Jalal Pishvaian

Jalal Pishvaian (10 June 1930^[1] – 11 December 2021) was an Iranian actor. He acted in over 80 films.^[2]^[3]

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Jalal Pishvaian
جلال پیشوائیان
Born	10 June 1930 Tehran, Iran
Died	11 December 2021(2021-12-11) (aged 91) Germany
Years active	1962–2011

Life and career

Jalal Pishvaian was born on 10 June 1930 in Tehran, Iran. Prior to acting, he owned a gym and was involved in boxing and Judo.^[4]

Pishvaian is associated with Iranian New Wave, Persian film, and popular film; he often played villainous characters.^[3]^[5] One of his first films was in 1962 with A Girl Is Screaming. Before 1978 and the Iranian Revolution, his other notable films were The Hungry Wolves (1962), Qeysar (1969; English: Caesar), Khodahafez Rafigh (1971; English: Goodbye Friend), and Reza, the Motorcyclist (1970).^[6]

During the period of the Iranian Revolution and immediately after, Pishvaian was considered as one of the symbols of the "vulgarity".^[3] In 1985, Pishvaian emigrated to Germany, with the intention of retiring from acting; however 10 years in 1995 later he returned to acting again.^[3]

He died after fracturing his pelvis in Germany, on 11 December 2021, at the age of 91.^[3]

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