
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.

Hezar Dastan
TV • 1988

The Sound of the Desert
MOVIE • 1974

The Enigma of the Shah
TV • 2016

The Cow
MOVIE • 1969

Qeysar
MOVIE • 1969

Fannizadeh
MOVIE

The Spring
MOVIE • 1973

Being Farmanara
MOVIE • 2006

Dead End of Trust
MOVIE • 2017

Tabriz dar meh
TV • 2011

Baghe Gilas (1994)
TV

My Child
MOVIE • 2009

The fall of Sahra
TV • 1986

Pure White
MOVIE • 2022

Crime
MOVIE • 2011

Desiderium
MOVIE • 1977

The Path of Glory
MOVIE • 1995

A House Built on Water
MOVIE • 2002