Jamshid Mashayekhi

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Jamshid Mashayekhi

Acting November 26, 1934

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 Bri…

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The Cow

The Cow

7.7 1969 Movie
The Enigma of the Shah

The Enigma of the Shah

1.0 2016 TV Show
Qeysar

Qeysar

6.8 1969 Movie
The Brick and the Mirror

The Brick and the Mirror

8.1 1966 Movie
Setayesh

Setayesh

6.0 2010 TV Show
Hezar Dastan

Hezar Dastan

6.8 1988 TV Show
Desiderium

Desiderium

6.8 1977 Movie
The Lead

The Lead

6.0 1989 Movie
Unruled Paper

Unruled Paper

6.5 2002 Movie
Honeymoon

Honeymoon

5.3 1976 Movie
Crime

Crime

3.5 2011 Movie
The Fateful Day

The Fateful Day

7.4 1995 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Pure White

    Movie Self

  2. 2017
    Dead End of Trust

    Movie Mostofi

  3. 2016
    The Enigma of the Shah

    TV show

  4. 2016
    The Teacher without Master

    Movie

  5. 2016
    Good Fellas

    Movie

  6. 2015
    The father of other

    Movie

  7. 2014
    همه چیز آنجاست

    Movie

  8. 2014
    I am not Scrap

    Movie

  9. 2012
    Soutedel

    Movie himself

  10. 2012
    Cheque

    Movie Bahrami

  11. 2011
    Thirteen 59

    Movie

  12. 2011
    Crime

    Movie Morteza Afjehei

  13. 2011
    Tabriz dar meh

    TV show

  14. 2010
    Setayesh

    TV show

  15. 2009
    My Child

    Movie

  16. 2006
    Being Farmanara

    Movie (archive footage)

More credits
  1. 2005
    A Little Kiss

    Movie

  2. 2004
    A Candle in the Wind

    Movie

  3. 2004
    Abadan

    Movie

  4. 2003
    My Lady

    Movie

  5. 2002
    After the silence

    Movie himself

  6. 2002
    A House Built on Water

    Movie Dr. Latifian

  7. 2002
    Unruled Paper

    Movie Roya's Teacher

  8. 1999
    Once Upon a Time in Tehran

    Movie Reza Khoshnevis

  9. 1998
    Bitter Almonds

    Movie

  10. 1997
    Punishment Committe

    Movie Reza tofangchi

  11. 1995
    The Path of Glory

    Movie

  12. 1995
    The Fateful Day

    Movie

  13. 1995
    Tear and Smile

    Movie

  14. 1994
    Anxious

    Movie Uncle

  15. 1992
    Alma

    Movie

  16. 1991
    Galan

    Movie

  17. 1989
    The Lead

    Movie Mirza Mohsen

  18. 1988
    Hezar Dastan

    TV show Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)

  19. 1987
    The Spell

    Movie

  20. 1986
    The Grandfather

    Movie

  21. 1986
    The fall of Sahra

    TV show

  22. 1985
    Tornado

    Movie

  23. 1985
    The Rubble

    Movie Mahmoud khan

  24. 1984
    Kamalolmolk

    Movie Kamalolmolk