Jamshid Mashayekhi
November 26, 1934 (90 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Pure White as Self
- 2016 · The Enigma of the Shah as
- 2016 · Good Fellas as
- 2015 · The father of other as
- 2014 · I am not Scrap as
- 2011 · Thirteen 59 as
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 1999 · Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
- 1995 · The Path of Glory as
- 1995 · Tear and Smile as
- 1988 · Hezar Dastan as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
- 1987 · The Spell as
- 1986 · The fall of Sahra as
- 1984 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Musketeer as
- 1983 · The House of Spider as
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1976 · The Iconoclast as Fereshteh's Grandfather
- 1975 · Water as Towfigh
- 1975 · Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1969 · Gheisar as Gheisar's Uncle
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 2017 · Dead End of Trust as Mostofi
- 2016 · The Teacher without Master as
- 2012 · Soutedel as himself
- 2012 · Cheque as Bahrami
- 2011 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 2002 · A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- 2002 · Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- 1998 · Bitter Almonds as
- 1997 · Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
- 1995 · The Fateful Day as
- 1992 · Alma as
- 1989 · The Lead as Mirza Mohsen
- 1986 · The Grandfather as
- 1984 · Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 1984 · The Gunman as
- 1983 · Dada as
- 1981 · All Three, He Said as
- 1977 · Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
- 1977 · Charlotte be bazarche miayad as
- 1976 · Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1973 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as