Jamshid Mashayekhi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-11-26

Day of death

2019-04-02 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Jajrood, Tehran, Iran

Jamshid Mashayekhi

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.

Known For

  • Hezar Dastan

    Hezar Dastan

  • Gheisar

    Gheisar

  • The Enigma of the Shah

    The Enigma of the Shah

  • The Gunman

    The Gunman

  • A Candle in the Wind

    A Candle in the Wind

  • The Cow

    The Cow

  • Bi-hejab

    Bi-hejab

  • Kamalolmolk

    Kamalolmolk

  • Alma

    Alma

  • Honeymoon

    Honeymoon

  • The Fateful Day

    The Fateful Day

  • Lollipop

    Lollipop

  • Thirteen 59

    Thirteen 59

  • Fish Die in Soil

    Fish Die in Soil

  • The Lead

    The Lead

  • My Child

    My Child

  • A Little Kiss

    A Little Kiss

  • Prince Ehtejab

    Prince Ehtejab

  • Pol

    Pol

  • All Three, He Said

    All Three, He Said

  • The Brick and the Mirror

    The Brick and the Mirror

  • Desiderium

    Desiderium

  • Zabih

    Zabih

  • Water

    Water

  • Crime

    Crime

  • Soutedel

    Soutedel

  • The Sound of the Desert

    The Sound of the Desert

  • Being Farmanara

    Being Farmanara

  • Dada

    Dada

  • Charlotte be bazarche miayad

    Charlotte be bazarche miayad

  • The Starless Sky

    The Starless Sky

  • The Curse

    The Curse

  • Abadan

    Abadan

  • The fall of Sahra

    The fall of Sahra

  • Motreb

    Motreb

  • Faryad

    Faryad

  • Cheque

    Cheque

  • Dead End of Trust

    Dead End of Trust

  • Pure White

    Pure White

  • Chrysanthemum

    Chrysanthemum

  • Fannizadeh

    Fannizadeh

  • The Spring

    The Spring

  • My Lady

    My Lady

  • The Iconoclast

    The Iconoclast

  • Sky with No Stars

    Sky with No Stars

  • Baghe Gilas (1994)

    Baghe Gilas (1994)

  • I am not Scrap

    I am not Scrap

  • Sunrise

    Sunrise

  • Unruled Paper

    Unruled Paper

  • The Teacher without Master

    The Teacher without Master

  • After the silence

    After the silence

  • Serpent’s Skin

    Serpent’s Skin

  • Once Upon a Time in Tehran

    Once Upon a Time in Tehran

  • The Grandfather

    The Grandfather

  • Good Fellas

    Good Fellas

  • Furious Men

    Furious Men

  • Bitter Almonds

    Bitter Almonds

  • Punishment Committe

    Punishment Committe

  • Tear and Smile

    Tear and Smile

  • The father of other

    The father of other

  • The Path of Glory

    The Path of Glory

  • The Musketeer

    The Musketeer

  • Tabriz dar meh

    Tabriz dar meh

  • A House Built on Water

    A House Built on Water

  • Javani ham alamai darad

    Javani ham alamai darad

  • The Spell

    The Spell

  • The House of Spider

    The House of Spider