Parviz Poorhosseini

Parviz Poorhosseini was an Iranian film, theater and television actor.

Biography

He was best known for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger, The Fifth Season and Saint Mary. Other well-known films he had performed in include The Man Who Became a Mouse, The Night it Happened, Angel Day, and Leila's Sleep. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in performance arts from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1961, with director Hamid Samandarian, he and other artists formed an acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini had appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances.
He died of COVID-19 at Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran, aged 79.