Actor

Jamshid Mashayekhi

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Movies: 61Series: 5

TMDB ID: 1351402

IMDb ID: nm0556305

Known for: Acting

Born: November 26, 1934

Died: April 2, 2019

Age: 84

Place of birth: Jajrood, Tehran, Iran

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2022

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 7.3

Wikidata: Q3026288

Also known as

جمشید مشایخی

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Biography

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.

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