Faramarz Gharibian ( fa, فرامرز قریبیان; born 18 November 1941) is an Iranian retired actor. He won three Crystal Simorgh Awards for his performances in ''The Train'' (1988), ''Misty Harbour'' (1992), and ''The Rain Man'' (1998).

Career

He learned film acting in the

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, US (1971). He started his career with a short role in ''Come Stranger'' (1968,

Masoud Kimiai Masoud Kimiai (or Masoud Kimiaei, fa, مسعود کیمیایی, born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, ''Come Stranger'', in 19 ...

). His professional debut was in ''Soil'' (1973,

). In most of his films, he plays the role of a resolute man who, in order to achieve his goals or preserve his ideals, must face conflict and danger. He has some adventure films in his career and also directed three feature films, ''Duel in Tasuki'' (1986), ''Law'' (1995) and ''Her Eyes'' (1999). Gharibian has been nominated for the prize of Best Actor, and has won the prize for ''Train'' (1987), ''Misty Harbor'' (1992) and ''The Rain Man'' (1999) from

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

. In recent years, he has won international awards from around the world. He won the award for Best Actor at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival and Asia Pacific Film Festival for ''Dancing in the Dust'', he also won the Special Jury Prize in the

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for ''The Beautiful City''.

Filmography

* ''The Deers'', 1974 * ''Ghazal'', 1975 * ''Jong-e Athar'', 1977 * ''The Tall Shadows of the Wind'', 1977 * ''The Messenger'', 1981 * ''Kani-Manga'', 1986 * ''The Train'', 1987 * ''The Wolf’s Trail'', 1991 * ''Misty Harbour'', 1992 * ''I Want to Live'', 1994 * ''The Rain Man'', 1998 * ''Dancing in the Dust'', 2002 * '' Beautiful City'', 2005 * ''The Wet Dream'', 2005 * ''The Forbidden Chapter'', 2006 * '' The Boss'', 2007 * '' Alzheimer'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2020)

References

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* 1941 births Living people People from Tehran Iranian male actors Iranian film directors Male actors from Tehran Iranian male film actors Iranian male television actors Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor winners {{Iran-actor-stub