Jamshid Mashayekhi
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
71 titles
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Being Farmanara
Cheque
I am not Scrap
Motreb
A House Built on Water
The Grandfather
All Three, He Said
Zabih
Charlotte be bazarche miayad
My Lady
Sky with No Stars
The Lead
Alma
The Iconoclast
The Musketeer
Pure White
Thirteen 59
Bi-hejab
Kamalolmolk
The Teacher without Master
Tabriz dar meh
Soutedel
Dada
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