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Iranian actor (1930–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz (Persian: محمدعلی کشاورز; April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian actor. Keshavarz, Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi, and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of their influence.
Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz | |
|---|---|
محمدعلی کشاورز | |
.jpg) Keshavarz in 2007 | |
| Born | April 15, 1930 Isfahan, Iran |
| Died | June 14, 2020 (aged 90) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2008 |
| Spouse |
Mona Taheri (div. 1973) |
| Children | Neli Keshavarz |
| Awards |  Order of Culture and Art (1st Class)[1] |
He was born on 15 April 1930 in Sichan (neighbourhood), Isfahan. He was the second child of the family of Keshavarz, an artificer family.
Mohammad Ali Keshavarz graduated from Art School for Acting. He started stage acting in 1960 and began film acting with Night of Hunchback (1964, Farrokh Ghaffari). He was one of the most experienced and prominent actors of Iranian cinema. He has also appeared in a few television series.[2]
He was divorced and had one daughter who lives in Austria. Keshavarz was hospitalized in August 2011 after a heart attack.[3] He died on June 14, 2020, in Atieh Hospital in Tehran at the age of 90 following a long illness.[4][5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ali Akbar Moalem Damghani | ||
| 1998 | Legion | ||
| 1997 | Komiteh mojazat | Shaban ostekhani | |
| 1996 | The Gazelle | Ghazaal's grandfather | |
| 1995 | The Fateful Day | ||
| 1994 | A Man, a Bear | Kamali | |
| Through the Olive Trees | Film director | ||
| 1992 | Nassereddin Shah | Farrash bashi | |
| Khosoof | Fattah | ||
| Del Shodegan | Mirza Mahmoud | ||
| Dear Wednesday | |||
| 1991 | Mother | ||
| Jostojoo dar jazireh | |||
| Aghay-e bakhshdar | |||
| 1990 | The Rose | ||
| 1989 | Foreign Currency | ||
| The Searcher | |||
| 1987 | Jamil | ||
| 1985 | Tael | ||
| Mardi ke moosh shod! | |||
| Mirza Norooz's Shoes | Mirza Norouz | ||
| Jafar Khan az farang bargashte | Jafar | ||
| 1984 | Kamalolmolk | ||
| 1982 | The imperilled | ||
| 1981 | Gerdab | ||
| 1980 | Zemzeme-ye mohabbat | ||
| 1978 | Caravans | Shakkur | |
| Dust-dwellers | |||
| 1977 | The Condemned | ||
| 1976 | Vaghti ke aseman beshkafad | ||
| The Chess Game of the Wind | |||
| Sham-e akhar | |||
| The Desert of the Tartars | |||
| 1973 | Ghesseye mahan | ||
| 1972 | Downpour | Nazem | |
| Sadegh Korde | |||
| 1964 | Adobe and Mirror | ||
| Shabe ghuzi | Jamal |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Pedar Salar | Asadollah Vaezian | |
| 1983 | Sarbedaran | Khaje Ghosheyri | |
| 1978–1987 | Hezar Dastan | Shaban Ostekhani (Shaban Jafari) | |
| 1976 | My Uncle Napoleon | Sarhang | |
| 1970 | Mr. Naive |
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