
Actor
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Born 1934 · Jajrood, Tehran, Iran
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.
Acting

The Cow
Abbas · 1969

Sunrise
Doctor · 1970

Qeysar
Gheisar's Uncle · 1969

Water
Towfigh · 1975

A House Built on Water
Dr. Latifian · 2002

Desiderium
Habib Agha Zoroof-chi · 1977

Unruled Paper
Roya's Teacher · 2002

Kamalolmolk
Kamalolmolk · 1984

Lollipop
Morteza Phantom · 1972

Hezar Dastan
Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi) · 1988

The Lead
Mirza Mohsen · 1989

Prince Ehtejab
Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab" · 1975

Punishment Committe
Reza tofangchi · 1997

The Spring
Woman's Lover · 1973

Honeymoon
Khan Baba · 1976

Zabih
Haj Samad · 1975

Cheque
Bahrami · 2012

Crime
Morteza Afjehei · 2011

The Iconoclast
Fereshteh's Grandfather · 1976

Dead End of Trust
Mostofi · 2017

Fannizadeh
Himself

Motreb
Eskandar · 1972

Being Farmanara
(archive footage) · 2006

Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Reza Khoshnevis · 1999