Parviz Pourhosseini

Acting

Parviz Pourhosseini

Born 1941-09-11 · Tehran, Iran

Parviz Pourhosseini (Persian: پرویز پورحسینی ,‎ 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor. He died of COVID-19 at age 79, in Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran. He was best known for his roles in Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989), The Fifth Season (1997) and Saint Mary (1997). Other well-known films he had performed in include The Man Who Became a Mouse (1985), The Night it Happened (1988), Angel Day (1993), and Leila's Sleep (2007). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in performance arts from Tehran University's Faculty of Fine arts. In 1961, with director Hamid Samandarian, he and other artists formed an acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini had appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances.

Acting credits

Kamalolmolk poster
7.2

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

Kamalolmolk

1984

Doctor Faustus poster
NR

An Iranian TV-play adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus.

Doctor Faustus

1985

Hussein Who Said No poster
6.8

The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.

Hussein Who Said No

2014

The Ship Angelica poster
5.3

Many years ago The Angelica which was carrying gold and silver from the Portuguese to the Arab Sheykhs had been sunk in the Persian Gulf. Ahmad Beyk manages to find the place of it and is after ...

The Ship Angelica

1989

Domestic Killer poster
3.2

The story of this film is about the life of Dr. Jalal Soroush.

Domestic Killer

2017

The Station poster
NR

A genius man in the field of electronics who left his education incomplete, under the influence of the unbalanced mental and psychological conditions of his childhood, at the suggestion of his uncle, who used to be the head of an unknown terrorist group, places a very powerful electronic bomb in the sewer under the central railway station building.

The Station

1989

Bashu, the Little Stranger poster
7.4

During the Iran-Iraq War, young Bashu loses his home and family. Orphaned, he sneaks into a truck leaving the area, and gets off in the Northern country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, trying to raise her two young children on a farm while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences and a language barrier, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.

Bashu, the Little Stranger

1989

Saint Mary poster
7.1

In the year 16 BCE, the people of Jerusalem are awaiting the birth of the son of Imran. Instead of the much-anticipated "Messiah", a girl is born to Imran and Anna. The latter names her ...

Saint Mary

2001

Nadhr poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nadhr

2004

The Fifth Season poster
7.0

The fight for power in an isolated village. Two families have been enemies for so long they cannot even remember why. The only hope for peace between the feuding families is lost when an arranged marriage agreement is broken. Some days later, the groom, Karamat, returns with a brand new minibus. But a fierce competition for passengers break out when the bride, Mehrbanou, decides to do the same.

The Fifth Season

1997

Time to Love poster
5.9

Bita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in divorce cases, is blind to the trouble brewing in her own marriage. A snatch of gossip and a problem client with an unwanted pregnancy unexpectedly bring Bita’s problems home. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Time to Love

2014

The Finish Line poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Finish Line

1986

Asphyxia poster
4.5

I was suffocating, but I don't kill her. I love it.

Asphyxia

2017

Ballad of Bahram poster
NR

A documentary about Bahram Beyzai (Persian: بهرام بیضایی; born 26 December 1938). He is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and ostād ("master") of Persian letters, arts, and Iranian studies.

Ballad of Bahram

2018

Mute Contact poster
NR

Nasser, a 15 year old mute youth, lives with his parents and onlty sister. Because of his disability, his family fails to satisfy his needs and his fellows don't show him any kindness. ...

Mute Contact

1986

Summit of the Wave poster
NR

Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work.

Summit of the Wave

2003

Salandar poster
NR

The Mongol invasion of Iran leaves the country devastated but the people fight for their right in their own way.

Salandar

1980

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

Uwais Al Qorni poster
NR

The film depicts the life story of Uwais Al-Qarni, one of the companions of Prophet Muhammad, who lived in Yemen, and the political and social situation that prevailed in Yemen before the emergence of Islam, as well as Yemen's allegiance to Iran during that period.

Uwais Al Qorni

2007

Braille Line poster
NR

A theater directed by Mehdi Sheikhvand

Braille Line

2017

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

Behind the Wall of Silence poster
NR

The story of a young girl Setareh who is trying very hard to make a change in her life and others to the better.

Behind the Wall of Silence

2018

Day of the Angel poster
6.0

Nyatollah is a rich stingy guy who loves money. One day when he goes to the court to do a job for a friend he is thrown from the roof. This is the beginning of his acquaintance with Djin and the beginning of his adventure.

Day of the Angel

1993

Leila's Dream poster
NR

The story is about a 26-year-old girl who lives alone in the house inherited from her parents...

Leila's Dream

2010