Parviz Fannizadeh ( fa, پرویز فنی‌زاده, January 27, 1938 – February 24, 1980) was an Iranian actor, film and television star. He was one of Iran's first

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s. Fanizadeh is best known for his roles as Mash Ghaasem in ''

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'' aka '' Daii jan Napelon'' and Hekmati in ِ''Downpour''.

Career

Fannizadeh was born and raised in

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. He had a passion for acting and started his career at an early age. He graduated from the Iranian Academy of the Dramatic Arts in 1961. In 1966 he played his first role. He won the best actor prize at the Fifth Iranian National Film Festival ''"Sepas"'' in 1973 for portraying Mr. Hekmati in

Bahram Bayzai Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, fa, بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and '' ostād'' ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies ...

's film '' Downpour'' (''Ragbar'') (1972). He acted in several plays on theatre stage including plays directed by

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Death

In 1979 he was found dead at the age of 42 in his home in Tehran.

Family

He had two daughters, Donya and Hasti. Donya Fannizadeh died of cancer on December 28, 2016 at the age of 49 at "Day Hospital" in Tehran.

Filmography

*''Sorkhpustha'' (1979) *''Ghadeghan'' (1978) *'' Daii jan Napelon'' (1976) as ''Mash Ghasem'', directed by

Nasser Taghvai Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer ...

*''

Gavaznha ''The Deer'' ( fa, گوزنها, Gavaznhā) is a 1974 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Kimiai. It was among the most acclaimed Persian movies before the Iranian revolution and starred Behrouz Vossoughi, the most famous Iranian male actor at ...

'' (''The Deer'') (1976), directed by

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*''Sham-e akhar'' (''The Last Supper'') (1976), directed by

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*''Boof-e koor'' (''The Blind Owl'') (1975), directed by

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Soltan-e Sahebgharan ''Soltan-e Sahebgharan'' ( fa, سلطان صاحبقران; also Romanized as ''Soltān-e Sāhebgherān'') is an Iranian historical 1974 TV series directed by Ali Hatami. It stars Jamshid Mashayekhi, Naser Malek Motiee, Iren, Parviz Fanizadeh, Za ...

(1974) (mini) TV Series .... as Malijak, directed by Ali Hatami *'' Tangsir'' (1974), directed by

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*''Gharibe'' (1972), directed by

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*''Ragbar'' ('' Downpour'') (1971) as ''Mr. Hekmati'', directed by

*'' Gāv'' ('' The Cow'') (1969), 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 ...

*''Khesht va Ayeneh'' (1966), directed by

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Theatre

Few of his works as an actor on theatre stage: * ''Morts sans sépulture'',

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and litera ...

, directed by

, 1964 and 1979 * ''The Glass Menagerie'',

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...

, directed by

, 1964 * ''The Doctor in Spite of Himself'',

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

, directed by

, 1965 * ''Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore'',

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

, directed by Pari Saberi, co-starring

Forough Farrokhzad Forugh Farrokhzad ( fa, فروغ فرخزاد; 28 December 1934 – 14 February 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast,* feminist author.Forugh Farrokhzad died at the age ...

External links

* * Photograph of Parviz Fannizadeh: * Photograph of Parviz Fannizadeh's grave:

References

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