Jamshid Mashayekhi


Jamshid Mashayekhi was an Iranian actor. Mashayekhi, Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.

Career

Mashayekhi began professional acting on stage in 1957. His first feature film role was Brick and Mirror . After a four-year break, he acted in The Cow and Qeysar. Mashayekhi commonly appeared as an elderly grandfather because of his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received a best performance award for The Grandfather from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.

Selected filmography