Jamshid Mashayekhi
Born: 1934-11-26 in Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
Died: 2019-04-02
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2022
- Pure White as Self
2017
- Dead End of Trust as Mostofi
2015
2014
2011
- Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- Thirteen 59
- Tabriz dar meh
2009
2006
- Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
2005
2003
2002
- Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- After the silence as himself
- A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
1999
- Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
1998
1997
- Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
1992
1989
- The Lead as Mirza Mohsen
1988
- Hezar Dastan as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
1987
1984
- Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- The Gunman
- The Musketeer
- Chrysanthemum
1983
1981
1977
- Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- Charlotte be bazarche miayad
- Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
1976
- Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- The Iconoclast as Fereshteh's Grandfather
1975
- Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- Zabih as Haj Samad
- Water as Towfigh
1973
- The Spring as Woman's Lover
- The Curse
- Bi-hejab
1972
- Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- Motreb as Eskandar
- Sky with No Stars
1970
- Sunrise as Doctor
- Javani ham alamai darad