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

Hussein Who Said No

Hezar Dastan

The Mokhtar Narrative

Once Upon a Time

The Engineer Child

Bashu, the Little Stranger

Tehran 11 Car

Saint Mary

All Movies (23)

• Ballad of Bahram2018 · as as Himself
• Behind the Wall of Silence2018
• Asphyxia2017
• Domestic Killer2017 · as Haj Agha Nourbakhsh
• Braille Line2017
• Time to Love2014 · as Father Bita.
• Hussein Who Said No2014
• Leila's Dream2010
• Nadhr2004
• Summit of the Wave2003
• Saint Mary2001 · as Zechariah
• The Fifth Season1997
• Day of the Angel1993
• The Station1989
• The Ship Angelica1989
• Bashu, the Little Stranger1989 · as Naii's husband
• The Spell1987
• Mute Contact1986 · as Nasser's father
• The Finish Line1986
• Doctor Faustus1985 · as Doctor Faustus
• Kamalolmolk1984 · as Kamran Mirza
• Salandar1980
• The Spring1973 · as Woman's Libertine

All TV Shows (7)

• The Mokhtar Narrative2010
• Tehran 11 Car2000
• Saint Mary2000 · as Zacharia
• Once Upon a Time1991 · as Ghodrat
• Hezar Dastan1988 · as Matin -o- Saltane
• The Engineer Child— · as Baba Esmaeil
• Bigane-i Ba Man Ast—