Hossein Panahi Dezhkooh ( fa, حسین پناهی دژکوه; 28 August 1956 – 4 August 2004) was an

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and

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. After graduating from

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, due to his father's recommendation, he found his way to Ayatollah Golpaygaani's religious class. He then returned to his hometown as a religious figure, but this lasted only for a few months. He then moved to Tehran and started studying in Anahita art school for four years and graduated as an actor and a screenwriter. He started his

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career in a TV show named: Mahalleh Behdaasht (Hygiene Neighborhood). He then performed in some TV shows written by himself which were not much successful. He later received recognition from a show named ''Two ducks in fog''. He was the writer and director of the show as well as performing in it. This was his breakthrough and people requested his shows to be broadcast again. He died of a

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at the age of 47. He was buried in the city of Soogh next to his mother.

Filmography

Films

Bab'Aziz ''Bab'Aziz: '' ( English: ''Bab'Aziz: The prince who contemplated his soul''), often abbreviated to ''Bab'Aziz'', is a 2005 film by Tunisian writer and director Nacer Khemir. It stars Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Hossein Panahi, Nessim Khalo ...

(2005) # Ghessé hayé kish (1999) (segment "The Greek Boat") #

The Fateful Day ''The Fateful Day'' ( fa, روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Assadi. Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it ...

(1995) # Mard-e na-tamam (1992) # Mohajeran (1992) # Avinar (1991) # Hey Joe! (1988)

Theater

*Chizi Shabih-e Zendegi *Do Morghabi Dar Meh

TV series

*Mahalle-ye Behdasht * Roozi Roozegari *Azhans-e Doosti *Imam Ali *Dozdan-e Madabozorg *Koochak-e Jangali *Yahya va Golabatoon *

Roozegar-e Gharib ''Roozegar-e Gharib'' ( fa, روزگار قریب, italic=yes, literally "Gharib's Story") is an Iranian TV series about Dr. Mohammad Gharib, the father of Pediatrics in Iran directed by Kianoush Ayari. Story Ayyari wrote the script and the film r ...

*Hasht Behesht

Books

*Man va Nazi *Setareh *Goldan va Aftab *Payambar-e Bi Ketab *Del-e Shir

References

External links

*
Hossein Panahi Official Website

Grave-man of August: Homage to Hossein Panahi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Panahi, Hossein 1956 births 2004 deaths Iranian male actors Iranian male poets 20th-century Iranian poets Iranian Shia clerics 20th-century male writers