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
- 2016 · The Teacher without Master as
- 2016 · Good Fellas as
- 2011 · Crime as Morteza Afjehei
- 2011 · Tabriz dar meh as
- 2003 · My Lady as
- 2002 · A House Built on Water as Dr. Latifian
- 2002 · Unruled Paper as Roya's Teacher
- 1998 · Bitter Almonds as
- 1997 · Punishment Committe as Reza tofangchi
- 1995 · The Fateful Day as
- 1992 · Alma 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 · Chrysanthemum as
- 1984 · The Musketeer as
- 1977 · Desiderium as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1976 · Honeymoon as Khan Baba
- 1975 · Prince Ehtejab as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1974 · The Sound of the Desert as
- 1973 · The Spring as Woman's Lover
- 1972 · Sky with No Stars as
- 1971 · Furious Men as
- 1971 · Faryad as
- 1969 · Gheysar as Gheisar's uncle
- 1969 · The Cow as Abbas
- 1966 · The Brick and the Mirror as
- 1964 · Serpent’s Skin as
- 1917 · O Kaiser as
- Future · Fannizadeh as Himself
- 2015 · The father of other as
- 2014 · I am not Scrap as
- 2012 · Soutedel as himself
- 2012 · Cheque as Bahrami
- 2011 · Thirteen 59 as
- 2009 · My Child as
- 2006 · Being Farmanara as (archive footage)
- 2005 · A Little Kiss as
- 2004 · A Candle in the Wind as
- 2004 · Abadan as
- 2002 · After the silence as himself
- 1999 · Once Upon a Time in Tehran as Reza Khoshnevis
- 1995 · The Path of Glory as
- 1995 · Tear and Smile as
- 1986 · The Grandfather as
- 1984 · Kamalolmolk as Kamalolmolk
- 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
- 1975 · Water as Towfigh
- 1975 · Zabih as Haj Samad
- 1973 · The Curse as
- 1973 · Bi-hejab as
- 1972 · Motreb as Eskandar
- 1972 · Lollipop as Morteza
- 1971 · The Starless Sky as
- 1971 · Pol as
- 1970 · Javani ham alamai darad as
- 1970 · Sunrise as Doctor