Nemat'o'llāh Gorji ( fa, نعمتالله گرجی; 30 March 1926, in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
– 5 April 2000, in Tehran) was an Iranian
theatre
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and
film actor
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of
Georgian
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* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
descent.
Gorji acted in at least 94 Iranian films, some of which have come to be ranked amongst the most celebrated Iranian films of the 1970s. His last role was that of an old and kind-hearted gardener-caretaker in
''The Pear Tree'' (''Derakht-e Golābi''), 1998, directed by
Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...
.
[''Nematollah Gorji']
''Sureh Association''
(in Persian)
Filmography
*''
Mashti Mamdali's Car
''Mashti Mamdali's Car'' ( fa, ماشین مشتی ممدلی, italic=yes, ''Māšīn-e Maštī Mamdalī'') is a 1974 Iranian Persian-genre action comedy film directed by Reza Fazeli and starring Reza Fazeli, Parvin Malakouti, Mansour Sepehr ...
'' (1974)
*''
Hostage
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized, such as a relative, employer, law enforcement or government to act, or ref ...
'' (1974)
*''
Youthful Days
Youthful Days ( fa, روزگار جوانی) is an Iranian drama series. The series is directed by Shapoor Gharib.
Storyline
Five young students from other Iranian cities studying in Tehran rent a house and live together. Each of these five p ...
'' (1999-2000)
*''
The Blue Veiled
The Blue Veiled ( fa, روسریآبی; Rusari Abi) is a 1995 Iranian Romance-drama film written and directed by Rakhshān Banietemad.
Plot
''Rasoul Rahmani'' (Ezzatolah Entezami) owns a tomato farm and he has a factory next to it. He, who l ...
'' (1995)
See also
*
Bāgh-e Ferdows
References
External links
* Home Page o
''Film Museum of Iran''
* Photograph of the graveside of Nematollah Gorji at ''
Behesht-e Zahra
Behesht-e Zahra ( fa, بهشت زهرا, lit. ''The Paradise of Zahra'', from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1.
History
In ...
'' Cemetery, Tehran
* ''Derakht-e Golābi'' (''The Pear Tree'')
IMDb: ''The Internet Movie Database''
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Male actors from Tehran
Iranian male film actors
Iranian people of Georgian descent
1926 births
2000 deaths
20th-century Iranian male actors