Parviz Pourhosseini
Born: 1941-09-11 in Tehran, Iran
Died: 2020-11-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Parviz Pourhosseini (Persian: پرویز پورحسینی , 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor. He died of COVID-19 at age 79, in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran. He was best known for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989), The Fifth Season (1997) and Saint Mary (1997). Other well-known films he had performed in include The Man Who Became a Mouse (1985), The Night it Happened (1988), Angel Day (1993), and Leila's Sleep (2007). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in performance arts from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine arts. In 1961, with director Hamid Samandarian, he and other artists formed an acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini had appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances.
Filmography
2018
- Behind the Wall of Silence
- Ballad of Bahram as as Himself
2017
- Domestic Killer as Haj Agha Nourbakhsh
- Asphyxia
- Braille Line
2014
- Time to Love as Father Bita.
- Resurrection
2004
2003
2001
- Saint Mary as Zechariah
2000
- Saint Mary as Zacharia
- Tehran 11 Car
1997
1993
1991
- Bashu, the Little Stranger as Naii's husband
- Once Upon a Time as Ghodrat
1988
- Hezar Dastan as Matin -o- Saltane
1987
1986
- Mute Contact as Nasser's father
1985
- Doctor Faustus as Doctor Faustus
1984
- Kamalolmolk as Kamran Mirza
1980
1973
- The Spring as Woman's Libertine