Parviz Poorhosseini ( fa, پرویز پورحسینی, 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor.
Biography
He was best known for his roles in ''
Bashu, the Little Stranger
''Bashu, the Little Stranger'' ( fa, باشو غریبه کوچک, translit=Bashu, Gharibeye Koochak), is a 1986 Iranian drama film directed by Bahram Beizai. The film was produced in 1986, and was released in 1989. This multi-ethnic film was the ...
'' (1989), ''
The Fifth Season'' (1997) and ''
Saint Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
'' (1997). Other well-known films he had performed in include ''The Man Who Became a Mouse'' (1985), ''The Night it Happened'' (1988), ''Angel Day'' (1993), and ''Leila's Sleep'' (2007). He graduated with a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in performance arts from
Tehran University
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
's Faculty of
Fine Art
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
s. In 1961, with director
Hamid Samandarian
Hamid Samandarian fa, حمید سمندریان; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator. He staged numerous dramas including ''No Exit'' by Jean-Paul Sartre, ''Ghosts'' by Henrik Ibsen, ''The ...
, he and other artists formed an
acting troupe named Pasargad. Since then, Poorhosseini had appeared in more than 35 movies, over 70 TV shows and 60 theater performances.
He died of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
at Firoozgar Hospital in Tehran, aged 79.
Filmography
References
External links
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1941 births
2020 deaths
People from Tehran
Iranian male actors
Male actors from Tehran
Iranian male film actors
Iranian male stage actors
Iranian male television actors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra
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