mohammadali Keshavarz
5 titles together
The Brick and the Mirror, The Fateful Day, Hezar Dastan
Ali Nasirian
4 titles together
The Cow, Hezar Dastan, Kamalolmolk
Behrouz Vossoughi
4 titles together
Qeysar, The Curse, Zabih
Parviz Pourhosseini
4 titles together
Hezar Dastan, Kamalolmolk, The Spring
Jalal Pishvaian
3 titles together
Qeysar, Zabih, Crime
