Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz

Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz
Born April 15, 1930 (1930-04-15) (age 81)
Isfahan, Iran
Occupation Actor
Years active 1964–present
Children Neli
Relatives Fatemeh Keshavarz (sister)
Maryam Keshavarz (nephew)

Mohamad Ali Keshavarz (Persian: محمدعلی کشاورز, born April 15, 1930) is a famous Iranian cinema and theater actor.

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Early life

He was born on 15 April 1930 in Seyhon, Isfahan. He is the second child of the family of Keshavarz which is famous in Isfahan as an artificer family.

Career

Mohammad Ali Keshavarz graduated from Art School for Actin. He started stage acting in 1960 and began film acting with Night of Hunchback (1964, Farrokh Ghaffari). He is one of the most experienced and prominent actors of Iranian cinema who is still active. He has also appeared in a few television series.[1]

Selected filmography

Actor
Title Year Role Notes
The Brick and the Mirror 1965
Shabe ghuzi 1965 Jamal
Mr. Simpleton 1970 TV Series
Sadegh Korde 1972
Ragbar 1972 Nazem
Ghesseye mahan 1973
Vaghti ke aseman beshkafad 1976
Shatranje bad 1976
Sham-e akhar 1976
My Uncle Napoleon 1976 Sarhang TV Series
The Desert of the Tartars (Italian: Il deserto dei Tartari) 1976
The Condemned 1977
Dust-dwellers 1978
Caravans 1978 Shakkur
Hezar dastan 1978-1987 Shaban Ostekhani TV Series
Zemzeme-ye mohabbat 1980
Gerdab 1981
The imperilled 1982
Sarbedaran 1983 Khaje Ghosheyri TV Series
Kamalolmolk 1984
Tael 1985
Mardi ke moosh shod! 1985
Mirza Norooz's Shoes 1985 Mirza Norouz
Jafar Khan az farang bargashte 1985 Jafar
Jamil 1987
Foreign Currency 1989
The Searcher 1989
The Rose 1990 Khan
Mother 1991
Jostojoo dar jazireh 1991
Aghay-e bakhshdar 1991
Nassereddin Shah 1992 Farrash bashi
Khosoof 1992 Fattah
Del Shodegan 1992 Mirza Mahmoud
Dear Wednesday 1992
A Man, a Bear 1994 Kamali
Through the Olive Trees 1994 Film Director
The Fateful Day 1995
Trap 1995 TV Series
The Gazelle 1996 Ghazaal's grandfather
Komiteh mojazat 1997 Shaban ostekhani
Legion 1998 Ali
Farzand-e sobh 2010 Ali Akbar Moalem Damghani

Personal life

He is married with Zahra Keshavarz, his cousin in 1958 when he was 28. The couple has three children, including two daughters, Mina (born 1960) and Mobina (born 1967). Their only son was Mobin which was born in 1965 but died in a car accident in Summer 2004. Keshavarz was hospitalized in August 2011 after a heart attack.[2]

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