Jamshid Mashayekhi
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Qeysar
as Gheisar's Uncle 1969
The Brick and the Mirror
1966
Desiderium
as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi 1977
Unruled Paper
as Roya's Teacher 2002
The Lead
as Mirza Mohsen 1989
A House Built on Water
as Dr. Latifian 2002
The Fateful Day
1995
Kamalolmolk
as Kamalolmolk 1984
The Curse
1973
Honeymoon
as Khan Baba 1976
Prince Ehtejab
as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab" 1975
The Spring
as Woman's Lover 1973
Zabih
as Haj Samad 1975
A Little Kiss
2005
Crime
as Morteza Afjehei 2011
Punishment Committe
as Reza tofangchi 1997