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 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2002 · A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- 2002 · Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- 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 · The Musketeer as
- 1983 · The House of Spider as
- 1981 · All Three, He Said as
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1977 · Charlotte be bazarche miayad as
- 1976 · Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- 1975 · Water as Towfigh
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1969 · Gheisar as Gheisar's Uncle
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as
- Future · Baghe Gilas (1994) as
- 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
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 1999 · Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
- 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 · Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 1984 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Gunman as
- 1983 · Dada as
- 1977 · Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
- 1976 · The Iconoclast as Fereshteh's Grandfather
- 1975 · Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1973 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor