Mohamad-Ali Keshavarz ( fa, محمدعلی کشاورز; April 15, 1930 – June 14, 2020) was an Iranian

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and theater

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Early life

He was born on 15 April 1930 in Sichan (neighbourhood),

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

. He was the second child of the family of Keshavarz, an artificer family.

Career

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 Farrokh Ghaffari ( fa, فرخ غفاری, 26 February 1922 – 17 December 2006) was an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author. Along with Ebrahim Golestan and Fereydoun Rahnema he was one of the founders of Iran's New Wave film movement ...

). He was one of the most experienced and prominent actors of

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. He has also appeared in a few television series.

Personal life

He was divorced and had one daughter who lives in Austria. Keshavarz was hospitalized in August 2011 after a heart attack. He died on June 14, 2020 in Atieh Hospital in Tehran at the age of 90 following a long illness.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* * ''Naghsh Āfarin-i az Esfahan'' (A Character Actor from

Esfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

), in Persian, Jadid Online, 27 January 2009

A series of photographs of Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, old and new, Jadid Online

1930 births 2020 deaths Actors from Isfahan Iranian male film actors Iranian male stage actors Iranian male television actors 20th-century Iranian male actors 21st-century Iranian male actors Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Cinema {{MEast-actor-stub