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
- 2016 · The Enigma of the Shah as
- 2015 · The father of other as
- 2011 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 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
- 1995 · The Fateful Day 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 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Musketeer as
- 1983 · The House of Spider as
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1977 · Charlotte be bazarche miayad as
- 1976 · Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor
- 1969 · Gheisar as Gheisar's Uncle
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 2022 · Pure White as Self
- 2017 · Dead End of Trust as Mostofi
- 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 · Thirteen 59 as
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 1997 · Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
- 1995 · The Path of Glory as
- 1995 · Tear and Smile as
- 1992 · Alma as
- 1986 · The Grandfather as
- 1984 · The Gunman as
- 1983 · Dada as
- 1981 · All Three, He Said as
- 1977 · Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
- 1976 · The Iconoclast as Fereshteh's Grandfather
- 1975 · Water as Towfigh
- 1975 · Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1973 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as
- Future · Baghe Gilas (1994) as