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