Jamshid Mashayekhi

Acting

Jamshid Mashayekhi

Born — Died

1934-11-26 — 2019-04-02

Place of birth

Jajrood, Tehran, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

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.

Known for

The Enigma of the Shah poster
1.0

It is when Reza Shah forcefully leaves Iran to an unknown destination. Who will be the next Shah? who has the power and authority to keep Iran's sovereignty and independence?

The Enigma of the Shah

2016

Setayesh poster
6.0

Taher has just finished two years of military service, defending Iran against Saddam Hussein's war of aggression. His friend, who's deserted the frontline, wants Taher to help smuggle him out of the country.

Setayesh

2010

The Fateful Day poster
7.4

As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.

The Fateful Day

1995

Hezar Dastan poster
7.2

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Hezar Dastan

1988

Malek khatoon poster
NR

After her husband’s death, Malek Khatoon returns to her ancestral village to rebuild her father’s destroyed dye workshop. Defying a powerful factory owner and a fearful community, her resistance sparks a quiet uprising.

Malek khatoon

1990

همه چیز آنجاست poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

همه چیز آنجاست

2014

Film credits

2010s · 10 titles

همه چیز آنجاست poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

همه چیز آنجاست

2014

Crime poster
3.5

Between years 1976-79 in Tehran, the story of Reza Sarcheshmeh, a man who does not want to compromise on his believes. He is imprisoned and then after 2 years released but involved in the Islamic Revolution.

Crime

2011

Thirteen 59 poster
3.0

What if you lived by the sea, and one day you stopped hearing the sound of the waves? What would you do then? That's the question posed by Saman Salur in 'Thirteen 59', an introspective study of the psychological side of war. A chief commander in the Iranian army wakes up from a coma years after the war in which he fought has ended. Unable to define himself by the conflict anymore, he struggles to move on from what he has always known and find the peace within himself. Habit is the hardest addiction to kick.

Thirteen 59

2011

Cheque poster
5.0

Despite their different characters and beliefs, four persons are obliged to spend two nights and one whole day together as they are going to have their shares after cashing a check.

Cheque

2012

Soutedel poster
NR

The most complete narrative of the 52 years of life of Iranian director Ali Hatami (1944-1996).

Soutedel

2012

The Teacher without Master poster
NR

The Teacher without Master

The Teacher without Master

2016

The father of other poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The father of other

2015

Good Fellas poster
NR

The story a famous old actor who has not played a movie for a long time.

Good Fellas

2016

I am not Scrap poster
NR

The story of a woman who suffers from Alzheimer and her husband tries to recall a memory for her.

I am not Scrap

2014

Dead End of Trust poster
NR

It's a simple story of fondness. "Dead End of Trust" tells the story of a love - from inside - a love made of same "blood" still some time remains which is worth more than what has lasted so far.

Dead End of Trust

2017

2000s · 8 titles

Abadan poster
NR

An old Iranian man disappears while searching for a friend who's been dead ten years, so his agitated daughter enlists her estranged husband to look for him; the husband puts his foot down at first but soon finds himself cruising the streets of Tehran with his best friend, searching for the old rascal and cursing all the way.

Abadan

2004

Being Farmanara poster
NR

This documentary looks at different aspects of the life of Bahman Farmanara, the well known Iranian film director and producer.

Being Farmanara

2006

A House Built on Water poster
7.5

Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.

A House Built on Water

2002

My Child poster
6.0

harming drama set in a rural area of post-war Iran. This heartwarming story follows a thoughtful young woman who serves as a leader to the community and a seemingly naive young man who is smitten with a local girl. The film observes their customs and traditions in the tranquil setting of their natural environment. Despite the irreparable damage to their lives due to the war, the villagers remain warm-hearted and kind to those they encounter. The past haunts their lives, but their hearts remain pure and strong in war torn times.

My Child

2009

A Candle in the Wind poster
9.0

Roya, Farzins's mother, has left her husbands. As young Farzin quits university, accidentally he meets a girl from a wealthy family who is the manager of an NGO. Aware of farzin's ...

A Candle in the Wind

2004

Unruled Paper poster
6.5

Royaa, mother of two children, tries to follow her dream of becoming a writer, while her life and relationship with her shady architect husband Jahaan, gets into some serious drama; which leads to question if everything is really what it seems to be?

Unruled Paper

2002

A Little Kiss poster
6.3

Two old writers who one of them is returned to Iran after 38 years because of his son's suicide, are going on a trip to the grave of that son.

A Little Kiss

2005

My Lady poster
2.0

Years ago, two infants were born in a hospital at the same time. A little boy named Farhad, the first infant’s cousin, takes pictures with the second infant. Twenty years later, Farhad is now a charming young man and is arranged to marry Leyli (the first infant). But Farhad does not really want to marry her, as he is actually in love with Shirin, who is a widow. But ...

My Lady

2003

1990s · 9 titles

The Fateful Day poster
7.4

As Abdollah prepares to get married to his long-time love, he hears calls for help during his wedding and leaves the ceremony for an adventure to find the truth.

The Fateful Day

1995

Malek khatoon poster
NR

After her husband’s death, Malek Khatoon returns to her ancestral village to rebuild her father’s destroyed dye workshop. Defying a powerful factory owner and a fearful community, her resistance sparks a quiet uprising.

Malek khatoon

1990

Galan poster
NR

"The young 'Yarvaran' , following the fall of his once-invincible father from a horse, takes on the responsibility of caring for and emotionally rehabilitating his father's shattered personality, as well as managing their life. He becomes a devoted nurse and sincere encourager until he finally succeeds in helping his father to mount the horse again and participate in the competition."

Galan

1991

Anxious poster
NR

Hossein, who is about to marry his cousin Fereshteh for the second time, suddenly finds out that his long-lost son Reza is actually alive and living with his old friend Ahmad and Ahmad's wife, Maryam.

Anxious

1994

Once Upon a Time in Tehran poster
NR

The second feature film to be edited using footage from Hatami's miniseries Hezar Dastan.

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

1999

Punishment Committe poster
6.5

In Tehran 1916 during first world war a group of patriots make a punishment committee to punish the traitors. With the lead of Abolfatooh Mirza, Reza Tofangchi begins the assassinations.

Punishment Committe

1997

Bitter Almonds poster
NR

Engineer "Zarin", the influential and creative member of Pars Electric Company finds out about currency smugglers in some exporting activities of the company and opposes them severely. He decides to resist them with the help of his colleagues. But the smugglers who fail to stop them by threatening start violation and murder to prevent Zarin and his friends interfering.

Bitter Almonds

1998

Alma poster
10.0

An Iranian man has been separated from his daughter, who's been in Soviet Azerbaijan, for 20 years. Finally he has the opportunity to cross the border and see her, but when he gets there he finds that she's been sentenced to death for "anti-Soviet activities."

Alma

1992

The Path of Glory poster
4.0

The Tangfani Pump House (Tangfani Oil Transfer Center), which was bombed several times during the Iran-Iraq War and then rebuilt, was once again targeted by Iraqi aircraft when it was opened and severely damaged. The National Oil Company officials believe that the only way to restart this important pump house, which is responsible for delivering crude oil to the country's three major refineries, is to move it underground. Specialists and workers, dressed as nomads, begin working underground, and Engineer Yeganeh is called to the area to direct the operation. In the meantime, several Iraqi regime spies, seeing the apparent halt in the reconstruction of the previous pump house, become suspicious of the movements and send one of their men to obtain information from Engineer Yeganeh through threats...

The Path of Glory

1995

1980s · 11 titles

Tornado poster
NR

Americans detonate nuclear waste that had been buried in a village in Khorasan Province. As a result of the chemical radiation released by the explosion, a young shepherd named Mohammad contracts a mysterious illness, and his sheep also die. Fearing that they might catch the same disease, the villagers force Mohammad, his wife and child, and his brother Abdullah to leave the village. Mohammad, Abdullah, and Mohammad’s family travel to the capital. With the help of a fellow villager named Morteza, a greedy and opportunistic man, Abdullah takes his brother to a hospital. A revolutionary doctor named Ataei, having discovered the truth of the matter, reports it to the hospital director. The security organization and the Americans, led by Javish, fear that the incident may become public. They decide either to transfer Mohammad abroad or to eliminate him.

Tornado

1985

The Lead poster
6.0

Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.

The Lead

1989

The Rubble poster
NR

A wealthy man summons his sons and their wives to divide his inheritance among them before his death. While he is preaching to his children and daughters-in-law in the basement of the house, he dies, and at the same moment as his death, an earthquake blocks the exit from the basement.

The Rubble

1985

The Grandfather poster
8.0

A man decides to sell the old family house to move into a modern apartment in the suburbs, and at the same time decides to send his father to a nursing home.

The Grandfather

1986

The Spell poster
8.5

A young couple accept an arranged marriage to stop the fighting between their respective clans. On the way home from their wedding, they get lost in a dark forest on a stormy night. They take refuge in an eerie mansion, inhabited by an old man obsessed with the past, and his creepy servant. As the night progresses, they learn the terrible secrets hidden in the house. Similar to many other films in this genre, with a few interesting plot turns.

The Spell

1987

Kamalolmolk poster
7.2

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

Kamalolmolk

1984

The Musketeer poster
NR

When an attempted breakout of a prisoner ends in mass bloodshed, a power struggle erupts between the lawmen and a group of civilians in a rural province. As hostilities between the two sides slowly escalate, the animosity felt by the rebel leader towards his enemies slowly grows. Violence only begets more violence as a brutal attack is met with an act of revenge. A Bloody historical epic from Jamshid Heydari.

The Musketeer

1984

The House of Spider poster
NR

Four persons, each of whom represents a particular aspect of a dependent society, hide in a villa located in the north of Iran. They are all involved in Operation Eagle Claw waiting to see its success. When the operations fails, their relations change. The one who is a symbol of a system viewpoint based on the domination of world powers, kills all his friends, and at last he encounters the youngest member of the group who has found out about his true nature and is killed by him; but before he dies, he kills this young man too.

The House of Spider

1983

Dada poster
NR

The cruel landlord is forcing the people to give him every girl of the village who wants to get marry. But a guy Dada is resisting. He gives the landlord a piece of land so he not to ...

Dada

1983

Chrysanthemum poster
6.0

Abbas is set to be released after 20 years in prison But on the day of his release, Abbas dies.Abbas's wife could not give the news to her blind child.

Chrysanthemum

1984

The Gunman poster
NR

At the end of the reign, the country, the north, and the south are under strain to make foreign provisions for the Tremain.

The Gunman

1984

1970s · 17 titles

Honeymoon poster
5.3

Reza and his mother Mah Banu, have a good and near relationship with Hossein family known as Khan Baba. Reza spends his time with Changiz, the son of Hossein family, and is interested in his sister, Mino.

Honeymoon

1976

Zabih poster
4.8

Zabih, a tough guy who committed a murder in support of his girl, Aghdas is released from prison after 15 years. When arrested, Aghdas was pregnant with his child. Now Zabih sets off for his hometown to find Aghdas and their son.

Zabih

1975

Desiderium poster
6.7

Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.

Desiderium

1977

Prince Ehtejab poster
6.2

Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife.

Prince Ehtejab

1975

The Spring poster
6.0

A man who has fallen in love with a young woman discovers that she is the wife of his friend. When he realizes the woman's affection for a young libertine with whom she is secretly meeting in an abandoned house, he commits suicide. When the local women, out of jealousy, expose her, she also ends her life. Her husband buries her body in the abandoned bathhouse. The young libertine, driven to madness, wanders into the desert.

The Spring

1973

Furious Men poster
NR

Ayaz who has a feud with Nasir's family makes a plan and manages to get their father arrested. Nasir decides to get revenge but is send away from the city. He meets a valiant and becomes his disciple learning his work. When he returns home he goes after Ayaz and his daughter to take revenge on them

Furious Men

1971

The Curse poster
4.0

An old man who works for a landlord brings a young worker to paint the house for him. The old landlord is alcoholic and has a young wife and together they manage a ranch. Little by little ...

The Curse

1973

The Iconoclast poster
2.0

Ali cooperates with a group of thieves led by Jafar. Ali meets a girl named Fereshteh. Fereshteh gradually falls in love with Ali

The Iconoclast

1976

The Sound of the Desert poster
8.0

Osman Adi Beyk was shot dead by Haghighat. Moghan Khan took his son (Brazil) to his wife to raise him like his own child.

The Sound of the Desert

1974

Faryad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Faryad

1971

Lollipop poster
8.0

Morteza, a truck driver, is a family-oriented man but has a quick temper. His behavior has upset his daughter and son. When Morteza ends up in prison for involuntary manslaughter due to an accident, his daughter, realizing that her fiancé, who is also her cousin, does not earn enough to support their lives, starts working as a secretary for a wealthy man ...

Lollipop

1972

Water poster
9.0

Towfigh is a rich man who has a large number of barrels and carts to distribute water, and in order to protect his interests through the exclusive distribution of water, he prevents any attempt by others in this field. But a young man named Moslem stands up to him and tries to compete with him with his small cart.

Water

1975

Youth Is a World of Its Own poster
NR

A young man's growing suspicion of his beautiful wife's fidelity threatens to destroy their marriage, despite her unwavering devotion to him. Unbeknownst to her husband, she has been secretly caring for her brother, who is struggling with drug addiction. Her efforts to conceal her brother's condition lead to a series of misunderstandings, fueling her husband's jealousy and mistrust. When he unexpectedly encounters the mysterious man, he nearly kills him in a fit of rage. However, the truth is revealed just in time, forcing the husband to confront his unfounded suspicions. Overcome with remorse, he helps arrange medical treatment for his brother-in-law, offering the family a chance at reconciliation.

Youth Is a World of Its Own

1970

Pol poster
5.8

Jalal who is a locomotive driver meets a girl Shirin in a village and falls in love with her. They decide to get marry but in the way back he has an accident. He get injured very badly but ...

Pol

1971

Sunrise poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sunrise

1970

Charlotte be bazarche miayad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Charlotte be bazarche miayad

1977

The Starless Sky poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Starless Sky

1971

Series credits

The Enigma of the Shah poster
1.0

It is when Reza Shah forcefully leaves Iran to an unknown destination. Who will be the next Shah? who has the power and authority to keep Iran's sovereignty and independence?

The Enigma of the Shah

2016

Setayesh poster
6.0

Taher has just finished two years of military service, defending Iran against Saddam Hussein's war of aggression. His friend, who's deserted the frontline, wants Taher to help smuggle him out of the country.

Setayesh

2010

Hezar Dastan poster
7.2

Hezar-Dastan was an Iranian epic historical drama television series from 1987, developed and directed by Ali Hatami. Hezar Dastan is considered one of the most important and most influential works of art in the history of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The production of the show took almost 8 years, starting in 1979 and ending in 1987, during which Hatami established a large set to represent Tehran in both Qajar dynasty and World War II, retroactively creating Iran's first movie studio and backlot (named Ghazali Cinema Town). The show tells the story of Reza Khoshnevis (also known as Reza Tofangchi), and his life and entanglement with corruption in government, and trying to correct it using not conventional means. The story is split into two section and it features Iran during the turbulent times of the latter days of Qajar Dynasty and during the events of World War II and Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

Hezar Dastan

1988

No artwork available
NR

Two brothers named "Mohsen" (played by Mehran Modiri) and "Amir" (played by Abdolreza Akbari) are the heirs of their father "Hajnaib"'s garden; but their differences of taste over how to use this garden bring them face to face.

Baghe Gilas (1994)

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The fall of Sahra poster
NR

It describes the story of a couple, Sahra and Sasan, whose marriage had broken up with maternal involvement and other factors.

The fall of Sahra

1986

Tabriz dar meh poster
NR

As the King stumbles along, he seems more interested in the pleasures of life in the palace than the welfare of the country. But in the province of Tabriz, the Crown Prince fights valiantly to keep the Russian invaders at bay.

Tabriz dar meh

2011