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

The Enigma of the Shah

The Cow

The fall of Sahra

Unruled Paper

Tabriz dar meh

The Musketeer

Being Farmanara

All Movies (67)

• Pure White2022 · as Self
• Dead End of Trust2017 · as Mostofi
• The Teacher without Master2016
• Good Fellas2016
• The father of other2015
• همه چیز آنجاست2014
• I am not Scrap2014
• Soutedel2012 · as himself
• Cheque2012 · as Bahrami
• Thirteen 592011
• Crime2011 · as Morteza Afjehei
• My Child2009
• Being Farmanara2006 · as (archive footage)
• A Little Kiss2005
• A Candle in the Wind2004
• Abadan2004
• My Lady2003
• After the silence2002 · as himself
• A House Built on Water2002 · as Dr. Latifian
• Unruled Paper2002 · as Roya's Teacher
• Once Upon a Time in Tehran1999 · as Reza Khoshnevis
• Bitter Almonds1998
• Punishment Committe1997 · as Reza tofangchi
• The Path of Glory1995
• The Fateful Day1995
• Tear and Smile1995
• Anxious1994 · as Uncle
• Alma1992
• Galan1991
• The Lead1989 · as Mirza Mohsen
• The Spell1987
• The Grandfather1986
• The Rubble1985 · as Mahmoud khan
• Kamalolmolk1984 · as Kamalolmolk
• Chrysanthemum1984
• The Musketeer1984
• The Gunman1984
• Dada1983
• The House of Spider1983
• All Three, He Said1981
• Desiderium1977 · as Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
• Fish Die in Soil1977 · as Seyyed Hossein Khadem
• Charlotte be bazarche miayad1977
• The Iconoclast1976 · as Fereshteh's Grandfather
• Honeymoon1976 · as Khan Baba
• Water1975 · as Towfigh
• Zabih1975 · as Haj Samad
• Prince Ehtejab1975 · as Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
• The Sound of the Desert1974
• The Curse1973
• The Spring1973 · as Woman's Lover
• Bi-hejab1973
• Lollipop1972 · as Morteza Phantom
• Sky with No Stars1972
• Motreb1972 · as Eskandar
• Furious Men1971
• Faryad1971
• The Starless Sky1971
• Pol1971
• Javani ham alamai darad1970
• Sunrise1970 · as Doctor
• Qeysar1969 · as Gheisar's Uncle
• The Cow1969 · as Abbas
• The Brick and the Mirror1966
• Serpent’s Skin1964
• Fannizadeh— · as Himself
• Malek Khatoon—

All TV Shows (5)

• The Enigma of the Shah2016
• Tabriz dar meh2011
• Hezar Dastan1988 · as Reza Khoshnevis (Tofangchi)
• The fall of Sahra1986
• Baghe Gilas (1994)—