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 Mirror1965 Ebrahim Golestan After a fouryear break he acted in The Cow 1969 Darius Mehrjui and KaiserQeysar 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 Nonaligned Countries in North Korea