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.
Full Filmography
Acting
O Kaiser
(1917)
The Brick and the Mirror
(1964)
Serpent’s Skin
(1964)
The Cow
(1969)
Abbas
Gheysar
(1969)
Gheisar's uncle
Sunrise
(1970)
Doctor
Javani ham alamai darad
(1970)
Pol
(1971)
Furious Men
(1971)
Faryad
(1971)
The Starless Sky
(1971)
The Spring
(1972)
Lollipop
(1972)
Morteza
Sky with No Stars
(1972)
Motreb
(1972)
Eskandar
The Curse
(1973)
Bi-hejab
(1973)
The Sound of the Desert
(1974)
Prince Ehtejab
(1975)
Khosrow Khan aka "Prince Ehtejab"
Zabih
(1975)
Haj Samad
Water
(1975)
Towfigh
Honeymoon
(1976)
Khan Baba
The Iconoclast
(1976)
Fereshteh's Grandfather
Desiderium
(1977)
Habib Agha Zoroof-chi
Fish Die in Soil
(1977)
Seyyed Hossein Khadem
Charlotte be bazarche miayad
(1977)
All Three, He Said
(1981)
Dada
(1983)
The House of Spider
(1983)
Kamalolmolk
(1984)
Kamalolmolk
Chrysanthemum
(1984)
The Musketeer
(1984)
The Gunman
(1984)
The Grandfather
(1986)
The Spell
(1987)
The Lead
(1989)
Mirza Mohsen
Alma
(1992)
The Fateful Day
(1995)
Tear and Smile
(1995)
Punishment Committe
(1997)
Reza tofangchi
Bitter Almonds
(1998)
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
(1999)
Reza Khoshnevis
Unruled Paper
(2002)
Roya's Teacher
A House Built on Water
(2002)
Dr. Latifian
My Lady
(2003)
Abadan
(2004)
A Candle in the Wind
(2004)
A Little Kiss
(2005)
Being Farmanara
(2006)
(archive footage)
My Child
(2009)
Crime
(2011)
Morteza Afjehei
Thirteen 59
(2011)
Cheque
(2012)
Bahrami
I am not Scrap
(2014)
The father of other
(2015)
Good Fellas
(2016)
The Teacher without Master
(2016)
Dead End of Trust
(2017)
Mostofi
Pure White
(2022)
Self