Person
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Acting · 1934–2019 · Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
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.
Known for
Setayesh
2010
Hezar Dastan
Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
The Enigma of the Shah
2016
The Lead
Mirza Mohsen
The Grandfather
1986
Desiderium
Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
Furious Men
1971
The Fateful Day
1995
Kamalolmolk
Kamalolmolk
Crime
Morteza Afjehei
Filmography
- 2022Pure WhiteSelf
- 2017Dead End of TrustMostofi
- 2016The Enigma of the Shah
- 2016The Teacher without Master
- 2016Good Fellas
- 2015The father of other
- 2014همه چیز آنجاست
- 2014I am not Scrap
- 2012Soutedelhimself
- 2012ChequeBahrami
- 2011Thirteen 59
- 2011CrimeMorteza Afjehei
- 2011Tabriz dar meh
- 2010Setayesh
- 2009My Child
- 2006Being Farmanara(archive footage)
- 2005A Little Kiss
- 2004A Candle in the Wind
- 2004Abadan
- 2003My Lady
- 2002After the silencehimself
- 2002A House Built on WaterDr. Latifian
- 2002Unruled PaperRoya's Teacher
- 1999Once Upon a Time in TehranReza Khoshnevis
- 1998Bitter Almonds
- 1997Punishment CommitteReza tofangchi
- 1995The Path of Glory
- 1995The Fateful Day
- 1995Tear and Smile
- 1994AnxiousUncle
- 1992Alma
- 1991Galan
- 1989The LeadMirza Mohsen
- 1988Hezar DastanReza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
- 1987The Spell
- 1986The Grandfather
- 1986The fall of Sahra
- 1985The RubbleMahmoud khan
- 1984KamalolmolkKamalolmolk
- 1984Chrysanthemum
- 1984The Musketeer
- 1984The Gunman
- 1983Dada
- 1983The House of Spider
- 1981All Three, He Said
- 1977DesideriumHabib Agha Zoroof-chi
- 1977Fish Die in SoilSeyyed Hossein Khadem
- 1977Charlotte be bazarche miayad
- 1976The IconoclastFereshteh's Grandfather
- 1976HoneymoonKhan Baba
- 1975WaterTowfigh
- 1975ZabihHaj Samad
- 1975Prince EhtejabKhosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
- 1974The Sound of the Desert
- 1973The Curse
- 1973The SpringWoman's Lover
- 1973Bi-hejab
- 1972LollipopMorteza Phantom
- 1972Sky with No Stars
- 1972MotrebEskandar
- 1971Furious Men
- 1971Faryad
- 1971The Starless Sky
- 1971Pol
- 1970Javani ham alamai darad
- 1970SunriseDoctor
- 1969QeysarGheisar's Uncle
- 1969The CowAbbas
- 1966The Brick and the Mirror
- 1964Serpent’s Skin
- —FannizadehHimself
- —Malek Khatoon
- —Baghe Gilas (1994)
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