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
2011
- Tabriz dar meh
- Thirteen 59
- Crime as Morteza Afjehei
2009
2006
- Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
2005
2003
2002
- Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- After the silence as himself
1999
- Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
1998
1997
- Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
1994
- Anxious as Uncle
1992
1991
1989
- The Lead as Mirza Mohsen
1988
- Hezar Dastan as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
1987
1985
- The Rubble as Mahmoud khan
1984
- The Musketeer
- The Gunman
- Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 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"
- Water as Towfigh
- Zabih as Haj Samad
1973
- The Spring as Woman's Lover
- Bi-hejab
- The Curse
1972
- Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- Motreb as Eskandar
- Sky with No Stars
1970
- Javani ham alamai darad
- Sunrise as Doctor