Jamshid Mashayekhi
Acting · Born 1934-11-26 · age 84 at death · 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.
Titles
The Cow
Qeysar
The Brick and the Mirror
Unruled Paper
Desiderium
The Lead
A House Built on Water
Kamalolmolk
The Curse
The Fateful Day
Hezar Dastan
Prince Ehtejab
The Spring
Zabih
Honeymoon
A Little Kiss
Setayesh
Crime
Punishment Committe
Pol
The Spell
Cheque
Chrysanthemum
Water
Lollipop
The Sound of the Desert
The Grandfather
Alma
A Candle in the Wind
All Three, He Said
Sunrise
The father of other
The Iconoclast
Thirteen 59
My Lady
My Child
The Path of Glory
The Enigma of the Shah
Tear and Smile
Bi-hejab
Charlotte be bazarche miayad
Dead End of Trust
The Musketeer
Faryad
Being Farmanara
Javani ham alamai darad
Sky with No Stars
The Gunman
Motreb
The Starless Sky
Abadan
Fish Die in Soil
Dada
I am not Scrap
Good Fellas
The House of Spider
Furious Men
Bitter Almonds
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Serpent’s Skin