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Jamshid Mashayekhi

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Birthday: 1934-11-26 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Pure White

as    Self

1977
Desiderium

as    Habib Agha Zoroof-chi

1969
The Cow

as    Abbas