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

Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)

The Enigma of the Shah

The fall of Sahra

Tabriz dar meh

The Cow

Abbas

Gheisar

Gheisar's Uncle

My Child

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Pure White	Self
2017	Dead End of Trust	Mostofi
2016	Good Fellas
2016	The Teacher without Master
2015	The father of other
2014	I am not Scrap
2012	Cheque	Bahrami
2012	Soutedel	himself
2011	Crime	Morteza Afjehei
2011	Thirteen 59
2009	My Child
2006	Being Farmanara	(archive footage)
2005	A Little Kiss
2004	Abadan
2004	A Candle in the Wind
2003	My Lady
2002	Unruled Paper	Roya's Teacher
2002	A House Built on Water	Dr. Latifian
2002	After the silence	himself
1999	Once Upon a Time in Tehran	Reza Khoshnevis
1998	Bitter Almonds
1997	Punishment Committe	Reza tofangchi
1995	Tear and Smile
1995	The Fateful Day
1995	The Path of Glory
1992	Alma
1989	The Lead	Mirza Mohsen
1987	The Spell
1986	The Grandfather
1984	The Musketeer
1984	The Gunman
1984	Kamalolmolk	Kamalolmolk
1984	Chrysanthemum
1983	Dada
1983	The House of Spider
1981	All Three, He Said
1977	Charlotte be bazarche miayad
1977	Desiderium	Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
1977	Fish Die in Soil	Seyyed Hossein Khadem
1976	Honeymoon	Khan Baba
1976	The Iconoclast	Fereshteh's Grandfather
1975	Water	Towfigh
1975	Prince Ehtejab	Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
1975	Zabih	Haj Samad
1974	The Sound of the Desert
1973	Bi-hejab
1973	The Spring	Woman's Lover
1973	The Curse
1972	Lollipop	Morteza Phantom
1972	Sky with No Stars
1972	Motreb	Eskandar
1971	Faryad
1971	The Starless Sky
1971	Pol
1971	Furious Men
1970	Javani ham alamai darad
1970	Sunrise	Doctor
1969	The Cow	Abbas
1969	Gheisar	Gheisar's Uncle
1966	The Brick and the Mirror
1964	Serpent’s Skin
	Fannizadeh	Himself

Year	TV Show	Role
2016	The Enigma of the Shah
2011	Tabriz dar meh
1988	Hezar Dastan	Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
1986	The fall of Sahra
	Baghe Gilas (1994)