Jamshid Mashayekhi
November 26, 1934 (91 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 Teacher without Master as
- 2015 · The father of other as
- 2012 · Soutedel as himself
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 2002 · Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- 1999 · Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
- 1988 · Hezar Dastan as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
- 1984 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Gunman as
- 1983 · Dada as
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1977 · Charlotte be bazarche miayad as
- 1976 · The Iconoclast as Fereshteh's Grandfather
- 1976 · Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- 1975 · Water as Towfigh
- 1975 · Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1973 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1969 · Qeysar as Gheisar's Uncle
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 2017 · Dead End of Trust as Mostofi
- 2016 · The Enigma of the Shah as
- 2016 · Good Fellas as
- 2014 · I am not Scrap as
- 2012 · Cheque as Bahrami
- 2011 · Thirteen 59 as
- 2011 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 2002 · A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- 1998 · Bitter Almonds as
- 1997 · Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
- 1995 · The Path of Glory as
- 1995 · The Fateful Day as
- 1995 · Tear and Smile as
- 1992 · Alma as
- 1989 · The Lead as Mirza Mohsen
- 1987 · The Spell as
- 1986 · The Grandfather as
- 1986 · The fall of Sahra as
- 1984 · Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 1984 · The Musketeer as
- 1983 · The House of Spider as
- 1981 · All Three, He Said as
- 1977 · Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as
- Future · Baghe Gilas (1994) as