Biography and filmography

Jamshid Mashayekhi

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.

Photos

Movies (68)

Pure White

Pure White

2022 · Self

Dead End of Trust

Dead End of Trust

2017 · Mostofi

The Teacher without Master

The Teacher without Master

2016

Good Fellas

Good Fellas

2016

The father of other

The father of other

2015

همه چیز آنجاست

همه چیز آنجاست

2014

I am not Scrap

I am not Scrap

2014

Soutedel

Soutedel

2012 · himself

Cheque

Cheque

2012 · Bahrami

Thirteen 59

Thirteen 59

2011

Crime

Crime

2011 · Morteza Afjehei

My Child

My Child

2009

Being Farmanara

Being Farmanara

2006 · (archive footage)

A Little Kiss

A Little Kiss

2005

A Candle in the Wind

A Candle in the Wind

2004

Abadan

Abadan

2004

My Lady

My Lady

2003

After the silence

After the silence

2002 · himself

A House Built on Water

A House Built on Water

2002 · Dr. Latifian

Unruled Paper

Unruled Paper

2002 · Roya's Teacher

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

1999 · Reza Khoshnevis

Bitter Almonds

Bitter Almonds

1998

Punishment Committe

Punishment Committe

1997 · Reza tofangchi

The Path of Glory

The Path of Glory

1995

The Fateful Day

The Fateful Day

1995

Tear and Smile

Tear and Smile

1995

Anxious

Anxious

1994 · Uncle

Alma

Alma

1992

Galan

Galan

1991

Malek khatoon

Malek khatoon

1990

The Lead

The Lead

1989 · Mirza Mohsen

The Spell

The Spell

1987

The Grandfather

The Grandfather

1986

Tornado

Tornado

1985

The Rubble

The Rubble

1985 · Mahmoud khan

Kamalolmolk

Kamalolmolk

1984 · Kamalolmolk

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

1984

The Musketeer

The Musketeer

1984

The Gunman

The Gunman

1984

Dada

Dada

1983

The House of Spider

The House of Spider

1983

All Three, He Said

All Three, He Said

1981

Desiderium

Desiderium

1977 · Habib Agha Zoroof-chi

Fish Die in Soil

Fish Die in Soil

1977 · Seyyed Hossein Khadem

Charlotte be bazarche miayad

Charlotte be bazarche miayad

1977

The Iconoclast

The Iconoclast

1976 · Fereshteh's Grandfather

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1976 · Khan Baba

Water

Water

1975 · Towfigh

Zabih

Zabih

1975 · Haj Samad

Prince Ehtejab

Prince Ehtejab

1975 · Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"

The Sound of the Desert

The Sound of the Desert

1974

The Curse

The Curse

1973

The Spring

The Spring

1973 · Woman's Lover

Bi-hejab

Bi-hejab

1973

Lollipop

Lollipop

1972 · Morteza Phantom

Sky with No Stars

Sky with No Stars

1972

Motreb

Motreb

1972 · Eskandar

Furious Men

Furious Men

1971

Faryad

Faryad

1971

The Starless Sky

The Starless Sky

1971

Pol

Pol

1971

Youth Is a World of Its Own

Youth Is a World of Its Own

1970 · Niloofar's Father

Sunrise

Sunrise

1970 · Doctor

Qeysar

Qeysar

1969 · Gheisar's Uncle

The Cow

The Cow

1969 · Abbas

The Brick and the Mirror

The Brick and the Mirror

1966

Serpent’s Skin

Serpent’s Skin

1964

Fannizadeh

Fannizadeh

· Himself

TV shows (6)