Jamshid Mashayekhi
Acting
Born: 1934-11-26 in Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
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.
Known For
The Enigma of the Shah
Setayesh
Hezar Dastan
Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
The Lead
Mirza Mohsen
Honeymoon
Khan Baba
Crime
Morteza Afjehei
Furious Men
Desiderium
Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
The Grandfather
A Little Kiss
Baghe Gilas (1994)
The Cow
Abbas
Abadan
The fall of Sahra
The Teacher without Master
The Rubble
Mahmoud khan
Kamalolmolk
Kamalolmolk
Punishment Committe
Reza tofangchi
Anxious
Uncle
The Fateful Day
Malek Khatoon
Cheque
Bahrami
The Curse
Zabih
Haj Samad
The Sound of the Desert
The Brick and the Mirror
The Spring
Woman's Lover
همه چیز آنجاست
Galan
Pure White
Self
Sunrise
Doctor
Qeysar
Gheisar's Uncle
My Lady
Pol
A Candle in the Wind
Fannizadeh
Himself
The Gunman
Lollipop
Morteza Phantom
A House Built on Water
Dr. Latifian
Unruled Paper
Roya's Teacher