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
- 2017 · Dead End of Trust as Mostofi
- 2016 · The Enigma of the Shah as
- 2016 · The Teacher without Master as
- 2012 · Cheque as Bahrami
- 2011 · Thirteen 59 as
- 2011 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2002 · A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- 2002 · Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- 1997 · Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
- 1992 · Alma as
- 1989 · The Lead as Mirza Mohsen
- 1988 · Hezar Dastan as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
- 1987 · The Spell as
- 1986 · The Grandfather as
- 1986 · The fall of Sahra as
- 1984 · Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- Future · Baghe Gilas (1994) as
- 1969 · Qeysar as Gheisar's Uncle
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 2022 · Pure White as Self
- 2016 · Good Fellas as
- 2015 · The father of other as
- 2014 · I am not Scrap as
- 2012 · Soutedel as himself
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 1999 · Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
- 1998 · Bitter Almonds as
- 1995 · The Path of Glory as
- 1995 · The Fateful Day as
- 1995 · Tear and Smile as
- 1984 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Musketeer as
- 1984 · The Gunman as
- 1983 · Dada as
- 1983 · The House of Spider as
- 1981 · All Three, He Said as
- 1977 · Fish Die in Soil as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
- 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 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza Phantom
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as