Acting
Jamshid Mashayekhi
FA, EN cinema · 68 credits
Born
26 November 1934
Died
2 April 2019 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
Also known as جمشید مشایخی
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
Filmography
Fannizadeh
as Himself
Pure White
as Self
Dead End of Trust
as Mostofi
Cheque
as Bahrami
Soutedel
as himself
Crime
as Morteza Afjehei
My Child
Actor
Being Farmanara
as (archive footage)
My Lady
Actor
Unruled Paper
as Roya's Teacher
A House Built on Water
as Dr. Latifian
After the silence
as himself
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
as Reza Khoshnevis
Punishment Committe
as Reza tofangchi
Anxious
as Uncle
Alma
Actor
The Lead
as Mirza Mohsen
The Rubble
as Mahmoud khan
Kamalolmolk
as Kamalolmolk
Desiderium
as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
Fish Die in Soil
as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
Honeymoon
as Khan Baba
The Iconoclast
as Fereshteh's Grandfather
Water
as Towfigh
Prince Ehtejab
as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
Zabih
as Haj Samad
The Spring
as Woman's Lover
Lollipop
as Morteza Phantom
Motreb
as Eskandar
Pol
Actor
Youth Is a World of Its Own
as Niloofar's Father
Sunrise
as Doctor
The Cow
as Abbas
Qeysar
as Gheisar's Uncle
