Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 11, 1941
Place of Birth:
Tehran, Iran
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Parviz Pourhosseini
Biography
Parviz Pourhosseini (Persian: پرویز پورحسینی , 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor. He died of COVID-19 at age 79, in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran. He was best known for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989), The Fifth Season (1997) and Saint Mary (1997). Other well-known films he had performed in include The Man Who Became a Mouse (1985), The Night it Happened (1988), Angel Day (1993), and Leila's Sleep (2007). 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ballad of Bahram | as Himself |
| 2018 | Behind the Wall of Silence | |
| 2017 | Asphyxia | |
| 2017 | Domestic Killer | Haj Agha Nourbakhsh |
| 2017 | Braille Line | |
| 2014 | Time to Love | Father Bita. |
| 2014 | Resurrection | |
| 2010 | Leila's Dream | |
| 2004 | Nadhr | |
| 2003 | Summit of the Wave | |
| 2001 | Saint Mary | Zechariah |
| 1997 | The Fifth Season | |
| 1993 | Day of the Angel | |
| 1991 | Bashu, the Little Stranger | Naii's husband |
| 1989 | The Station | |
| 1989 | The Ship Angelica | |
| 1987 | The Spell | |
| 1986 | Mute Contact | Nasser's father |
| 1985 | Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus |
| 1984 | Kamalolmolk | Kamran Mirza |
| 1980 | Salandar | |
| 1973 | The Spring | Woman's Libertine |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Mokhtar Narrative | |
| 2000 | Tehran 11 Car | |
| 2000 | Saint Mary | Zacharia |
| 1991 | Once Upon a Time | Ghodrat |
| 1988 | Hezar Dastan | Matin -o- Saltane |
| The Engineer Child | Baba Esmaeil |